Posted on 08/06/2017 12:48:47 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Illinois makes 'Barack Obama Day' a state holiday
By Brandon Carter - 08/06/17 02:25 PM EDT
Former President Obama is being honored with a new state holiday in his former state of Illinois.
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) signed a measure Friday to make Aug. 4 “Barack Obama Day” in the state, according to NBC Chicago. The holiday will be celebrated each year on Obama’s birthday beginning in 2018.
The day is “set apart to honor the 44th President of the United States of America who began his career serving the People of Illinois in both the Illinois State Senate and the United States Senate, and dedicated his life to protecting the rights of Americans and building bridges across communities.”
Senate Bill 55 was passed by both state houses with no votes against it.
Rauner praised the idea behind the bill earlier this year after a previous version, which would have made the day a legal state holiday, failed. The new holiday is commemorative.
"It's incredibly proud for Illinois that the president came from Illinois. I think it's awesome, and I think we should celebrate it," Rauner said at the time, according to NBC Chicago. "I don't think it should be a formal holiday with paid, forced time off, but I think it should be a day of acknowledgment and celebration."
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Who didn’t see this coming...hell they gave him the Nobel Peace Prize for showing up, and his time in officer was some of the most violent in US history, at least on the domestic side...
Sick of BO and his brood.
Just zombies.
Isn’t that the guy that use be on the box of “Cream O Wheat”?
Unfortunately I am here now for a project.
a few days back a group of misunderstood yoots was , jumping out of vans in stalled traffic by a an exit, and was car jacking and robbing folks at gunpint going down the highway..
Out of hand, friggin third world war zone, run and gun wild west
please I am just visiting..lol
Well, we were working to clear the swamp as well as empty the chamber (OBama) pot.
I never leave my car unlocked, even when I'm in it. My car is a 2005, and has automatic locks, but you have to do it manually with the button. As soon as I get in my car at home, I lock it before I go anywhere. I don't live in a high-crime area, but having worked in prisons my adult life, I became very security conscious. We had to have our cars locked at all times when we were on State property, just got in the habit of doing it. I've been retired since 2003, and still take those same precautions, no matter where I am.
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