Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

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6	6	General Assembly Senate Joint
7	7	Resolution No. 32
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75	75	RESOLUTION EXPRESSIN G SYMPATHY ON THE DE ATH OF STATE
76	76	AUDITOR AND FORMER S TATE SENATOR ROBERT J. KANE.
77	77	Resolved by this Assembly:
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79	79	WHEREAS, on Friday, February 5, 2021, the state of Connecticut lost 1
80	80	an admired and dedicated Auditor of Public Accounts and former State 2
81	81	Senator with the passing of Robert J. Kane, at the age of fifty-three; and 3
82	82	WHEREAS, he represented the 32nd senatorial district with 4
83	83	distinction for more than nine years from 2008 through 2017; and 5
84	84	WHEREAS, he served as an Auditor of Public Accounts from 2017 6
85	85	until the time of his passing; and 7 Senate Joint Resolution No. 32
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90	90	WHEREAS, he was born on April 30, 1967, in Waterbury, 8
91	91	Connecticut, son of the late James J. and Deana (LoRusso) Kane Sr.; and 9
92	92	WHEREAS, he was the proud father of his two children, Aidan and 10
93	93	Deana Kane; and 11
94	94	WHEREAS, he was a graduate of Sacred Heart High School in 12
95	95	Waterbury, Central Connecticut State University and the University of 13
96	96	New Haven; and 14
97	97	WHEREAS, he was a successful entrepreneur who opened one of the 15
98	98	first cellphone stores in Connecticut, KarTele Cellular Communications, 16
99	99	in 1994; and 17
100	100	WHEREAS, he was the past chairperson of the Watertown Town 18
101	101	Council and served as chairperson of its Finance Subcommittee and 19
102	102	founding chairperson of its Business Development Subcommittee; and 20
103	103	WHEREAS, he was first elected to serve the 32nd senatorial district 21
104	104	in a special election on January 15, 2008, representing the towns of 22
105	105	Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Middlebury, Oxford, Roxbury, Seymour, 23
106	106	Southbury, Washington, Watertown and Woodbury; and 24
107	107	WHEREAS, he served for four terms as a State Senator and served as 25
108	108	the ranking member of the Appropriations Committee, Human Services 26
109	109	Committee and the Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee, 27
110	110	and also served on the Public Health Committee; and 28
111	111	WHEREAS, he was the Deputy Minority Leader Pro Tempore, 29
112	112	Caucus chairman and served as Assistant Minority Leader and Minority 30
113	113	Whip in the Connecticut State Senate; and 31
114	114	WHEREAS, he served as chairperson of the Wolcott Street Lakewood 32
115	115	Road Business Association, president of the Professional Networking 33
116	116	Partners of Waterbury Connecticut, corporator of the Valley United 34
117	117	Way and a member of the board of directors of the Waterbury Regional 35
118	118	Chamber of Commerce; and 36 Senate Joint Resolution No. 32
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123	123	WHEREAS, he was a former board member of United Way, of the 37
124	124	Waterbury ARC, and of the Regional Workforce Investment Board; and 38
125	125	WHEREAS, he was a recipient of the Waterbury Regional Chamber 39
126	126	Malcolm Baldrige Award for Volunteerism, and a recipient of the 40
127	127	Waterbury Regional Chamber Harold Webster Smith Small Business 41
128	128	Award; and 42
129	129	WHEREAS, he received the 2016 Radiological Society of Connecticut 43
130	130	Award for his leadership in advocating for preventive health care 44
131	131	services for women and access to services by all patients; and 45
132	132	WHEREAS, besides his beloved children, Aidan and Deana, he is 46
133	133	survived by his siblings Maria Kane Slavin and her husband, John, 47
134	134	Cheryl A. Kane and John Tarascio, James J. Kane Jr. and Diane S. Kane, 48
135	135	all of Waterbury, and Christopher M. Kane of Wolcott, and several 49
136	136	nieces and nephews. 50
137	137	NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Connecticut General 51
138	138	Assembly expresses its sincere sympathy and heartfelt condolences on 52
139	139	the passing of one of its honorable former members, Robert J. Kane, 53
140	140	whose death is a profound loss to the Office of the Auditors of Public 54
141	141	Accounts, the State Senate, his family and friends, the residents of the 55
142	142	ten towns of the 32nd senatorial district and the entire state of 56
143	143	Connecticut; and 57
144	144	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the clerks of the House of 58
145	145	Representatives and the Senate cause a copy of this resolution to be sent 59
146	146	to the family of Robert J. Kane, as an expression of the high esteem and 60
147	147	affection in which he is held. 61