Bill Text: TX HCR45 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Redesignating the City of Mansfield as the official Pickle Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2033.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-09 - Signed by the Governor [HCR45 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HCR45-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Redesignating the City of Mansfield as the official Pickle Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2033.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-09 - Signed by the Governor [HCR45 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HCR45-Introduced.html
88R11354 CW-D | ||
By: Cook | H.C.R. No. 45 |
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WHEREAS, Almost a century ago, the City of Mansfield was the | ||
birthplace of Best Maid Products, and the company's subsequent | ||
success as a manufacturer of pickles has inspired area residents to | ||
make the vinegary vegetable the centerpiece of a beloved annual | ||
celebration; and | ||
WHEREAS, Best Maid pickles originated in the kitchen of | ||
Mildred and Jessie Otis Dalton, who lived in a small stone house in | ||
Mansfield; Mrs. Dalton's homemade pies, mayonnaise, sandwich | ||
spread, and pickles were popular with the customers in her | ||
husband's grocery, and in 1926, they founded the Best Maid company; | ||
the brand went on to be enormously successful, and today it is best | ||
known for its pickles and dressings; it processes 50 to 60 million | ||
pounds of cucumbers every year and sells 100 different items under | ||
the Best Maid and Del-Dixi brands; and | ||
WHEREAS, Since 2012, Mansfield has celebrated its fame as the | ||
birthplace of this pickle empire by staging the World's Only | ||
St. Paddy's Pickle Parade and Palooza every March, to coincide with | ||
St. Patrick's Day; this festive event has grown to attract tens of | ||
thousands of visitors each year, and it features a parade, retail | ||
and food vendors, musical performances, and three fun runs, as well | ||
as pickle-eating and pickle-juice-drinking competitions; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Pickle Parade and Palooza highlights the | ||
community's hometown pride and its healthy sense of fun, and the | ||
citizens of Mansfield may indeed savor their association with this | ||
iconic Texas treasure; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
hereby redesignate Mansfield as the official Pickle Capital of | ||
Texas; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That, in accordance with the provisions of Section | ||
391.003(e), Government Code, this designation remain in effect | ||
until the 10th anniversary of the date this resolution is finally | ||
passed by the legislature. |