Bill Text: TX HR523 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring the legacy of community service of the post office in Campbellton and urging Congress to direct the U.S. Postal Service to continue operating the Campbellton Post Office in Atascosa County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-04-01 - Reported enrolled [HR523 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR523-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 523 |
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WHEREAS, The Campbellton Post Office in southern Atascosa | ||
County, Texas, has played an essential role in the lives of area | ||
residents for more than 130 years, but the United States Postal | ||
Service has placed it on a list of facilities to be closed in 2011; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, John Campbell established the post office in his | ||
general store in 1874, and five years later, moved them both to the | ||
new town of Campbellton; Mr. Campbell was officially appointed the | ||
first postmaster and was succeeded over the years by a number of his | ||
descendants, including William Campbell, Edward Campbell, Louise | ||
Campbell, and Alyce Campbell; and | ||
WHEREAS, Its present postmaster, Lydia Rodriguez Castillo, | ||
began her long tenure in 1971; a postal service hiring freeze | ||
prevents her position from being filled when she retires, yet the | ||
postal service has targeted the branch for closure in part because | ||
it lacks a permanent postmaster; and | ||
WHEREAS, Residents of the rural area and hamlets served by | ||
the Campbellton Post Office rely on it for business communications | ||
as well as for their personal mail, and the post office is | ||
particularly important to the elderly; if it should close, | ||
customers would have to travel some 20 miles to send packages, check | ||
post office boxes, or mail important documents; accordingly, | ||
patrons and civic leaders have formed a committee and started a | ||
petition to support the preservation of this integral institution; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Throughout the history of Campbellton, the post | ||
office has been part of the fabric of the community, and its closing | ||
would deprive citizens of ready access to vital services and | ||
diminish their quality of life; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby honor the legacy of public service to the | ||
community of the Campbellton Post Office; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That the house of representatives hereby | ||
respectfully urge the United States Congress to direct the U.S. | ||
Postal Service to continue operating the Campbellton Post Office in | ||
Atascosa County, Texas; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That the chief clerk forward official copies of | ||
this resolution to the president of the United States, to the | ||
president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of | ||
Representatives of the United States Congress, to the United States | ||
postmaster general, and to all the members of the Texas delegation | ||
to Congress with the request that this resolution be entered in the | ||
Congressional Record as a memorial to the Congress of the United | ||
States of America. | ||
Aliseda | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 523 was adopted by the House on March | ||
30, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||