City of Philadelphia - File #: 000417

• File #: 000417
• Version: 0
• Type: Privileged Resolution
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 6/1/2000
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 6/1/2000
• Title: Honoring the life of the late Governor Robert P. Casey.
• Sponsors: Council President Verna, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Nutter, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Cohen, Councilmember Ortiz, Councilmember Mariano, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Krajewski

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
6/1/2000	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED BY STANDING VOTE
6/1/2000	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
6/1/2000	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Honoring the life of the late Governor Robert P. Casey.
Body
WHEREAS, The death of Governor Robert P. Casey on May 30, 2000 has taken from us a great citizen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and a friend to the City of Philadelphia; and

WHEREAS, Governor Casey attended Scranton Preparatory School where he was senior class president, head of the student council, captain of the basketball team, star catcher for the baseball team and class valedictorian from where he went on to graduate from Holy Cross College, where he was elected senior class president, and George Washington University Law School, which he attended on a scholarship; and

WHEREAS, Governor Casey was politically active in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for nearly forty years, serving as a state senator, as auditor general for eight years and as a two-term governor, becoming so well known that his name became a political asset; and

WHEREAS, As Governor, Robert P. Casey signed legislation reforming auto insurance, overhauling the state's workers' compensation system, championing the rights of labor, providing health-care coverage for children in lower-income families, giving tax relief to the state's poorest citizens and for environmental clean-up laws; and

WHEREAS, Governor Casey never feared to express his pro-life convictions thereby showing his faith, moral integrity and political toughness; and

WHEREAS, Governor Casey was a true friend to Philadelphia providing additional funding for Philadelphia schools and the initial grant to fund the Avenue of the Arts; and

WHEREAS, It is fitting and appropriate that the Council of the City of Philadelphia memorialize the life of this great citizen, politician and activist; now, therefore,

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That the Council respectfully honors the life of the late Governor Robert P. Casey and mourns his passing.

FURTHER RESOLVED, That an Engrossed copy of this resolution shall ...