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1		-	H.C.R. No. 122
	1	+	By: Hefner (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) H.C.R. No. 122
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019;
	3	+	May 7, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
	4	+	Administration; May 8, 2019, reported favorably by the following
	5	+	vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 8, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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4	9		HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
5	10		WHEREAS, For more than 120 years, the East Texas community of
6	11		Pittsburg has been recognized across the Lone Star State as the
7	12		premier source of the delicious sausages known as hot links; and
8	13		WHEREAS, This savory tradition began in 1897, when an
9	14		entrepreneur of German ancestry named Charlie Hasselback brought
10	15		his recipe for hot links to Camp County; at first he sold the links
11	16		raw from his butcher shop in Pittsburg, but in 1918, he began
12	17		selling them cooked and ready to eat; traditionally served on
13	18		butcher paper with hot sauce and crackers, these small, stubby
14	19		sausages won instant converts with their unique texture, crunchy on
15	20		the outside and soft on the inside, and their signature burst of
16	21		flavor; and
17	22		WHEREAS, Over the years, Pittsburg has been home to several
18	23		hot link businesses; O. O. Smith, who worked with Mr. Hasselback,
19	24		established his own hot link shop and later sold it to Johnny
20	25		Franklin, who ran it until the 1990s; the hot link joint started by
21	26		Henry James passed through several hands before it closed in the
22	27		1970s; Barney Warrick, who initially worked for Mr. James, went on
23	28		to set up his own hot link enterprise with his son, Gene; and
24	29		WHEREAS, In the 1970s, Gene Warrick and Jimmy Brooks founded
25	30		the B&W Meat Company and JB's Hot Links; Mr. Warrick took over the
26	31		businesses in the 1980s and changed the names to Pittsburg Hot Link
27	32		Restaurants, Inc., and Pittsburg Hot Link Packers, Inc., and he and
28	33		his wife, Madeline, purchased and renovated the building where
29	34		Pittsburg Hot Links has been managed by Teresa, Tina, Sala, and
30	35		Sonya Warrick, and is currently managed by Sabin and his sister,
31	36		Salina Warrick; and
32	37		WHEREAS, While there are hot link shops in many nearby
33	38		communities, including Mount Pleasant, Daingerfield, Gilmer, and
34	39		Winnsboro, Pittsburg remains the home of the hot link, drawing
35	40		visitors from all over the state and nation; Pittsburg Hot Links and
36	41		its adjoining Sausage Warehouse take up an entire city block of
37	42		downtown Pittsburg, and the warehouse produces more than eight
38	43		million links, or a million pounds of sausage, each year,
39	44		generating over $2.5 million in sales and $750,000 in payroll; and
40	45		WHEREAS, Often referred to as "East Texas caviar," Pittsburg
41	46		hot links are a source of pride and prosperity for the people of
42	47		Pittsburg as well as a significant contribution to the culinary
43	48		tradition of the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it
44	49		RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas
45	50		hereby designate Pittsburg as the official Hot Link Capital of
46	51		Texas; and, be it further
47	52		RESOLVED, That, in accordance with the provisions of Section
48	53		391.003(e), Government Code, this designation remain in effect
49	54		until the 10th anniversary of the date this resolution is finally
50	55		passed by the legislature.
51		-	Hefner
52		-	______________________________ ______________________________
53		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
54		-	I certify that H.C.R. No. 122 was adopted by the House on May
55		-	3, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 127, Nays 13, 2 present, not
56		-	voting.
57		-	______________________________
58		-	Chief Clerk of the House
59		-	I certify that H.C.R. No. 122 was adopted by the Senate on May
60		-	10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
61		-	______________________________
62		-	Secretary of the Senate
63		-	APPROVED: __________________
64		-	Date
65		-	__________________
66		-	Governor
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