INSTALLATION REMARKS DAVID D.

ORR COOK COUNTY CLERK DECEMBER 3, 1990 COUNTY BOARD CHAMBERS

THANK YOU

JUDGE FREEMAN, SISTER DECOOK AND STUDS TERKEL. ME.

I WANT
t.,ANT

.TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR SHARING THIS DAY WITH TO ESPECIALLY THANK MY FAMILY.

ALSO, I

TODAY IS

A DAY OF PROFOUND CHANGE FOR COUNTY GOVERNMENT. IT IS THE FIRST CHANGE IN

IN THE

CASE OF THE CLERK, SEVENTEEN YEARS.

LEADERSHIP IN

TOGETHER

WITH THE NEW COUNTY BOARD PRESIDENT,

SHERIFF, ,STATE'S ATTORNEY AND NEW COMMISSIONERS, WE REPRESENT THE BIGGEST CHANGE DECADES. IN LEADERSHIP COUNTY GOVERNMENT HAS SEEN IN TWO

WHILE -- TO SOME -- THESE CHANGES MAY BUT AS I LOOK AROUND THIS

APPEAR RADICAL

OR SUDDEM,

ROOM AT OLD FRIENDS AND NEW, I AM

REMINDED OF HOW LONG IT HAS TAKEN US TO GET WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

IT'S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY FOR ME FROM THE CLASSROOMS COLLEGE TO THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.

OF MUNDELEIN

(A BRIEF STOP IN THE

MAYOR'S OFFICE DIDN'T HURT.)

IT'S BEEN

A LONG JOURNEY

FOR MANY OF YOU WHO HAVE WORKED MORE REPRESENTATIVE

SO HARD

TO MAKE THE IDEAL OF A A REALITY.

FAIRER,

GOVERNMENT--

WE STARTED

OUT MORE THAN TWO DECADES ~e~_AND

AGO WITH LITTLE MORE THAN A

COMMON FAITH THAT GOVERNMENT ~~~~ GOVERNMENT TO FULFILL

~~IDO

BETTER

-- BECAUSE

WE TH6

SOME BASIC FUNCTIONS OF ADDRESSING.

THAT NEITHER

MARKET NOR CHARITY

ARE CAPABLE

I AM ALSO REMINDED, FRIENDS, CO-WORKERS

AS I

LOOK

AT

THIS

ASSEMBLY

OF EMPLOYEES,

AND PEERS, OF ONE ESSENTIAL

FACT --

THAT

MY

ELECTION A MOVEMENT SUPPORTED

IS

THE

OUTCOME

OF A GRASS ROOTS MOVEMENT

FOR

CHANGE. WITH AND

OF HUNDREDS ME

OF VOLUNTEERS

WHO HAVE L..lORKED WHETHER IT'S

OVER THE PAST TWELVE YEARS. IN THE CITY COUNCIL, OUR COMBINED EFFORTS OR IN

BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY, ARENA, IT HAS BEEN

THE ELECTORAL

THAT HAVE MADE OUR

VICTORIES

POSSIBLE.

I HAVE ARRIVED AND A STRONG

AT THIS OFFICE TO

WITH A FULL AGENDA . MAKE COUNTY GOVERNMENT WORK--

DETERMINATION

WORK BETTER THAN EVER FOR THE PEOPLE OF COOK COUNTY.

YOU ALL KNOW MY GOALS

I "IE pLEDGED WAY WILL BE BY

TO MAKE COUNTY PROVIDING A

GOVERNMENT JOURNAL OF

MORE B!;~g_n~~g . . ONE . PROCEEDINGS OF THE COOK

COUNTY BOARD MEETINGS.

AND WE WILL PRINT A JOURNAL

-- Q9.N

I HAVE PLEDGED BY IMPROVING

TO MAKE COUNTY GOVERNMENT THE ELECTION PROCESS

MORE AND

B~~Q~~IB~~~ .
INCREASING VOTER
DAY

REGISTRATION. TURNOUT ARE

THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED

VOTERS AND

ELECTION

AT AN ALL TIME LOW BOTH HERE AND AROUND FRIGHTENING TREND FOR

THE COUNTRY.

THIS IS A VERY REVERSE

DEMOCRACY.

THIS TREND.

I HAVE PLEDGED BY BEARING .THE TAX ENSURING MANNER.

TO MAKE COUNTY GOVERNMENT THAT THE

MORE- Ee.!f:Lf\~!LERQP~GIlyg FUNDS ARE IN INTEREST BACK DN AND BY

MAKING SURE

PUBLIC'S

ACCOUNTS ROLLS THAT AND

BY PUTTING CREATING

TAX DELINQUENT MORE AFFORDABLE

PROPERTIES HOUSING;

PUBLIC CONTR,ACTS ARE BID IN A FAIR AND COMPETITIVE

IF I AM TO UNITED

SUCCEED, IT

WILL BE

BECAUSE I

HAVE A

TEAM THAT IS

IN ITS VISION

AND ITS DETERMINATION.

