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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Area residents gathered together at the Keach Family |
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Library in Robstown on April 15, 2015, to witness the dedication of |
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a room honoring Betty Jean Longoria, a former member of the Nueces |
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County Commissioners Court; and |
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WHEREAS, Assuming her post in 2002, Ms. Longoria was the |
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first elected Hispanic woman to serve on the court since its |
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establishment; she was returned to office for a second term in 2006, |
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and as the commissioner for Precinct Two, she worked diligently to |
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represent the interests of her constituents in Agua Dulce, |
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Petronila, Banquete, Bishop, and western Corpus Christi; among her |
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most significant achievements as commissioner was her contribution |
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to the establishment of the Coastal Bend Veterans Cemetery, which |
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was the culmination of some six years of planning and coordination |
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on her part; and |
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WHEREAS, Before taking her place on the court, Ms. Longoria |
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was the first Hispanic woman elected to the Corpus Christi City |
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Council, where she served for 10 years, and she became the first |
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Hispanic woman on the board of trustees for the Tuloso-Midway |
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Independent School District, spending six years in that position; |
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she has been a passionate advocate of education and has served as a |
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student mentor at several area schools; and |
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WHEREAS, Deeply engaged in her community, Commissioner |
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Longoria has generously given of her time as a board member of the |
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National Conference for Community and Justice, Goodwill Industries |
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of South Texas, the Westside Business Association, the Nueces |
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County Community Action Agency, the Hispanic Women's Network of |
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Texas, and the Corpus Christi and Corpus Christi Hispanic Chambers |
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of Commerce; more recently, this distinguished woman has been |
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active on the boards of the South Texas Botanical Gardens, Big |
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Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas, the Friends of the Corpus |
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Christi Public Libraries, and the South Texas Institute for the |
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Arts; and |
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WHEREAS, Commissioner Longoria has earned awards and |
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recognitions from such notable civic organizations as the Hispanic |
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Women's Network, the Westside Business Association, the National |
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Conference for Community and Justice, the Corpus Christi Hispanic |
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Chamber of Commerce, and Leadership Corpus Christi; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Corpus Christi, Ms. Longoria graduated |
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from Roy Miller High School; for more than three decades, she and |
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her husband, Alfredo Longoria Jr., owned and operated L&M |
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Fabricators, and she also ran her own business as an independent |
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landman for 16 years; she and Mr. Longoria are the parents of four |
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sons, Alfred Joe, Michael, Stephen, and Paul, and are parishioners |
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at Most Precious Blood Catholic Church; and |
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WHEREAS, Betty Jean Longoria's dedication and dynamic |
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leadership have made a profound difference in the community she |
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calls home, and she is indeed deserving of recognition for her |
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myriad contributions to Nueces County; 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 Betty Jean Longoria for her exemplary |
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career in public service and commemorate the dedication of the |
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Betty Jean Longoria Multipurpose Room at the Nueces County Keach |
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Family Library; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Commissioner Longoria as an expression of high regard |
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by the Texas House of Representatives. |
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Herrero |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2399 was adopted by the House on May |
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21, 2015, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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