1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1114 1-2 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is proud to join 1-3 the citizens of El Paso in recognizing Joe Lopez for receiving two 1-4 Small Business Administration advocacy awards; and 1-5 WHEREAS, The recipient of the Minority Small Business 1-6 Advocate of the Year and Media Advocate of the Year awards, 1-7 Mr. Lopez was recognized for his untiring efforts on behalf of 1-8 the small businessmen of El Paso; and 1-9 WHEREAS, As president of the Lopez Advertising Group, he was 1-10 instrumental in the campaigns to keep the Fort Bliss procurement 1-11 and the Small Business Administration offices open in El Paso; and 1-12 WHEREAS, Forestalling millions of federal dollars from leaving 1-13 El Paso is credited to his "leading the charge"; a letter-writing 1-14 campaign and the organization of the local business community 1-15 proved advantageous for the federal government and El Paso; and 1-16 WHEREAS, Being in the forefront of this movement to help 1-17 preserve the small businessman of El Paso is certainly admirable 1-18 and worthy of recognition; now, therefore, be it 1-19 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 1-20 76th Legislature, hereby congratulate Joe Lopez for being named 1-21 Minority Small Business Advocate and Media Advocate for the year; 2-1 and, be it further 2-2 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for him 2-3 as an expression of the high regard of the Texas Senate. 2-4 Shapleigh 2-5 ______________________________________ 2-6 President of the Senate 2-7 I hereby certify that the above 2-8 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-9 on May 26, 1999. 2-10 ______________________________________ 2-11 Secretary of the Senate 2-12 ______________________________________ 2-13 Member, Texas Senate