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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, For more than 80 years, the Sanchez family of El Paso |
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have been among the leading custom cowboy boot makers in the nation, |
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and their Champion Attitude Boots are worn by customers from all |
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over the world; and |
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WHEREAS, In the 1920s, Yldefonso Sanchez moved from Leon, |
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Mexico, to El Paso, where he went to work at Fort Bliss as a cobbler |
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alongside another boot maker, Tony Lama Sr.; in 1928, Mr. Sanchez |
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opened his own business, and during the 1940s and 1950s, his son and |
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daughter-in-law, Jose Lucas and Cuca Sanchez, expanded the business |
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to western wear as well; the company grew to encompass six |
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locations, where it pioneered the concept of "repair while you |
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wait"; and |
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WHEREAS, When the founder's grandson Jose Luis Sanchez joined |
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the family business in the 1960s, he arranged to have the family |
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subcontract to make boots for a number of other El Paso boot brands, |
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including Tony Lama and Nocona; during the 1970s, the company |
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opened a store on Interstate 10, selling to truck drivers and |
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tourists, and it benefited as well from the renewed interest in |
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cowboy boots inspired by the popular film Urban Cowboy; and |
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WHEREAS, In the 1980s, a member of the fourth generation of |
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the family, Joey Sanchez, along with his future wife, Priscilla, |
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opened Champion Attitude Accessories, which marketed boot |
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accessories; they soon began to craft more colorful and stylish |
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footwear for younger customers under the name "Champion Attitude |
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Boots," selling custom cowboy boots to rock-and-roll groups such as |
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Kiss, Motley Crue, and Bon Jovi; and |
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WHEREAS, Today, under the leadership of Joey and Priscilla |
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Sanchez, the company is known as Caboots, and it markets handmade |
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boots, shoes, and accessories through its website; the company is |
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also known for its period reproduction boots, which have been |
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featured in motion pictures such as The Pirates of the Caribbean and |
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3:10 to Yuma; its footwear has also been featured in performances by |
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Cirque du Soleil, the New York Metropolitan Opera, and the Chicago |
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Lyric Theater; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of four generations, the Sanchez |
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family and Caboots have helped to make El Paso the acknowledged |
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"Cowboy Boot Capital of the World," satisfying and delighting |
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customers of all ages and backgrounds with their unique custom |
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creations; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend the Caboots boot company on its eight |
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decades of success and extend to Joey and Priscilla Sanchez and |
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their employees sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the Sanchez family as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas House of Representatives. |