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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Oscar Leeser was reelected as mayor of El Paso in |
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December 2020; and |
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WHEREAS, First elected in 2013, Mayor Leeser served for one |
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term before retreating from public life for a time to address health |
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issues; he ran again in 2020 on support for small businesses and a |
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record that includes the El Paso First policy, which gives extra |
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points to local companies that bid on municipal projects, allowing |
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them to develop more competitive bids; in addition, during his |
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first term, he incentivized the hiring of veterans; and |
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WHEREAS, Oscar Leeser is the son of Arthur and Rhoberta |
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Leeser; he was nine years old and spoke not a word of English when |
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his family moved to El Paso from Chihuahua, Mexico; hard-working |
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and resourceful, he washed cars, mowed lawns, and, as a teenager, |
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worked as a janitor; in 1979, he joined the automotive industry, and |
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with his entrepreneurial spirit he rose to become president of |
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Hyundai of El Paso; dedicated to the community, he has served on the |
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boards of the El Paso Police Foundation and the University Medical |
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Center of El Paso, among other leadership roles; and |
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WHEREAS, Each day, public servants improve the quality of |
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life for their fellow citizens in innumerable ways, and the |
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continuing efforts of Mayor Leeser will help to make El Paso an even |
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better place in which to live and work; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Oscar Leeser on his reelection as |
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mayor of El Paso and extend to him sincere best wishes for a |
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successful tenure; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mayor Leeser as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |