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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 68
BY SENATORS LONG, RISER AND WALSWORTH AND REPRESENTATIVES
ABRAHAM, ABRAMSON, ADAMS, AMEDEE, ANDERS, ARMES,
BACALA, BAGLEY, BAGNERIS, BARRAS, BERTHELOT, BILLIOT,
BISHOP, BOUIE, BOURRIAQUE, BRASS, CHAD BROWN, TERRY
BROWN, CARMODY, CARPENTER, GARY CARTER, ROBBY
CARTER, STEVE CARTER, CHANEY, CONNICK, COUSSAN, COX,
CREWS, DAVIS, DEVILLIER, DUBUISSON, DUPLESSIS, DWIGHT,
EDMONDS, EMERSON, FALCONER, FOIL, FRANKLIN, GAINES,
GAROFALO, GISCLAIR, GLOVER, GUINN, JIMMY HARRIS,
LANCE HARRIS, HENRY, HILFERTY, HILL, HODGES,
HOFFMANN, HOLLIS, HORTON, HOWARD, HUVAL, IVEY,
JACKSON, JAMES, JEFFERSON, JENKINS, MIKE JOHNSON,
ROBERT JOHNSON, JONES, JORDAN, LACOMBE, NANCY
LANDRY, TERRY LANDRY, LARVADAIN, LEBAS, LEGER,
LEOPOLD, LYONS, MACK, MAGEE, MARCELLE, MARINO,
MCFARLAND, MCMAHEN, MIGUEZ, DUSTIN MILLER,
GREGORY MILLER, MOORE, JAY MORRIS, JIM MORRIS, MOSS,
MUSCARELLO, NORTON, PEARSON, PIERRE, POPE, PUGH,
PYLANT, RICHARD, SCHEXNAYDER, SEABAUGH, SIMON,
SMITH, STAGNI, STEFANSKI, STOKES, TALBOT, THOMAS,
TURNER, WHITE, WRIGHT AND ZERINGUE
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To commend Ronald James Gomez Sr. upon being inducted into the Louisiana Political
Museum and Hall of Fame.
WHEREAS, Ronald James Gomez Sr. is a well-known print and broadcast journalist,
author, businessman, and politician from Lafayette, Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, he was born October 18, 1934, attended Baton Rouge High School and
Louisiana State University for one year before entering the United States Air Force; and
WHEREAS, he began his career as a broadcast journalist and was the radio voice of
the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football and basketball teams for over
twenty years; and
WHEREAS, in 1978, he was named the president of the Greater Lafayette Chamber
of Commerce and played a key role in the completion of the Cajundome; and
WHEREAS, from 1980 to 1989 he served as the representative in the Louisiana
House of Representatives for District 44, and was known among his colleagues as a skilled
legislator and negotiator; and
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WHEREAS, from 1990 to 1992, he was named by Governor Buddy Roemer as
secretary of natural resources, and he chaired the Oil Spill Task Force and led efforts to
combat the state's shrinking coastline; and
WHEREAS, he currently is the operating partner and publisher of the free weekly
conservative newspaper, The Acadian Gazette, and has published three popular books; and
WHEREAS, a devoted public servant, businessman, and author, Ronald James
Gomez Sr. has rightly earned a place among the many legends in the Louisiana Political
Museum and Hall of Fame.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend Ronald James Gomez Sr. upon his induction into the Louisiana Political Museum
and Hall of Fame.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Ronald James Gomez Sr.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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