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Kendall County Board honors retiring state Sen. Linda Holmes for her dedication to the county · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Kendall County Board honors retiring State Senator Linda Holmes for her dedication
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  to the county. Written by Eric Shelkopf. This article is being read
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  by an automated voice, brought to you by Everlet. Retiring State Senator
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  Linda Holmes Di Aurora is being honored for her public service. At
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  the September fifteenth, Kendall County Board Meeting, board members approved a resolution
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  honoring her. Senate, Holmes has distinguished herself through her advocacy on issues
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  pertaining to Kendall County's expansive growth, animal welfare, infrastructure, health
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  care, the environment, and working families, leaving a lasting legislative record throughout
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  her time in the Illinois Senate, Kendall County Board Chairman Matt Kellogg
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  said in reading the resolution. Holmes recently announced she will retire from
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  the state legislature at the end of her current term to focus
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  on her health. She has battled multiple sclerosis for almost 40 years.
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  She has been representing the 42nd District since January 2007. Her district
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  includes Kendall, Kane, DuPage and Will counties. Before being elected to the
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  Illinois State Senate, Holmes served on the Kane County Board for two
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  years. It's seen a pleasure for me to work with you the
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  last four years I have been chairman, Kellogg said, in addressing Holmes
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  at the meeting. Kendall County Boardmember Dan Kukel thanked
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  Holmes for her dedication to the area. As a person, you taught
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  people you need to show up, he said. I've seen you at
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  many, many different events, whether it was a ribbon cutting ceremonies or
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  a veteran's dinner. That means a lot to me, because you were
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  out and about in the community. Oswego Village Administrator Dan DeSanto also
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  thanked Holmes for her service. The village recently designated the Wolf's Crossing
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  at Harvey Road roundabout and honorary street in her name. What you're
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  known for really throughout the state is local advocacy, local
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  control, DeSanto said. You've been a great advocate for Oswego in Kendall
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  County. He noted that Holmes has helped in efforts to bring Lake
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  Michigan water to Kendall County. Sponsoring the bill that allowed us to
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  join the DuPage Water Commission was a big deal, DeSanto said. State
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  Senator Sue Reason R. Morris said Holmes is the biggest advocate for
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  her community. As Dan said, she is a fierce advocate for local
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  control, Rezin said. We're going to miss that. There is no question.
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  Again, Linda is somebody who is for Kendall County. She always has
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  been. In response to the accolades, Holmes said she Just did my
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  job. If if you run for public office, you need to be
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  available to the public, she said. And that's what I tried to
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  do, and you need to advocate for the public. And we know
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  we're going to have political differences. We know we're going to have
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  differences in policy ideas. And that's fine. At at the end of
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  the day, what we have to remember is that we are all
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  here representing the same people. We are all representing the people of
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  Kendall County. So regardless of what side of the aisle you are
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  on and what are your political beliefs, you need to keep that
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  foremost in your mind and work together to accomplish those goals.