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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, For more than 40 years, the U.S. Small Business |
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Administration has recognized outstanding small business owners |
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for their contributions to the nation's economy during National |
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Small Business Week; and |
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WHEREAS, The SBA Houston District Office, which serves 32 |
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counties and some 350,000 businesses, is honoring 10 outstanding |
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individuals on May 11, 2007, at the Small Business Week Awards |
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Luncheon; the event is being sponsored by the Houston chapter of |
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SCORE, a nonprofit association dedicated to entrepreneur education |
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and the formation, growth, and success of the nation's small |
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businesses; and |
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WHEREAS, Alfredo Giraldo has been named the 2007 Small |
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Business Journalist of the Year in recognition of his outstanding |
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work for the Spanish-language newspaper Rumbo, a subsidiary of |
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Meximeric Media; the Houston edition of Rumbo has a circulation of |
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more than 100,000 copies, while other editions target readers in |
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San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley; after joining Rumbo in 2004, |
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Mr. Giraldo specialized in reporting on issues of interest to small |
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businesses in the Hispanic community and in profiling Latino |
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business owners; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Peru, Mr. Giraldo attended the |
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Universidad de Lima and earned a degree in industrial engineering; |
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he also holds a master's degree in Latin American studies from The |
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University of Texas at Austin; recently, he returned to Peru to join |
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a business consulting firm; and |
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WHEREAS, Small businesses are the lifeblood of cities and |
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towns across the country, and National Small Business Week provides |
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a welcome opportunity to honor those men and women who contribute to |
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the economic vitality of their communities through their |
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professional endeavors; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Alfredo Giraldo on his selection as |
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the 2007 Small Business Journalist of the Year by the Houston |
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District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration and |
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extend to him best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Giraldo as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Dutton |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1906 was adopted by the House on May |
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10, 2007, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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