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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of admired |
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Texas journalist Jane Ely of Houston, who died on May 4, 2009, at |
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the age of 69; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in 1940, Jane Ely was a native Texan, the |
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daughter of Fort Worth banker and cattle broker William Ely; and |
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WHEREAS, In the mid-1960s, Ms. Ely learned her trade by |
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working as a police reporter for the Houston Post, and she went on |
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to become a political writer and assistant city editor for that |
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paper; in 1988, Ms. Ely moved to the Houston Chronicle, where she |
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covered national politics before becoming an editorial page |
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columnist; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Ely was respected by her colleagues as well as by |
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the people they covered for her willingness to ask direct, |
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hard-hitting questions, and one of her editors at the Chronicle |
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described her as "sharp as a tack, hard as nails, and as subtle as a |
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ball-peen hammer"; and |
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WHEREAS, Former Texas lieutenant governor Bill Hobby, who had |
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also been her boss at the Houston Post, called her one of the finest |
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reporters he'd ever known, and former president George H. W. Bush |
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said she was "the best political reporter of her generation"; she |
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retired in 2004; and |
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WHEREAS, This veteran, old-school journalist will long be |
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remembered for her droll and self-deprecating wit, her love of a |
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good time, her keen understanding of politics, and her commitment |
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to informing and enlightening her readers; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Jane Ely and extend |
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sincere condolences to her sister, Suzanne Ely, and to her other |
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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 her family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Jane Ely. |
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Alvarado |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2660 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 31, 2009. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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