[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 13, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E186]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    HONORING RETIRING CHEEKTOWAGA TOWN SUPERVISOR JAMES J. JANKOWIAK

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                           HON. BRIAN HIGGINS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 13, 2008

  Mr. HIGGINS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor James J. Jankowiak, 
who concluded decades of faithful public service by serving one year as 
Supervisor of the most populous town in the 27th Congressional 
District, the great town of Cheektowaga.
  Jim Jankowiak is, above almost anything else, a man of the people. 
Jim is a regular guy who worked hard, loved his family and his 
community, and did everything he could to give back to that community 
he loved so well. From his career beginnings in the highway garage to 
his career as the most effective Parks Commissioner in the history of 
Erie County government, Jim Jankowiak consistently led by example, and 
the taxpayers of each respective jurisdiction within which he served 
were better for it.
  Jim's service on the local level--first as Chairman of the town's 
Democratic Committee and later as a Councilman and finally Supervisor, 
demonstrates clearly his love for the town in which he lived his life. 
Where I come from--in South Buffalo, NY--we like to say that we're a 
community of neighborhoods; South Cheektowaga is no different. 
Differentiated as it is by parishes or by fire districts, it's still a 
collection of neighborhoods, and Jim Jankowiak is, at heart, a kid from 
the neighborhood--and he never forgot from whence he came. That's high 
praise.
  Madam Speaker, I ask that you join me in honoring and congratulating 
Jim Jankowiak upon the conclusion of his official service to the 
taxpayers of the town of Cheektowaga. I know that you join me and the 
rest of our colleagues in wishing Jim, his wife Donna and their entire 
family the very best of good luck and Godspeed in the months and years 
to come.




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