Bill Text: TX HR1264 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Commending the Honorable Leopoldo "Polo" Palacios on his service as mayor of Pharr.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-16 - Filed [HR1264 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR1264-Introduced.html
84R13489 RMA-D | ||
By: Canales | H.R. No. 1264 |
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WHEREAS, The tenure of an esteemed public official will draw | ||
to a close when the Honorable Leopoldo Palacios Jr. concludes his | ||
service as the mayor of Pharr in May 2015; and | ||
WHEREAS, A native of Pharr, "Polo" Palacios graduated from | ||
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo High School in 1952 and subsequently served | ||
this state and nation for four years as a member of the United | ||
States Air Force; he later attended Texas A&I University and went on | ||
to graduate with a degree in social work from The University of | ||
Texas--Pan American; and | ||
WHEREAS, After being employed in insurance sales for many | ||
years, Mr. Palacios started working in the financial industry, and | ||
in 1965, he established a loan company in McAllen; in 1981, he once | ||
again changed career paths to become a drug and alcohol abuse | ||
counselor, and he went on to found Palacios Alcohol Drug Education | ||
and Counseling Services, where he has positively impacted countless | ||
lives through the decades; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Palacios entered politics in 1985 with his | ||
appointment as city commissioner, and he was subsequently returned | ||
to that office time and again by local voters; over the course of | ||
his 17-year tenure in that post, he ably served his constituency, | ||
and he recalls as one of his proudest achievements providing more | ||
than 20,000 new residents with clean water, sewerage services, | ||
streets, and electricity after the annexation of the Las Milpas | ||
area by the city; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 2002, Mr. Palacios was elected mayor of Pharr, | ||
and under his guidance, the city has received a host of accolades | ||
for its dedication to historic preservation, economic development, | ||
and civic excellence; it was designated as both a Preserve America | ||
Community and a Texas Main Street City in 2004, and it received a | ||
2006 All-America City Award from the National Civic League; | ||
moreover, Mayor Palacios was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Honor | ||
in 2009 by the Pharr Chamber of Commerce in recognition of his | ||
outstanding contributions to his community; and | ||
WHEREAS, In addition to his mayoral duties, Polo Palacios has | ||
served as a member of the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge Board, | ||
the Hidalgo County Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Lower | ||
Rio Grande Valley Development Council, American Legion Post | ||
No. 101, the United States Conference of Mayors, and Disabled | ||
American Veterans; at the statewide level, he was appointed to the | ||
Texas Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner by Governor Mark White | ||
and, at the national level, to the Military Academy Selection | ||
Committee by U.S. Senator John Cornyn; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Palacios is blessed in all his endeavors by the | ||
love and support of his wife, the former Maria Guadalupe Ramos, with | ||
whom he has shared a rewarding union of nearly six decades; he also | ||
takes tremendous pride in his treasured family that includes 6 | ||
children, 18 grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren; buoyed by a | ||
strong faith as well, he and his wife are valued, longtime | ||
congregants of St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, where he serves | ||
as a Eucharistic minister; and | ||
WHEREAS, Greatly respected for his commitment to his fellow | ||
citizens, Polo Palacios has devoted three decades of his life to | ||
public service, and his myriad efforts in behalf of the city of | ||
Pharr will be remembered and admired for years to come; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commend the Honorable Leopoldo "Polo" Palacios | ||
Jr. for his service as mayor of Pharr and extend to him sincere best | ||
wishes for continued success and fulfillment; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mayor Palacios as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. |