H.R. No. 527



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Anyone who knows the Honorable Linda Harper-Brown 
will testify to the fact that this capable and conscientious public 
servant was not born yesterday, and today, March 20, 2003, we join 
together in celebration of that fact as we honor her on the joyous 
occasion of her birthday; and
	WHEREAS, Though this feisty freshman is currently serving her 
first session as a member of this chamber, Representative 
Harper-Brown is not new to the political arena, having cut her 
teeth, not to mention wasteful spending, as a member of the Irving 
City Council for more than five years; and
	WHEREAS, The chief executive officer of H & H Bookkeeping in 
Irving, Representative Harper-Brown is a person who can readily 
tell when something adds up, and consequently, when it doesn't, and 
her expertise not only has led her to be honored by the Greater 
Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce as its Woman Entrepreneur of 
the Year, but has also compelled this crackerjack hunter to take aim 
at such vexing issues as crime, education, and transportation 
during her years as an involved community activist; and
	WHEREAS, The devoted wife of Bill Brown, she is also a doting 
mother and grandmother who has rapped more than a few knuckles and 
knuckleheads in her day in the interest of education as a member of 
the local school board and the North Texas Association of School 
Boards, and the young people of her community have further 
benefited from her interest through the role she played to secure 
funding for the Irving Schools Foundation and in the development of 
the Irving Youth Center; and
	WHEREAS, An active participant in President Ronald Reagan's 
White House Conference for a Drug Free America and the Public Safety 
and Crime Prevention Committee of the National League of Cities, 
she has also made an impact closer to home through her work as a 
transportation advocate with the Dallas Regional Mobility 
Coalition and TEX 21, helping to improve highways and reduce 
traffic; now spending an inordinate amount of time idling behind 
the wheel of her car in the "Traffic Capital of Central Texas," 
Representative Harper-Brown should have plenty of time in which to 
ponder new ways to keep this state moving forward as a member of the 
House Transportation and Election committees, as well as the Select 
Committee on State Health Care Expenditures; and
	WHEREAS, When she isn't at the State Capitol helping to shape 
public policy, Representative Harper-Brown can often be found, 
perfectly coiffed and bejeweled, hunting on her deer lease, proving 
once again her uncanny ability to hit each target that draws her 
attention, a knack that will undoubtedly serve this state well in 
the days to come; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature hereby encourage the Honorable Linda Harper-Brown to 
hold the line on celebrating her birthday in a manner that is too 
taxing and extend to her sincere best wishes for nothing but blue 
skies ahead; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for Representative Harper-Brown as a good-natured 
reminder from her colleagues in the Texas House of Representatives 
that, like Poison Ivy, this too shall pass.

                                                                      Laubenberg



       

       

       
Craddick

       Giddings

       Merritt

       
Allen

       Goodman

       Miller

       
Alonzo

       Goolsby

       Moreno of Harris

       
Bailey

       Griggs

       Moreno of El Paso

       
Baxter

       Grusendorf

       Morrison

       
Berman

       Guillen

       Mowery

       
Bohac

       Gutierrez

       Naishtat

       
Bonnen

       Haggerty

       Nixon

       
Branch

       Hamilton

       Noriega

       
Brown of Kaufman

       Hamric

       Oliveira

       
Brown of Brazos

       Hardcastle

       Olivo

       
Burnam

       Hartnett

       Paxton

       
Callegari

       Heflin

       Pena

       
Campbell

       Hegar

       Phillips

       
Canales

       Hilderbran

       Pickett

       
Capelo

       Hill

       Pitts

       
Casteel

       Hochberg

       Puente

       
Castro

       Hodge

       Quintanilla

       
Chavez

       Homer

       Raymond

       
Chisum

       Hope

       Reyna

       
Christian

       Hopson

       Riddle

       
Coleman

       Howard

       Ritter

       
Cook of Navarro

       Hughes

       Rodriguez

       
Cook of Colorado

       Hunter

       Rose

       
Corte

       Hupp

       Seaman

       
Crabb

       Isett

       Smith of Tarrant

       
Crownover

       Jones of Lubbock

       Smith of Harris

       
Davis of Harris

       Jones of Bexar

       Smithee

       
Davis of Dallas

       Jones of Dallas

       Solis

       
Dawson

       Keel

       Solomons

       
Delisi

       Keffer of Dallas

       Stick

       
Denny

       Keffer of Eastland

       Swinford

       
Deshotel

       King

       Talton

       
Driver

       Kolkhorst

       Taylor

       
Dukes

       Krusee

       Telford

       
Dunnam

       Kuempel

       Thompson

       
Dutton

       Laney

       Truitt

       
Edwards

       Laubenberg

       Turner

       
Eiland

       Lewis

       Uresti

       
Eissler

       Luna

       Van Arsdale

       
Elkins

       Mabry

       Villarreal

       
Ellis

       Madden

       West

       
Farabee

       Marchant

       Wilson

       
Farrar

       Martinez Fischer

       Wise

       
Flores

       McCall

       Wohlgemuth

       
Flynn

       McClendon

       Wolens

       
Gallego

       McReynolds

       Wong

       
Garza

       Menendez

       Woolley

       
Gattis

       Mercer

       Zedler

       
Geren

       

       

       

                                                  ______________________________
                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 527 was adopted by the House on March 
20, 2003, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House