HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2005.05.12 - 27926REPORT (misc. Mom May 12, 2005
BY: General Government Committee, William R. Patterson, Chairperson
IN RE: MR #05080 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — HOLOCAUST
REMEMBRANCE
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having reviewed Miscellaneous Resolution
#05080 on May 2, 2005, reports with a recommendation that the resolution be adopted.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move
acceptance of the foregoing report.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
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General Government Committee Vote:
Motion carried on a roll call vote with Gregory absent.
Miscellaneous Resolution #05080 _
BY: Commissioners Helaine Zack, District #22, Marcia Gershenson, District #17, Bill
Bullard, Jr., District #2
RE: Board of Commissioners - Holocaust Remembrance
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the history of the Holocaust offers an opportunity to reflect upon the moral
responsibilities of individuals, societies and governments; and
WHEREAS the Holocaust was the state-sponsored, systematic persecution and
annihilation of European Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and
1945; and
WHEREAS in addition to the murder of approximately 6 million Jews, millions more,
including Poles, Gypsies, Slays, people with physical disabilities, homosexuals, Jehovah's
Witnesses, prisoners of war, dissenting clergy and political dissidents, also suffered
grievous oppression and death under Nazi tyranny; and
WHEREAS a key date in the history of the Holocaust is April 19, 1943, the beginning of
the Warsaw ghetto uprising, when Jews resisted death camp deportation by the Nazis for
27 days; and
WHEREAS this date, which in the Hebrew calendar is the twenty-seventh day of Nisan,
has been established in 1980 by the United States Congress as the National Holocaust
Remembrance Day, and the week surrounding this date has been established as the Days
of Remembrance; and
WHEREAS Holocaust Remembrance Day is a day that has been set aside for
remembering the victims of the Holocaust and for reminding Americans and the world of
what can happen to civilized people when bigotry, hatred, indifference and intolerance are
allowed to fester and grow; and
WHEREAS we remember with sadness the millions of victims of the Holocaust. We
remember with admiration the resistors, known and unknown, who risked and lost their
lives to save others. We remember those who died for who they were, how they worshiped,
what they believed and who they loved; and
WHEREAS we remember and honor the survivors of the Holocaust who are living
testaments -- preserving our shared history of anguish, courage and hope — to keep it vivid
and real, so that racism, hatred, persecution and prejudice can never again reign; and
WHEREAS as we remember the genocide and persecutions of far too many others — both
preceding and since the Holocaust -- the lessons of the Holocaust must never be lost as
we continue to dedicate ourselves to preserving the spirit of freedom and justice for all.
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
hereby joins with a worldwide chorus of hope and activism to say, "Never again" as we
observe the Holocaust Remembrance.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners applauds
the leadership of the Honorable Edward Sosnick, his judicial colleagues, lawyers, public
officials and other sponsoring groups in presenting "Examining the Rule of Law: Lessons
from the Holocaust for America Today".
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
encourages individuals, educational institutions, and social, community, religious, labor
and business organizations to remember what can happen when bigotry, indifference and
hatred are tolerated in a civilized society. When we remember and memorialize the past,
we can actively uphold the principles of individual freedom as we face the challenges of
tomorrow.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the forgoing; solution. .
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Resolution #05080 April 14, 2005
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no objections.
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Resolution #05080 May 12, 2005
Moved by Gershenson supported by Long the resolutions on the Consent Agenda be adopted (with
accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Coulter, Crawford, Douglas, Gershenson, Gregory, Hatchett, Jamian, KowaII, Long, Melton,
Middleton, Molnar, Moss, Nash, Palmer, Patterson, Potter, Rogers, Suarez, Wilson, Woodward, Zack,
Bullard. (23)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefore, the resolutions on the Consent Agenda, were adopted (with
accompanying reports being accepted).
I EBY AMIE THE FORMIC MU=
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Ruth Johnson, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and
accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on May 12, 2005 with
the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at
Pontiac, Michigan this 12th day of May, 2005.