Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 13–Senators Raggio, Amodei, Care, Carlton, Coffin, Jacobsen, James, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, O’Connell, O’Donnell, Porter, Rawson, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Titus, Townsend, Washington and Wiener

 

February 27, 2001

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Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Hettrick, Anderson, Angle, Arberry, Bache, Beers, Berman, Brower, Brown, Buckley, Carpenter, Cegavske, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, de Braga, Dini, Freeman, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, Gustavson, Humke, Koivisto, Lee, Leslie, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, Mortenson, Neighbors, Nolan, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Parks, Parnell, Perkins, Price, Smith, Tiffany, Von Tobel and Williams

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Read and Adopted

 

SUMMARY—Memorializes long-time Nevada Legislator Archie Pozzi, Jr. (BDR R‑863)

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

Senate Concurrent RESOLUTION—Memorializing long-time Nevada Legislator and American Legion leader Archie Pozzi, Jr.

 

1-1    Whereas, The Nevada State Legislature joins the people of Nevada as

1-2  they remember the life and mourn the loss of Archie Pozzi, Jr., who passed

1-3  away on November 29, 2000; and

1-4    Whereas, Archie Pozzi, Jr., was born on January 7, 1919, in Oakland,

1-5  California, to Leola and Archie Pozzi, Sr., but spent most of his life in

1-6  Carson City, where he starred on the state championship basketball team of

1-7  Carson High School during his senior year in 1936; and

1-8    Whereas, Following his graduation from the University of Washington

1-9  in 1941 where he was senior class president, Archie Pozzi served his

1-10  country in the Pacific Theater during World War II and was discharged

1-11  from the Navy with the rank of lieutenant, one of his most cherished roles;

1-12  and

1-13    Whereas, In 1946, Archie Pozzi joined his father in the family

1-14  business, Pozzi Motor Company, the Carson City Ford dealership, which

1-15  he took over after his father’s death, and in this capacity he joined with

2-1  several other Carson City auto dealers to produce wacky television

2-2  commercials that drew customers away from Reno and succeeded in

2-3  turning auto sales into the biggest sales tax producer in Carson City in the

2-4  1960s; and

2-5    Whereas, A staunch Republican, Archie Pozzi served as an

2-6  Assemblyman from 1955 to 1966 and as a Senator from 1967 to 1974, and

2-7  used his drive and ambition to enact a state sales tax to help pay for

2-8  education, author a bill for a land swap needed to start Western Nevada

2-9  Community College, help create Carson City’s current form of

2-10  consolidated government as a Capital District, defend the rights of state

2-11  employees and support veterans; and

2-12    Whereas, From 1951 to 1954, Archie Pozzi was a member of the

2-13  Nevada State Museum Board and, after leaving the Legislature, served on

2-14  the Carson City Planning Commission for 10 years; and

2-15    Whereas, In addition to his work in the political arena, Archie Pozzi

2-16  was a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Kerak Shrine Temple and the

2-17  Carson Host Lions, was active in the Nevada Department of the American

2-18  Legion, was a high school and college basketball referee for over 25 years

2-19  and was named Carson City Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year in

2-20  1991; and

2-21    Whereas, Described as having a rare combination of strength and

2-22  humor, Archie Pozzi was known for his quick smile and willingness to

2-23  help get things done; and

2-24    Whereas, Archie Pozzi was preceded in death by his wife, Helen, in

2-25  February 2000, and is survived by his children, Bruce and Kathie of

2-26  Anchorage, Alaska, Bob of Reno, Steve of Carson City and Michelle of

2-27  Danville, California, four grandchildren and his sister, Virginia Pozzi

2-28  Furman of Carson City; now, therefore, be it

2-29    Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly

2-30  Concurring, That the members of the 71st session of the Nevada

2-31  Legislature extend to the family of Archie Pozzi, Jr., their sincere

2-32  condolences; and be it further

2-33    Resolved, That the sandstone of the Legislative Building, which

2-34  Archie Pozzi fought to have used in order to match the Capitol Building,

2-35  will be a reminder of the contributions he made that helped shape Carson

2-36  City and Nevada; and be it further

2-37    Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate prepare and transmit a copy

2-38  of this resolution to the children of Archie Pozzi, Jr.

 

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