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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The 75th birthday of an esteemed Texan is truly |
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cause for celebration, and Maria Angela Flores Beck of Fayette |
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County is marking this significant milestone in her life on May 31, |
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2025; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Francisco J. Flores Sr. and Maria |
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Ernestina Saldaña Flores, the former Angela Flores was born in |
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1950, and she grew up with the companionship of eight siblings, |
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Maria Teresa, Francisco Jr., Jose, Miguel, Tina, Mary Esther, |
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Adela, and Lulu; after graduating from Ursuline Academy, she |
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completed her bachelor's degree with high honors at The University |
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of Texas at Austin and went on to earn her juris doctor degree from |
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UT Law; and |
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WHEREAS, She married the love of her life, the Honorable Dan |
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Beck, and the couple shared a fulfilling relationship until Judge |
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Beck's passing in 2015; they became the parents of a son, John |
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Francis Beck, and Mrs. Flores Beck's blended family also includes |
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two stepchildren, Saxon and Amber; through the years, she has known |
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the joy of becoming the proud grandmother of Addie Kate and Emmy |
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Rose, and she has many step-grandchildren as well; and |
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WHEREAS, During the Dolph Briscoe administration, |
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Mrs. Flores Beck worked in the governor's equal employment |
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opportunity office, and while completing law school, she served as |
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State Representative Irma Rangel's first chief of staff; early in |
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her legal career, she was employed as a briefing attorney for a |
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federal district court judge in Houston and as an assistant U.S. |
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attorney for the Southern District of Texas; she was a founder of |
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the Law Offices of Sinderson, Daffin, Flores, and Stool, a |
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pioneering all-female firm, and she established the Law Office of |
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Angela Flores Beck in La Grange; over the years, she has served as |
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city attorney for La Grange, Carmine, and Flatonia; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Flores Beck has given generously of her time |
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and talents in behalf of her fellow citizens; she was the first |
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woman and first Latina to serve as chair of the Lower Colorado River |
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Authority; in addition, she is the former executive director of the |
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Fayette County Democratic Party; and |
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WHEREAS, Respected and admired by all who are privileged to |
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know her, Angela Flores Beck may reflect with pride on a lifetime of |
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achievement; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Angela Flores Beck on the joyous |
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occasion of her 75th birthday and extend to her sincere best wishes |
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for continued happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mrs. Flores Beck as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |