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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Rio Grande Valley natives Sam and Ricco Garcia |
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| 6 | 7 | | achieved rare success with a self-published book, How a Goat Was |
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| 7 | 8 | | Elected Mayor and the Political Spring That Followed; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Hours after learning the surprising results of the |
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| 9 | 10 | | 2016 presidential election, the Garcia brothers began researching |
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| 10 | 11 | | past political upsets; their book debuted on February 22, 2017, and |
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| 11 | 12 | | quickly became the top seller on Amazon in both the Local U.S. |
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| 12 | 13 | | Politics and Communication Policy categories; and |
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| 13 | 14 | | WHEREAS, The book examines numerous unexpected victories, |
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| 14 | 15 | | including those of Donald J. Trump, Jesse Ventura, Barack Obama, |
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| 15 | 16 | | and the titular goat, Clay Henry, who was legitimately elected |
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| 16 | 17 | | mayor of the West Texas town of Lajitas; it also addresses the |
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| 17 | 18 | | historic rise of Mexico's National Action Party, which ended nearly |
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| 18 | 19 | | nine decades of dominance by its opponent; and |
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| 19 | 20 | | WHEREAS, Both graduates of The University of Texas at Austin, |
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| 20 | 21 | | Ricco Garcia also holds a law degree from the University of Houston, |
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| 21 | 22 | | while Sam Garcia is currently a law student at Harvard; Sam Garcia |
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| 22 | 23 | | previously wrote How Goats Can Fight Poverty: Complex Problems Do |
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| 23 | 24 | | Not Always Need Complex Solutions; the founder of the Sustainable |
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| 24 | 25 | | Dairy Goat Initiative, a student-run nonprofit organization, he |
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| 25 | 26 | | can claim boyhood experience in goat herding, thanks to his father, |
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| 26 | 27 | | a defense attorney, who once accepted a herd in payment for legal |
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| 27 | 28 | | work; and |
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| 28 | 29 | | WHEREAS, Sam and Ricco Garcia have published an interesting |
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| 29 | 30 | | and insightful book that has found an audience eager for |
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| 30 | 31 | | information about the political process, and these talented young |
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| 31 | 32 | | authors may no doubt look forward to further career achievements; |
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| 32 | 33 | | now, therefore, be it |
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| 33 | 34 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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| 34 | 35 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Sam and Ricco Garcia on the success |
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| 35 | 36 | | of their first joint book and extend to them sincere best wishes for |
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| 36 | 37 | | the future; and, be it further |
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| 37 | 38 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 38 | 39 | | prepared for the Garcia brothers as an expression of high regard by |
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| 39 | 40 | | the Texas House of Representatives. |
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