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THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
IT'S QUITE OFTEN REQUIRED IN THIS CHAMBERS.
UM, THE TIME IS NOW 5:32 PM ON THIS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15TH, 2020.
CITY COUNCIL IS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US IN OUR CEREMONIALS.
LOTS TO CELEBRATE AS WE GEAR UP FOR THE FIRST OF A NEW DECADE.
AND OUR FIRST ITEM IS TO CLOSE UP THE HOLIDAYS WITH THE MAYOR'S LIGHT UP DOWNTOWN AWARDS.
THE NINTH ANNUAL MAYOR'S LIGHT UP DOWNTOWN HOLIDAY LIGHTS CONTEST WINNERS WILL NOW BE RECOGNIZED.
BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN AREA COMPETED FOR THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST HOLIDAY DELIGHT DISPLAY.
THE GOAL OF THE CONTEST WAS TO CREATE AN ILLUMINATED VIEW OF THE DOWNTOWN SKYLINE AND SHOWCASE THE HEART OF THE CITY TO LOCALS AND VISITORS FOR UNIQUE HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE.
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS, C P S ENERGY, W A I AND SAN ANTONIO LIVING SAN ANTONIO CURRENT AND AMAZING MARKETING GROUP A M G.
WE APPRECIATE ALL THE BUSINESSES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE, IN THE DECORATING CONTEST.
IT WAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS YET.
SO NOW LET'S RECOGNIZE THE 2019 AWARD WINNERS.
OKAY, AND THE FIRST IS MAYOR, THE MAYOR'S CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST OVERALL DISPLAY CATEGORY, WHICH GOES TO SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY MUSEUM.
REACH, COME ON API, YOU'RE HERE.
AND THAT SHOULD BE REPRESENTED BY, UM, GLORIA CARMONA.
PEOPLE'S CHOICE OF BEST LIGHTING DISPLAY OF A STOREFRONT FOR SMALL BUSINESS GOES TO OFFICE SOURCE LIMITED.
AND THEY'RE REPRESENTED HERE TODAY BY KAY HERIG.
OKAY, THE NEXT AWARD GOES TO THE MAYOR'S CHOICE OF BEST LIGHTING DISPLAY OF A BUILDING ALAMO DOME, REPRESENTED BY PATRICIA MUS AND STEVEN ZITO.
THE NEXT AWARD IS THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE OF BEST LIGHTING DISPLAY OF A BUILDING AND C P S ENERGY'S CHOICE FOR GREENEST LIGHTING DISPLAY UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM.
ROBERT B. GREEN CAMPUS, REPRESENTED BY ANITA MARTIN AND LENNY KIRKMAN.
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THE NEXT AWARD IS THE MAYOR'S CHOICE AND PEOPLE'S CHOICE CATEGORIES FOR BEST LIGHTING THIS WAY AT THE FOREFRONT.AND THIS GOES TO WHATABURGER, REPRESENTED BY KIM, HARLEY, SIDNEY, MONDO, RACHEL, ALEX, ANDREA, AND NANCY.
THE MAYOR'S CHOICE AND PEOPLE'S CHOICE OF BEST HOTEL GOES TO HILTON, PALACIO, RIO, MR. BE, COME ON OUT.
THE MAYOR'S CHOICE AND PEOPLES CHOICE FOR BEST USE OF SPACE GOES TO TRAVIS PARK.
TRAVIS REPRESENTED BY JENNIFER RAAGA, BRANDON LOGAN, AND LIZ AND THE MAYOR'S.
MAYOR'S CHOICE FOR BEST NONPROFIT GOES TO THE SAN ANTONIO ZOO, REPRESENTED BY FOLK ROTH AND JENNIFER.
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PEOPLE'S CHOICE FOR THE BEST NONPROFIT GOES TO PRINCE OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC, STEAM LOCOMOTIVE 7 94.THEY'RE NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT GO AHEAD AND, UM, YOU'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND ACCEPT THEIR AWARD.
COUNCILWOMAN COUNCIL, I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT.
UM, WHATABURGER, YOU'RE ALWAYS JUST A SLAM DUNK WITH THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE.
I THINK IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE OPEN 24 HOURS.
UM, BUT I DO WANNA JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO ALSO CONGRATULATE AND ALSO THANK THE SAN ANTONIO ZOO FOR ALSO WHAT YOU ARE DOING WITH THE COORDINATED EFFORTS IN AUSTRALIA TO HELP WITH THOSE WILDFIRES.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILWOMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN.
AND SO I AM JUST ELATED LADY OVERJOYED TO SEE HOW MANY OF OUR DISTRICT TWO PARTNERS ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO PARTAKE AND RECEIVE AWARDS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR DISTRICT TWO.
THANK YOU FOR LIGHTENING THE WAY FOR DISTRICT TWO AND SHOWING THE BEAUTY THAT WE HAVE.
AND OF COURSE OUR SAN ANTONIO TWO, WHICH IS IN DISTRICT TWO, IS THE HEART OF EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN BRING NOT JUST TO THE CITY BUT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, LIKE MY COUNCIL MEMBER HAS ALSO REFERRED TO.
SO WE'RE JUST HAPPY THE DISTRICT TWO IS DOING WHAT WE DO AND LESS CAN DOING IT BIGGER, BETTER, AND BRIGHTER.
URGE, URGE, ROTARY CLUB, ALL THE VAULT INVOLVED IN TRAVIS PARK.
TRAVIS PARK, YOU'VE SET A REALLY HIGH BAR DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE ALL YOUR EFFORTS WERE SUCH A MAGICAL PLACE THIS YEAR.
AND IF WE CAN EVEN APPROACH THAT LEVEL NEXT YEAR, WE'LL ALL BE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL.
ALRIGHT, WELL THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
AND I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO PATRICIA AND TO STEVE WHO DO AN AMAZING JOB AT THE ALAMO DOME.
WE, WE ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT YOUTUBE WHENEVER WE'RE TALKING TO OTHER FOLKS FROM OUT OF TOWN ABOUT EVENTS OR BIG THINGS THAT WE WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN IN ALAMO DOME.
THOSE TWO ARE THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.
ALRIGHT, UM, NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NORTH STAR BOOTS.
JANUARY 16TH, 2020 MARKS THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NORTH STAR MALL BOOTS ARTIST BOB DADDIO WADE CREATED THE THEME TEXAS THEME SCULPTURE IN 1979 TO BE FEATURED IN AN EMPTY LOT, JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE IN WASHINGTON DC SHORTLY AFTER THE CREATION OF A BIDDING WAR, THE OWNERS OF A NORTH STAR MALL PURCHASED THE ICONIC STRUCTURE FOR $20,000, SHIFTED TO THE AMO CITY AND THREE FLATBED 18 WHEELERS AND REASSEMBLED IT IN THE CURRENT LOCATION IN 1980, THE BOOTS HAVE BEEN FEATURED IN COMMERCIALS GARNERED STATE AND NATIONAL RECOGNITION, AND BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A MASTER'S THESIS CONFIRMED BY THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS.
AS THE WORLD'S LARGEST COWBOY BOOTS SCULPTURE IN 2016, EACH BOOT CAN HOLD UPWARDS OF 300,000 GALLONS OF BEER JUST IN CASE ANYONE WAS INCLINED TO FILL THEM.
WADE PASSED AWAY ON DECEMBER 23RD, 2019, BUT IS LARGER THAN LIFE-SIZED ART WILL CONTINUE TO BE ENJOYED FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
SO IT IS HEREBY PRESENTED THE OFFICIAL CONGRATULATIONS IN THE RECOGNITION OF THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF NORTH STAR MALLS, WORLD'S LARGEST COWBOY BOOTS, THE ICONIC 35 FEET TALL NINE FEET WIDE ART CREATED BY BOB DADDY O WADE IN 1979 WAS REAFFIRMED BY THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS IN 2016 TO BE THE WORLD'S LARGEST BOOT SCULPTURE.
THE PROMINENT, THE PROMINENT BLACK BROWN AND FULL WHITE OSTRICH SKIN BOOTS ARE KNOWN AROUND THE WORLD AND HAVE EARNED THEIR PLACE IN TEXAS CULTURE.
THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE PROUD TO CELEBRATE THE MILESTONE OCCASION AND OFFER BEST WISHES FOR MANY MORE YEARS OF ENJOYMENT AT THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY ANNIVERSARY.
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OKAY.ALRIGHT, OUR THIRD THANK YOU AGAIN.
