Florida Senate - 2009                            (NP)    SR 2826
       
       
       
       By Senator Hill
       
       
       
       
       1-06067-09                                            20092826__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing the tireless work of Paul
    3         Vásquez on behalf of the working people of Florida and
    4         expressing condolences to his family and friends on
    5         his untimely death.
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    7         WHEREAS, Paul Vásquez, was born in San Antonio, Texas, the
    8  son of Mexican immigrants, and grew up working in the migrant
    9  camps of Michigan beside his parents and siblings, and
   10         WHEREAS, Paul Vásquez at an early age developed a strong
   11  work ethic and a great desire to speak out against
   12  discrimination and injustice anywhere he saw it, and
   13         WHEREAS, prior to his service as Florida field director for
   14  the AFL-CIO, Paul Vásquez served as the first Hispanic city
   15  councilman elected in Flint, Michigan, where he sponsored a
   16  series of initiatives aimed at enhancing the lives of the
   17  state’s Hispanic residents, and
   18         WHEREAS, one of Paul Vásquez’ proudest achievements was
   19  passage by the city council of a measure that won Flint the
   20  distinction of becoming the first city in the nation to name a
   21  street after labor leader César Chávez, and
   22         WHEREAS, Paul Vásquez drew strength from his faith and from
   23  the words of his hero, Chávez, who said, “There is no turning
   24  back. We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution
   25  of mind and heart.” NOW, THEREFORE,
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   27  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   29         That the Senate pays tribute to the tireless work of Paul
   30  Vásquez on behalf of the working people of Florida and expresses
   31  condolences to his family and friends on his untimely death.
   32         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution, with
   33  the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Mrs. Gloria
   34  Vásquez, widow of Paul Vásquez, as a tangible token of the
   35  sentiments of the Florida Senate.