Bill Text: TX SR349 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Pat Crow of Austin on the occasion of her 70th birthday.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-03-04 - Reported enrolled [SR349 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SR349-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
recognize Pat Crow on the occasion of her 70th birthday; and | ||
WHEREAS, A longtime activist and campaign manager, Pat | ||
Crow has played an important role in the governance of Austin and | ||
the state; an insightful individual and political strategist, | ||
she is well known for choosing promising political candidates and | ||
coaching them to victory; and | ||
WHEREAS, Pat was born in 1943 to a military family and | ||
traveled the world as a child; her life has included many | ||
adventures, such as hearing Tito speak, living in occupied Japan, | ||
and being a bystander along the path of John F. Kennedy's | ||
motorcade in Dallas in 1963; and | ||
WHEREAS, Pat was inspired to enter a life of activism after | ||
reading Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique; she soon began to | ||
organize on behalf of women's issues and attended the founding | ||
meeting of the Texas Women's Political Caucus in 1971; she became | ||
an officer in the Austin Women's Political Caucus, and by 1982, | ||
she was ready to apply her efforts to the political arena as a | ||
campaign manager; and | ||
WHEREAS, She began her career as a political consultant by | ||
leading Debra Ravel to victory in a race for justice of the peace | ||
in 1982; over the years, she has led numerous other candidates to | ||
victory, including Sally Shipman, Glen Maxey, Brigid Shea, and | ||
Will Wynn; among the many initiatives she has successfully | ||
shepherded through the electoral process are Austin's Save Our | ||
Springs Ordinance and the ballot creating the Travis County | ||
Healthcare District; and | ||
WHEREAS, While recovering from a medical setback she | ||
suffered in the summer of 2012, Pat has shown the same courage and | ||
determination in facing adversity and in handling her | ||
rehabilitation as she has throughout her years of activism; her | ||
family, her friends, and the many political figures whose lives | ||
she has touched are grateful to see her in recovery and in good | ||
spirits; and | ||
WHEREAS, Pat has been an invaluable voice for progressive | ||
government in Austin and across the state, and she is truly | ||
deserving of recognition on her 70th birthday and on this | ||
milestone in her life; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, | ||
83rd Legislature, hereby commend Pat Crow on her exceptional | ||
accomplishments and extend to her best wishes for the future; | ||
and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
her as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate. | ||
Watson | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on March 4, 2013. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |