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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Oscar Leeser was reelected as mayor of El Paso in |
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| 6 | 7 | | December 2020; and |
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| 7 | 8 | | WHEREAS, First elected in 2013, Mayor Leeser served for one |
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| 8 | 9 | | term before retreating from public life for a time to address health |
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| 9 | 10 | | issues; he ran again in 2020 on support for small businesses and a |
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| 10 | 11 | | record that includes the El Paso First policy, which gives extra |
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| 11 | 12 | | points to local companies that bid on municipal projects, allowing |
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| 12 | 13 | | them to develop more competitive bids; in addition, during his |
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| 13 | 14 | | first term, he incentivized the hiring of veterans; and |
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| 14 | 15 | | WHEREAS, Oscar Leeser is the son of Arthur and Rhoberta |
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| 15 | 16 | | Leeser; he was nine years old and spoke not a word of English when |
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| 16 | 17 | | his family moved to El Paso from Chihuahua, Mexico; hard-working |
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| 17 | 18 | | and resourceful, he washed cars, mowed lawns, and, as a teenager, |
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| 18 | 19 | | worked as a janitor; in 1979, he joined the automotive industry, and |
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| 19 | 20 | | with his entrepreneurial spirit he rose to become president of |
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| 20 | 21 | | Hyundai of El Paso; dedicated to the community, he has served on the |
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| 21 | 22 | | boards of the El Paso Police Foundation and the University Medical |
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| 22 | 23 | | Center of El Paso, among other leadership roles; and |
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| 23 | 24 | | WHEREAS, Each day, public servants improve the quality of |
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| 24 | 25 | | life for their fellow citizens in innumerable ways, and the |
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| 25 | 26 | | continuing efforts of Mayor Leeser will help to make El Paso an even |
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| 26 | 27 | | better place in which to live and work; now, therefore, be it |
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| 27 | 28 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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| 28 | 29 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Oscar Leeser on his reelection as |
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| 29 | 30 | | mayor of El Paso and extend to him sincere best wishes for a |
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| 30 | 31 | | successful tenure; and, be it further |
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| 31 | 32 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 32 | 33 | | prepared for Mayor Leeser as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 33 | 34 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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