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THE KEY MEMBERS OF THAT TEAM WILL BE THE EMPLOYEES

-- SOME OF VOTE. WHOM BEGAN TO WORK HERE BEFORE I WAS

OF THIS OFFICE
EVEN ABLE TO

I HAVE

GOTTEN

TO

KNOW 1'1ANY OF YOU

BECAUSE: STANLEY

KUSPER,

HIS

ADMINISTRATION

AND ESPECIALLY

DEPUTY CLERK JOHN

WALSH HAVE GIVEN

OF THEIR TIME IN ASSISTING

i'tE AND MY STAFF TO ASSUI'1ETHIS OFFICE.

CHANGE CAN

BE FRIGHTENING THIS

AND

I AM

SURE THERE ARE SOME MAVERICK

PEOPLE WHO ARE Wf~RY ABOUT CHANGE

WELL-KNOWN

COMING

TO

THE RULES OF THE GAME.

SO LET

ME BE CLEARz

THERE WILL BE CHANGE. OR

AND I DO NOT MEAN ARMY. -I INTEND TO

MASS FIRINGS,
/

SCAPEGOATING

A PATRONAGE

BRING A NEW SENSE OF PURPOSE

AND PROFESSIONALISM

TO THIS OFFICE.

THERE

ARE YOU

GREAT

RESOURCES HARD.

AND YOU

TALENTS DO YOUR

IN THE CLERk'S JOBS QUIETLY

OFFICEa AND AS LITTLE WAY OF

MOST OF

WORK

EFFICIENTLY IN THE

AS CONDITIONS

ALLOW.

IN EXCHANGE, AND EVEN LESS

YOU RECEIVE IN THE

l~AY OF

RECOGN IT ION,

COMPENSATION.

YET YOUR JOB IS ESSENTIAL.

I ALSO

BELIEVE

AND THINK

THAT THE VOTE WANT A CHANGE.

IN THE PAST ELECTION

AS . THE

DEMONSTRATES GOVERNMENT ARE GETTING

-- THAT PEOPLE

COST OF

CONTINUES

TO RISE, WORTH~

THEY WANT GUARANTEES

-- THAT THEY

THEIR MONEY'S

PUTTING IN THIS

THESE TWO THINGS TOGETHER WORKFORCE AND PLACING

--

TAKING THE

TALENT

INHERENT

IT IN THE CONTEXT I AM CERTAIN AND THAT

OF THE PUBLIC'S WE CAN RESTDRE IMPORTANT~

DEMAND FOR GREATER CITIZEN'S

EFFICIENCY,

CONFIDENCE

IN GOVERNMENT

NO LESS

MAKE WORK AN EVER MORE ENJOYABLE

PART OF PEOPLE'S

LIVES.

WHILE THE EMPLOYEES CANNOT SUCCEED

OF THIS OFFICE,

ARE THE HEART OF THE TEA!1, wE I COME INTO THIS OFFICE

WITH THEM ALONE.

LUCKILY

WITH TWO GREAT ALLIES MY FELLOW ELECTED

THE VOTERS AND THOSE WHO THEY SELECTED,

COLLEAGUES

AND THOSE RENEWED

ELECTED

TO

OFFICE REPRESENT,

AS FAR

AS I CAN SEE, A

COMMITMENT

TO ACCOUNTABILITY

IN MANY WAYS. --

TO A COUNTY ALIKE, TO

GOVERNMENT A COUNTY

THAT

IS

FAIR

TO

EMPLOYEE

AND TAXPAYER

GOVERNMENT IN A

THAT GRAPPLES MANNER THAT

WITH THE CHALLENGES IS BOTH RESPONSIVE POCKETBOOKSc

THAT FACE THIS JURISDICTION TO NEED AND MINDFUL

OF THE LIMITS OF TAXPAYERS'

-- TO THESE COLLEAGUES THIS TEAM.

I SAY I AM PROUD AND EXCITED

TO BE PART OF

HOWEVER, THOSE WHO DID THE VOTING TAXES ARE

AND THOSE

OF YOU

WHO PAYTHE

NO LESS IMPORTANT TO OUR SUCCESS.

I URGE YOU NEVER TO

FORGET THAT YOU ARE THE .BOSS. YOU THE LEADERSHIP THAT RUNS GOVERNMENT.

PAY THE

BILLS AND

YOU ELECT

AND, ULTIMATELY,

IT IS

UP TO

YOU, ~HE

TAXPAYERS, TO HOLD YOUR IN THAT VENTURE

GOVERNI'1ENTCCOUNTABLE. A AND IF WE BOTH MAKE A

I WILL BE

YOUR PARTNER

GOOD FAITH

EFFORT WE EXISTS --

CAN 60 A LONG WAY AND REPLACING IT

TOWARD ERASING THE MISTRUST THAT NOW WITH A NEW AND

CONSTRUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PEOPLE AND

THEIR GOVERNMENT.

SO

~-AS

WE OPEN THE DOORS TO COUNTY GOVERNMENT, LETTING PUBLIC SCRUTINY, I AM ASKING FOR YOUR HELP. WE CAN AND WE WILL CHANGE AS

IN THE I SAID

LIGHT OF

ONE YEAR AGO, TOGETHER COUNTY DOES BUSINESS.

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