[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 11347-11348]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        HONORING SOUTH SUBURBAN MAYORS AND MANAGERS ASSOCIATION

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                           HON. JERRY WELLER

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 13, 2003

  Mr. WELLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the South Suburban 
Mayors and Managers Association. The South Suburban Mayors and Managers 
Association (SSMMA) was incorporated in 1978 and is celebrating its 
25th Anniversary during the year 2003.
  SSMMA currently represents 43 municipalities and 650,000 residents in 
southern Cook and Will counties. Mayors, Village Presidents, and 
Village Managers take an active role within SSMMA and work in a 
cooperative effort to serve the southland communities and its 
residents. The leadership exhibited by SSMMA through its member 
municipalities has greatly benefited the Chicago Southland.
  SSMMA has been critical in its support to the region in areas such as 
transportation, economic development, open space preservation, and 
stormwater issues. They have also offered finance and municipal 
administrative support and training. SSMMA helped start the recycling 
efforts throughout the Chicago

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Southland. They also support the region with housing and diversity 
issues, public safety, education funding and property tax reform.
  On May 16, 2003 the South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association 
will formally recognize its past and current leaders and the 
achievements of the organization at a dinner to be held at the Villa de 
Bruno in Lynwood, Illinois. I offer my congratulations to the South 
Suburban Mayors and Managers Association for its 25 years of service to 
the Southland region. I commend the mayors, village presidents, city 
and village managers who have served the region so well.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge this body to identify and recognize other 
associations in their own districts whose actions have so greatly 
benefitted and strengthened America's families and communities.

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