H.R. No. 2241

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The Honorable Antonio Perez Villarreal, mayor of
	Fort Stockton, has distinguished himself as a dedicated and
	accomplished community leader throughout his noteworthy tenure in
	public service; and
	WHEREAS, Raised in Rocksprings, Tony Villarreal began his
	career as a civic leader at the age of 19, when he was elected to his
	hometown's city council; by 21, he had won a seat on the Edwards
	County Commissioners Court, making him the youngest county
	commissioner in Texas and the first Hispanic to hold an elected
	office in Edwards County; and
	WHEREAS, In 1989, Mr. Villarreal and his family moved to Fort
	Stockton, where he served his fellow Texans as a member of the Fort
	Stockton ISD Board of Trustees and the Pecos County Commissioners
	Court; he was appointed by Governor Ann Richards to the Permian
	Basin Regional Review Committee and the Texas Department of Adult
	Protective Services Advisory Board, and he continued to better his
	community and state through his important work with such worthy
	organizations as the Fort Stockton Main Street Advisory Board and
	the Hospice of the Southwest Board of Directors; and
	WHEREAS, The first Hispanic elected to the West Texas County
	Judges and Commissioners board, Mr. Villarreal achieved a milestone
	in 2003 when he was elected the first Hispanic mayor of Fort
	Stockton; he has since fulfilled his many responsibilities with his
	characteristic integrity and dedication to duty, and in his
	capacity as mayor, he has worked with numerous area committees and
	boards, including the Fort Stockton Convention and Visitors Bureau,
	the Texas Municipal League, and the Permian Basin Airport Advisory
	Board; and
	WHEREAS, Through the years, Mayor Villarreal has contributed
	to his church as a member of the parish finance council and ushers
	committee and as a CCE instructor; moreover, his community efforts
	have benefited the Fort Stockton Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the
	Knights of Columbus, the Boy Scouts of America, the Kiwanis Club,
	and many other organizations; and
	WHEREAS, For 29 years, Mayor Villarreal has enjoyed the love
	and support of his wife, Lisa Trevino Villarreal, who was elected
	Pecos County district clerk in 2002, and together the couple take
	great pride in their children, Annalisa, T. J., and Jon-Erik, and
	their grandchildren, Victoria, Justin, David, Aralynn, and Lauren;
	and
	WHEREAS, Throughout Tony Villarreal's nearly three decades
	of public service, he has set a high standard of achievement to
	which others may aspire, and he is indeed an inspiration to all who
	know him; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas
	Legislature hereby commend Antonio Perez Villarreal for his
	outstanding career and extend to him best wishes for the future;
	and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for Mayor Villarreal as an expression of high regard by the
	Texas House of Representatives.
	Gallego
	Craddick Gattis Miles
	Allen Geren Miller
	Alonzo Giddings Moreno
	Anchia Gonzales Morrison
	Anderson Gonzalez Toureilles Mowery
	Aycock Goolsby Murphy
	Bailey Guillen Naishtat
	Berman Haggerty Noriega
	Bohac Hamilton O'Day
	Bolton Hancock Oliveira
	Bonnen Hardcastle Olivo
	Branch Harless Orr
	Brown of Kaufman Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr.
	Brown of Brazos Hartnett Otto
	Burnam Heflin Parker
	Callegari Hernandez Patrick
	Castro Herrero Paxton
	Chavez Hilderbran Pena
	Chisum Hill Phillips
	Christian Hochberg Pickett
	Cohen Hodge Pierson
	Coleman Homer Pitts
	Cook of Navarro Hopson Puente
	Cook of Colorado Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla
	Corte Howard of Travis Raymond
	Crabb Hughes Riddle
	Creighton Isett Ritter
	Crownover Jackson Rodriguez
	Darby Jones Rose
	Davis of Harris Keffer Smith of Tarrant
	Davis of Dallas King of Parker Smith of Harris
	Delisi King of Taylor Smithee
	Deshotel King of Zavala Solomons
	Driver Kolkhorst Strama
	Dukes Krusee Straus
	Dunnam Kuempel Swinford
	Dutton Latham Talton
	Eiland Laubenberg Taylor
	Eissler Leibowitz Thompson
	Elkins Lucio III Truitt
	England Macias Turner
	Escobar Madden Van Arsdale
	Farabee Mallory Caraway Vaught
	Farias Martinez Veasey
	Farrar Martinez Fischer Villarreal
	Flores McCall Vo
	Flynn McClendon West
	Frost McReynolds Woolley
	Gallego Menendez Zedler
	Garcia Merritt Zerwas
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 2241 was adopted by the House on May
	18, 2007, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House