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

 

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

 

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

 they remember the life and mourn the loss of Archie Pozzi, Jr., who

 passed away on November 29, 2000; and

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

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

 Carson City, where he starred on the state championship basketball team

 of Carson High School during his senior year in 1936; and

   Whereas, Following his graduation from the University of Washington

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

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

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

 and

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

 business, Pozzi Motor Company, the Carson City Ford dealership, which

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

 several other Carson City auto dealers to produce wacky television

 commercials that drew customers away from Reno and succeeded in

 turning auto sales into the biggest sales tax producer in Carson City in the

 1960s; and

   Whereas, A staunch Republican, Archie Pozzi served as an

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

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

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

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

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

 employees and support veterans; and

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

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

 the Carson City Planning Commission for 10 years; and

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

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

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

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


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

1991; and

   Whereas, Described as having a rare combination of strength and

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

 help get things done; and

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

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

 Anchorage, Alaska, Bob of Reno, Steve of Carson City and Michelle of

 Danville, California, four grandchildren and his sister, Virginia Pozzi

 Furman of Carson City; now, therefore, be it

   Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly

 Concurring, That the members of the 71st session of the Nevada

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

 condolences; and be it further

   Resolved, That the sandstone of the Legislative Building, which

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

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

 City and Nevada; and be it further

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

 of this resolution to the children of Archie Pozzi, Jr.

 

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