R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The public television documentary series "Vote for 1-2 Me: Politics in America" has been awarded the George Foster Peabody 1-3 Award for excellence in broadcast and cable, the highest award in 1-4 television broadcasting; and 1-5 WHEREAS, This production about the culture of electoral 1-6 politics on the national, state, and local levels received critical 1-7 acclaim when it was nationally broadcast on public television, 1-8 being described as "a celebration of American politics," "the best 1-9 four credit course on real politics you could ever take," and "a 1-10 masterpiece, which makes you laugh, makes you enraged, and, most 1-11 remarkable of all, makes you care about politics"; and 1-12 WHEREAS, Filmed in 30 states, "Vote for Me: Politics in 1-13 America" features lengthy and informative sequences about politics 1-14 at the Texas legislature; and 1-15 WHEREAS, The series was coproduced by Paul Stekler, the new 1-16 head of the nationally recognized film program at the 1-17 Radio-Television-Film Department of The University of Texas at 1-18 Austin, and his efforts, along with all those individuals involved 1-19 in this enlightening series, are indeed worthy of special 1-20 legislative recognition; now, therefore, be it 1-21 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 75th Texas 1-22 Legislature hereby congratulate Paul Stekler on his receipt of the 1-23 George Foster Peabody Award and recognize "Vote for Me: Politics in 1-24 America" for its portrayal of the serious business of politics and 2-1 governance in Texas and across the nation; and, be it further 2-2 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-3 prepared for Mr. Stekler as an expression of high regard by the 2-4 Texas House of Representatives. Naishtat Laney Gutierrez Oliveira Alexander Haggerty Olivo Allen Hamric Palmer Alvarado Hartnett Patterson Averitt Hawley Pickett Bailey Heflin Pitts Berlanga Hernandez Place Bonnen Hightower Price Bosse Hilbert Puente Brimer Hilderbran Rabuck Burnam Hill Ramsay Carter Hinojosa Rangel Chavez Hirschi Raymond Chisum Hochberg Reyna of Bexar Christian Hodge Reyna of Dallas Clark Holzheauser Rhodes Coleman Horn Rodriguez Cook Howard Roman Corte Hunter Sadler Counts Hupp Seaman Crabb Isett Serna Craddick Jackson Shields Cuellar Janek Siebert Culberson Jones of Lubbock Smith Danburg Jones of Dallas Smithee Davila Junell Solis Davis Kamel Solomons Delisi Keel Staples Denny Keffer Stiles Driver King Swinford Dukes Krusee Talton Dunnam Kubiak Telford Dutton Kuempel Thompson Edwards Lewis of Tarrant Tillery Ehrhardt Lewis of Orange Torres Eiland Longoria Turner of Coleman Elkins Luna Turner of Harris Farrar McCall Uher Finnell McClendon Van de Putte Flores McReynolds Walker Gallego Madden West Galloway Marchant Williams Garcia Maxey Williamson Giddings Merritt Wilson Glaze Moffat Wise Goodman Moreno Wohlgemuth Goolsby Mowery Wolens Gray Naishtat Woolley Greenberg Nixon Yarbrough Grusendorf Oakley Zbranek _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 1132 was adopted by the House on May 27, 1997, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House