By:  West                                             S.R. No. 1032
    1-1                           SENATE RESOLUTION
    1-2        WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to
    1-3  recognize the Honorable Ron Kirk, newly elected mayor of Dallas
    1-4  who will be sworn into office on June 5, 1995; and
    1-5        WHEREAS, Mayor-elect Kirk was Texas Secretary of State under
    1-6  former Governor Ann Richards; and
    1-7        WHEREAS, This outstanding gentleman won his election in a
    1-8  commanding fashion, piling up nearly two-thirds of the vote and
    1-9  avoiding any need for a run-off election that both he and his
   1-10  supporters had expected; and
   1-11        WHEREAS, Ron Kirk won by pulling together an impressive
   1-12  coalition that stretched from the boardrooms of Dallas to the city's
   1-13  poorest neighborhoods; and
   1-14        WHEREAS, With results from nearly all precincts in, Mr. Kirk
   1-15  had 62 percent of the votes, and his nearest opponent had only 23
   1-16  percent of the vote; and
   1-17        WHEREAS, One of the significant historical facts of the Dallas
   1-18  mayoral election is that Mayor-elect Kirk is the first black mayor
   1-19  in a city that has experienced some racial tensions in the past; and
   1-20        WHEREAS, Campaigning as the front-runner, he was
   1-21  overwhelmingly endorsed by such well-known supporters as
   1-22  Roger Staubach, former star quarterback of the hometown Dallas
   1-23  Cowboys, as well as by developers and leaders from Dallas' black
    2-1  communities; and
    2-2        WHEREAS, The mayor-elect won 12 of 14 City Council districts
    2-3  with voters who turned out to vote even though Dallas experienced
    2-4  deadly storms that descended on North Texas the Friday night of
    2-5  the election; certainly his impressive victory deserves legislative
    2-6  recognition; now, therefore, be it
    2-7        RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
    2-8  74th Legislature, hereby congratulate Mayor-elect Ron Kirk on his
    2-9  impressive victory; and, be it further
   2-10        RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for him
   2-11  as an expression of the highest esteem of the Texas Senate.
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   2-13                                       President of the Senate
   2-14                                    I hereby certify that the above
   2-15                               Resolution was adopted by the Senate
   2-16                               on May 11, 1995.
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   2-18                                       Secretary of the Senate
   2-19                               ______________________________________
   2-20                                        Member, Texas Senate