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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Family, friends, and community members are mourning |
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the loss of Odessa City Council member Michael Sanchez, who died on |
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March 18, 2009, at the age of 40; and |
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WHEREAS, Mike Sanchez was born in Wichita Falls on November |
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15, 1968, and was a 1987 graduate of Odessa High School, where he |
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was a member of the National Honor Society and a competitive member |
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of the golf team; he went on to attend Odessa College, Texas Tech |
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University, and The University of Texas at Austin; and |
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WHEREAS, In 2006, Mr. Sanchez was elected to the Odessa City |
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Council for District 5, serving on the Animal Control Advisory |
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Board, the Main Street Odessa Board, the Gas Committee, and the |
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Personnel Policy Committee; in 2008, he was elected as mayor pro |
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tem; and |
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WHEREAS, This compassionate and dedicated public servant |
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committed himself to ensuring affordable housing for the people of |
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Odessa, and he played an instrumental role in gaining tax credits |
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for the Key West Senior Village; he also helped revise the city's |
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personnel policies and procedures manual; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Sanchez was active with the Texas Municipal |
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League, and he was a member of the TML's Association of Hispanic |
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Municipal Officials, becoming the organization's treasurer in |
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2007; he was a member of the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic |
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Church; and |
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WHEREAS, Above all, Mike Sanchez was a loving father to his |
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daughters, Marissa, Mariela, and Marisol, teaching them how to ride |
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a bicycle and how to drive, supporting their school activities, |
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introducing them to Aggies football, and taking them on trips |
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around the state and across the nation; and |
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WHEREAS, Although he was taken much too soon, Mike Sanchez |
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leaves behind him a legacy of public service, compassion for |
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others, and devotion to family, and his memory will forever be held |
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close in the hearts of all those who knew and loved him; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby pay tribute to the life of Michael Sanchez and extend sincere |
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condolences to the members of his family: to his daughters, Marissa |
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Sanchez, Marisol Sanchez, and Mariela Sanchez; to his father, Angel |
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Sanchez; to his mother, Diana Chavez, and her husband, Raymond; to |
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his grandmother, Mary Cadena; to his sister, Monica Sanchez; to his |
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brother, Steve Chavez; to his stepsister, Reisa Chavez; to his |
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stepbrothers, Raymond Chavez, Jr., and Paul Chavez; to his aunts, |
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Olga Quiroz, Annabelle Sanchez, Gracie Cadena, Mary Cooper, and |
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Cecilia Kennedy; to his uncles, John Joe Cadena, Ray Sanchez, Joe |
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Sanchez, Johnny Sanchez, Mike Sanchez, and Rudy Sanchez; and to his |
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other relatives and friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives and Senate adjourn this day, they do so in memory of |
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Michael Sanchez. |