SLS 19RS-782 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 68
BY SENATOR LONG
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Ronald James Gomez Sr. upon being inducted into the
Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To commend Ronald James Gomez Sr. upon being inducted into the Louisiana Political
3 Museum and Hall of Fame.
4 WHEREAS, Ronald James Gomez Sr. is a well-known print and broadcast journalist,
5 author, businessman, and politician from Lafayette, Louisiana; and
6 WHEREAS, he was born October 18, 1934, attended Baton Rouge High School and
7 Louisiana State University for one year before entering the United States Air Force; and
8 WHEREAS, he began his career as a broadcast journalist and was the radio voice of
9 the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football and basketball teams for over
10 twenty years; and
11 WHEREAS, in 1978, he was named the president of the Greater Lafayette Chamber
12 of Commerce and played a key role in the completion of the Cajundome; and
13 WHEREAS, from 1980 to 1989 he served as the representative in the Louisiana
14 House of Representatives for District 44, and was known among his colleagues as a skilled
15 legislator and negotiator; and
16 WHEREAS, from 1990 to 1992, he was named by Governor Buddy Roemer as
17 secretary of natural resources, and he chaired the Oil Spill Task Force and led efforts to
18 combat the state's shrinking coastline; and
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1 WHEREAS, he currently is the operating partner and publisher of the free weekly
2 conservative newspaper, The Acadian Gazette, and has published three popular books; and
3 WHEREAS, a devoted public servant, businessman, and author, Ronald James
4 Gomez Sr. has rightly earned a place among the many legends in the Louisiana Political
5 Museum and Hall of Fame.
6 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
7 commend Ronald James Gomez Sr. upon his induction into the Louisiana Political Museum
8 and Hall of Fame
9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
10 Ronald James Gomez Sr.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by McHenry Lee.
DIGEST
SCR 68 Original 2019 Regular Session Long
Commends Ronald James Gomez Sr. upon his induction into the Louisiana Political
Museum and Hall of Fame.
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