R-1897 - 08/11/2020 - APPRECIATION - Resolutions Supporting Documents ITEM 3.1113
2020-AP-R-1897
RESOLUTION OF APPRECIATION
WHEREAS, JOHN R. LAUSCH, JR. has served as United States Attorney for the Northern
District of Illinois since November 22,2017,and in that capacity has fearlessly confronted the money and
power of the deeply corrupt individuals wielding clout in our state's General Assembly and its cast of petty
tyrants feeding on the public,and imposing the costs of their brutal avarice on captive industries,collusive
regulatory agencies that cannot bring themselves to operate impartially,and crooked wire-pullers pluming
themselves on riches extorted from every source imaginable, including even the cameras that snap
pictures of cars and turn them into traffic tickets at perfectly safe intersections made more dangerous by
corrupt red light camera companies;and
WHEREAS, JOHN LAUSCH has not hesitated to investigate and develop evidence of public
corruption,and to bring the federal cases to halt corruption in its tracks,tracks made by the shoes of
specific corrupt individuals bringing their ingrained baleful influence wherever they go, including Oak
Brook Illinois,where their handiwork in getting a red light camera installed at the corner of Rt.83 and
22ntl Street is the most nakedly profit-grabbing expression of improper influence peddling and disregard
of law, safety and moral standards in recent memory, and which is still being protected by improper
political influence to the detriment of health,welfare and safety.
WHEREAS, much more work needs to be done to neutralize and incarcerate the"creatures[s]
of the petty rake-off pocketed with a petty joke in private and denied with the stalest platitudes in[their]
public utterances...[the] grubby little nonentity[ies] who...drifted into corruption...chiefly because
everyone else did it"' and whose"very language [is]all smudge and blur,"yet who still pretend to be
engaged in public service right up until JOHN LAUSCH gets to them,and removes them from office.
WHEREAS,by his exemplary conduct and inspiring service,JOHN LAUSCH has given us a true
compass we may rely upon for the conduct of our own lives of service and efforts devoted to the residents,
visitors and business community of Oak Brook;and
WHEREAS, for all of these things, the President and Board of Trustees express their deep
appreciation to JOHN LAUSCH,and declare that his faithful service should be recognized and spread
upon the records of the Village.
C.S.Lewis,The Screwtape Letters(Harper 1959 ed.)at 188-89,191.
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NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of
Oak Brook that JOHN LAUSCH be and is hereby commended for his faithful service to the residents and
the Village of Oak Brook,our surrounding communities,and our State.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Oak
Brook,for and on behalf of the Village and its citizens,do hereby offer to JOHN LAUSCH the Key to our
Village,as a token of our appreciation and to denote his esteemed status and perpetual privileges as an
Honorary Citizen of Oak Brook.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a duly certified copy of this Resolution be delivered to JOHN
LAUSCH and that this Resolution be spread upon the official permanent records of the Village.
ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Oak Brook,
DuPage and Cook Counties,Illinois,this 11th day of August,2020.
APPROVED: ATTEST:
Gopal G.Lalmalani,Village President Charlotte K.Pruss,Village Clerk