Resolution Saluting Senator Patsy Ticer

Resolution Saluting Senator Patsy Ticer - March 2, 2011

Resolution Saluting Senator Patsy Ticer - March 2, 2011

WHEREAS, Patsy Ticer was born in Washington, DC, graduated from George Washington High School in Alexandria, Virginia, attended Sweet Briar College where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government, and returned to Alexandria,

WHEREAS, Senator Ticer served with distinction as the first female Mayor of Alexandria from 1991 to 1996,

WHEREAS, in 1995, Senator Ticer helped the Democrats maintain their margin in the State Senate by giving up her Mayorship to run in a Senate district that included Southern Arlington,

WHEREAS, Senator Ticer is serving as Chair of the Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee, and as a member of the Senate Committee on Local Government, the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services, the Senate Committee on Rules, and the Senate Committee on Transportation,

WHEREAS, Senator Ticer has been a pioneering role model for women in elective politics and a champion of health and family care issues in the General Assembly,

WHEREAS, Senator Ticer has served as a valuable mentor to a number of Democrats as they developed their careers in public service,

WHEREAS, Senator Ticer served on the board of a number of organizations including Virginia's Transportation Coordinating Council, Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, the United Way, and Healthy Families Alexandria

WHEREAS, Senator Ticer has announced that her long career in elective office will end at the conclusion of her current term.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Arlington County Democratic Committee on March 2, 2011, that:

1. ACDC congratulates and thanks Senator Patsy Ticer for her outstanding leadership and service to ACDC, the Arlington community, and the Commonwealth of Virginia, and especially to the youth of our community.

2. ACDC sends its best wishes to Senator Ticer as she enjoys her retirement from the Virginia Senate and continues her lifetime of volunteering to make life better for the people of Northern Virginia.