Senate Resolution No. 5–Senators Raggio, Titus, Amodei, Care, Carlton, Coffin, Jacobsen, James, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, O’Connell, O’Donnell, Porter, Rawson, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Townsend, Washington and Wiener

 

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Senate Resolution—Inducting Archie Pozzi, Jr.into the Senate Hall of Fame.

 

   Whereas, The Senate of the Legislature of the State of Nevada has

 established a Senate Hall of Fame whose members are selected by

 leadership from those past Senators who have served with distinction and

 who have made exemplary contributions to the State of Nevada; and

   Whereas, Archie Pozzi, Jr. served in the Assembly from 1955 through

 1966 and in the Senate from 1967 through 1974 for a total of 20 years and

 was widely respected for his expertise and knowledge in the financial

 affairs of the state, serving on the Assembly Ways and Means Committee

 or the Senate Finance Committee during his entire legislative tenure; and

   Whereas, During his years in the Senate, Archie Pozzi, Jr. served as

 Minority Floor Leader in 1973, and used his drive and ambition to enact a

 state sales tax to help pay for education, to sponsor a bill for a land

 exchange needed to start Western Nevada Community College, to help

 create Carson City’s current form of consolidated government as a Capital

 District, to defend the rights of state employees and to support veterans;

 and

   Whereas, Among other important posts held, Archie Pozzi, Jr. ably

 represented the veterans of Nevada and the United States as Commander

 of the Nevada Department of the American Legion from 1951 to 1952 and

 as National Vice Commander from 1988 to 1989; now, therefore, be it

   Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, That Archie

 Pozzi, Jr., an outstanding leader and visionary member of both houses of

 the Nevada Legislature, is hereby inducted into the Senate Hall of Fame of

 the Legislature of the State of Nevada.

 

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