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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Campbellton Post Office in southern Atascosa |
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County, Texas, has played as essential role in the lives of area |
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residents for more than 130 years, but the United States Postal |
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Service has placed it on a list of facilities to be closed in 2011; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, John Campbell established the post office in his |
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general store in 1874, and five years later, moved them both to the |
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new town of Campbellton; Mr. Campbell was officially appointed the |
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first postmaster and was succeeded over the years by a number of his |
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descendants, including William Campbell, Edward Campbell, Louise |
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Campbell, and Alyce Campbell; and |
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WHEREAS, Its present postmaster, Lydia Rodriguez Castillo, |
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began her long tenure in 1971; a postal service hiring freeze |
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prevents her position from being filled when she retires, yet the |
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postal service has targeted the branch for closure in part because |
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it lacks a permanent postmaster; and |
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WHEREAS, Residents of the rural area and hamlets served by |
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the Campbellton Post Office rely on it for business communications |
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as well as for their personal mail, and the post office is |
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particularly important to the elderly; if it should close, |
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customers would have to travel some 20 miles to send packages, check |
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post office boxes, or mail important documents; accordingly, |
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patrons and civic leaders have formed a committee and started a |
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petition to support the preservation of this integral institution; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout the history of Campbellton, the post |
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office has been part of the fabric of the community, and its closing |
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would deprive citizens of ready access to vital services and |
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diminish their quality of life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor the legacy of public service to the |
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community of the Campbellton Post Office; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the house of representatives hereby |
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respectfully urge the United States Congress to direct the U.S. |
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Postal Service to continue operating the Campbellton Post Office in |
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Atascosa County, Texas; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the chief clerk forward official copies of |
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this resolution to the president of the United States, to the |
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president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of |
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Representatives of the United States Congress, to the United States |
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postmaster general, and to all the members of the Texas delegation |
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to Congress with the request that this resolution be entered in the |
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Congressional Record as a memorial to the Congress of the United |
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States of America. |