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THE CITY OF
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WHEREAS, the average person complains approximately 15 to 30 times per day, resulting in
roughly 4.5 billion complaints spoken every day in the United States; and
WHEREAS, complaining keeps people focused on current problems stultifying their innate
abilities to seek and create positive, harmonious solutions; and has been shown by research
psychologists to be detrimental to a person's physical and emotional health, relationships, and
to limit their career success; and
WHEREAS, a Complaint -Free World is a non - profit organization that encourages people to
stop complaining and redirect their minds toward more positive, constructive and rewarding
lives; and
WHEREAS, a Complaint -Free World has sent out more than 10 million Complaint Free purple
bracelets to participants in 106 countries around the world who use them to monitor their suc-
cess at achieving 21 consecutive complaint -free days, thereby transforming their attitudes from
negative to positive. The intention is to transform the attitude of the world's people from nega-
tive to positive by inspiring no less than one percent of the global population (60 million people)
to become complaint free; and
WHEREAS, thousands of schools in the United States have taken on the Complaint -Free pro-
gram with tens of thousands of students of all ages achieving amazing results in creating posi-
tive attitudes.
NOW THEREFORE, 1, ROY D. BUOL, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA, ON BEHALF
OF THE CITY COUNCIL, STAFF AND CITIZENS OF DUBUQUE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE
22ND DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2013 AS
"COMPLAINT -FREE DAY"
IN THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the Great Seal
of the City of Dubuque to be affixed this
18th day of February, 2013.
Roy D. Buol, Mayor
Attest:
Kevin S. Firnstahl, CMC, City Clerk
2013: Submitted and accepted by Jeff Lenhart, 1711 Clarke Drive, Dubuque, IA 52001, 563-
880 -1042, lenhartjeff @gmail.com; and Scott Theisen.