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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Brad Watson is leaving his post as a broadcaster at |
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WFAA-TV in April 2013, drawing to a close a 34-year career during |
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which he has provided thoughtful coverage of numerous issues |
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affecting the residents of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex; and |
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WHEREAS, After studying journalism and political science at |
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Iowa State University, Mr. Watson worked for three years at a |
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station in Iowa and then joined WFAA in 1979, at the age of 25; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Watson has covered a multitude of events in the |
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decades since, from natural disasters to presidential elections to |
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a military invasion; he has played a particularly important role in |
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the station's political coverage, including hosting the Sunday |
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morning program Inside Texas Politics, and he anchored WFAA's |
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top-rated weekend newscasts from 1992 to 2000; he was also on air on |
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the morning of February 1, 2003, when the space shuttle Columbia |
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tragedy took place, and he served as a coanchor of the station's |
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live coverage over the course of eight hours; and |
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WHEREAS, When Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans |
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in 2005, this veteran newsman was the only Dallas-Fort Worth |
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television journalist to remain in the city to report on the damage |
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and suffering; more recently, he produced a story that helped |
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encourage the Texas Historical Commission to dedicate a marker |
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honoring Dallas police officer J. D. Tippit, who was killed by Lee |
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Harvey Oswald in the wake of the assassination of President John |
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F. Kennedy in 1963; and |
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WHEREAS, Once he delivers his last report for WFAA, |
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Mr. Watson will begin a new job as the communications director for |
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the energy company Luminant; and |
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WHEREAS, Through his dedication as a broadcaster, Brad Watson |
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has won the admiration of his audience and the respect of his peers, |
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and it is a pleasure to wish him well as he embarks on an exciting |
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new chapter in his life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend Brad Watson for his successful career as |
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a newscaster and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued |
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success and happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Watson as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |