Bill Text: VA HJR904 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Commending Baldino's Lock & Key.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-02-16 - Agreed to by Senate by voice vote [HJR904 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2017-HJR904-Introduced.html
WHEREAS, Baldino's Lock & Key, a Northern Virginia institution for more than 55 years, has provided quality service to the Vienna community for 15 years; and
WHEREAS, Baldino's Lock & Key was founded by Albert M. Baldino, an airline mechanic for United Airlines, who fulfilled his lifelong dream to open his own business in 1961; and
WHEREAS, for the first two years of operation, Albert Baldino worked night shifts for United Airlines and operated the family business during the day with his wife, Doris, and their sons, Mark and Gary, from a shed in their backyard; and
WHEREAS, Baldino's Lock & Key opened its first commercial location in Springfield, then expanded to the Tysons Corner Center, becoming the first locksmith in the nation to open a shop in an enclosed shopping mall; and
WHEREAS, today, under the leadership of Mark and Gary Baldino, Baldino's Lock & Key continues to build upon its legacy of outstanding customer service, with more than 100 highly trained employees at 15 locations, a locksmith wholesale distributorship, and an electronics division; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend Baldino's Lock & Key on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of its Vienna location; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Baldino's Lock & Key as an expression of the General Assembly's admiration for its long history of excellent service to the residents of Vienna and communities throughout Northern Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Maryland.
