| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 2269 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Ron Natinsky was elected to his third term on the |
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| 6 | 6 | | Dallas City Council on May 9, 2009; and |
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| 7 | 7 | | WHEREAS, A resident of Dallas for nearly 50 years and a |
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| 8 | 8 | | councilman since 2005, Mr. Natinsky has served as chair of the |
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| 9 | 9 | | economic development committee and as a member of the public |
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| 10 | 10 | | safety, transportation and environment, and audit and finance |
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| 11 | 11 | | committees; moreover, he has contributed to the National League of |
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| 12 | 12 | | Cities, the Texas Municipal League, and the Regional Transportation |
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| 13 | 13 | | Council, which he serves as board secretary; and |
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| 14 | 14 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Natinsky has traveled to China five times in an |
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| 15 | 15 | | effort to build an economic development relationship between that |
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| 16 | 16 | | country and Dallas, and he further distinguished himself through |
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| 17 | 17 | | his participation in the 2006 budget deliberations, which resulted |
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| 18 | 18 | | in the city's first tax rate reduction in eight years; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, Retired from nearly four decades as a successful |
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| 20 | 20 | | entrepreneur, Mr. Natinsky founded seven businesses during the |
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| 21 | 21 | | course of his career; he is devoted to his role as a city council |
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| 22 | 22 | | member, often working more than 50 hours per week, and he is |
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| 23 | 23 | | supported in his endeavors by his wife, Nancy; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, Each day, public servants improve the quality of |
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| 25 | 25 | | life for their fellow citizens in innumerable ways, and Mr. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Natinsky is indeed helping to make Dallas a better place in which to |
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| 27 | 27 | | live, work, and raise a family; now, therefore, be it |
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| 28 | 28 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 29 | 29 | | Legislature hereby honor Ron Natinsky for his dedicated service as |
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| 30 | 30 | | a member of the Dallas City Council and extend to him sincere best |
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| 31 | 31 | | wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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| 32 | 32 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 33 | 33 | | prepared for Mr. Natinsky as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 34 | 34 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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| 35 | 35 | | Kent |
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| 36 | 36 | | Anchia |
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| 37 | 37 | | Jackson |
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| 38 | 38 | | ______________________________ |
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| 39 | 39 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 40 | 40 | | I certify that H.R. No. 2269 was adopted by the House on May |
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| 41 | 41 | | 25, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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| 42 | 42 | | ______________________________ |
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| 43 | 43 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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