CEREMONIAL A LITEM IS A PROCLAMATION FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR MARCH THIS MONDAY.
UM, THIS MONDAY, THE SAN ANTONIO M L K JUNIOR COMMISSION, THE SAN ANTONIO M L K JUNIOR COMMISSION WILL HOST THE ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR MARCH ON MONDAY, JANUARY 20TH, 2020.
NEARLY 300,000 PARTICIPANTS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE THREE MILE JOURNEY.
THEY WILL BEGIN AT 10:00 AM AT THE M L K FREEDOM BRIDGE AT 3,500 M L K DRIVE, AND THEN AT PITMAN SULLIVAN PARK AT 1101 IOWA STREET.
THE ALAMOS CITY IS HOST TO ONE OF THE LARGEST MARCHES IN THE UNITED STATES.
A COMMITMENT TO PROGRAM AND OTHER ACTIVITIES WILL BE HELD IN THE PARK IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING MARCH.
SO I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD DR.
KEELEY PETTY WITH COMMISSION TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION, WHICH I'LL READ NOW, WHEREAS THOUSANDS OF SAN ANTONIANS WILL COME TOGETHER ON JANUARY 20TH LUTHER 2020 FOR THE DR.
MARTIN LUTHER KING'S JUNIOR MARCH TO KEEP ALIVE OF THE SPIRIT OF DR.
KING AND HIS CRUSADE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DEDICATED.
KING DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO THE AMERICAN PROPOSITION THAT WE AS A PEOPLE HAVE ACHIEVED AND CONTINUE TO ACHIEVE NONVIOLENT SOCIAL CHANGE.
KING ADMONISHED THAT IT IS FAR BETTER TO LOVE THAN HEY SEEK JUSTICE RATHER THAN REVENGE AND REFRAIN THE ACTS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST ANY PERSON, GROUP, RACE OR RELIGION.
AND WHEREAS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF JANUARY, A VARIETY OF OTHER EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES ARE SCHEDULED AT VARIOUS LIBRARIES, COLLEGES, AND UNIVERSITIES, MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND PLACES OF WORSHIP THAT WILL HONOR ONE OF THE NATION'S MOST REVERED CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS.
NOW, THEREFORE, I RON NUREMBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, IN RECOGNITION THEREOF DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MONDAY, JANUARY 20TH, 2020 TO BE DR.
HI, HOW ARE YOU? HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING? HOW ARE YOU? HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING? I WANTED TO SAY TODAY WOULD HAVE BEEN DR.
MARTIN LUTHER LUTHER KING, JUNIORS 91ST.
HE WOULD'VE BEEN 91 YEARS OLD.
I WANNA, UH, THANK OUR DISTINGUISHED MAYOR, UH, RON BERG, THE BEAUTIFUL COUNCILWOMAN, UH, JADA, ANDREW SULLIVAN, AND ALL OF THE OTHER COUNCILPERSONS WHO ARE LIVING THEIR DREAM.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR FAITHFUL SUPPORT TO, UH, SUPPORTING WHAT WE DO ON BEHALF OF MARTIN LUTHER KING'S VISION.
YOU KNOW, IT'S INCREDIBLE THAT THIS CITY HAS THE LARGEST MARCH IN THE NATION.
CELEBRATE THAT IS SOMETHING CERTAINLY TO CELEBRATE.
MANY THANKS TO OUR COMMITTEE, MANY THANKS TO OUR COMMITTEE PERSONS, UH, WHO SERVE ENLIST, WHO ARE DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
THESE WHO STAND HERE, INCREDIBLE JOB, WHO ARE DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB TO MAKE THE MARCH BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER EACH YEAR.
WANNA MENTION AND SAY THANKS TO THE YOUTH WHO DESIGNED OUR ARTWORK EVERY YEAR? THAT INDIVIDUAL IS NOT HERE TODAY, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE MENTION, UH, YOUTH BEING INVOLVED IN THIS DREAM, HELPING THEM TO DREAM AND DO REALLY INCREDIBLE THINGS IN LIFE.
I WANNA CLOSE MY THOUGHTS BY SAYING A QUOTE FROM DR.
MARTIN LUTHER KING IS SO APPROPRIATE.
HE SAID, WE MAY HAVE ALL COME IN ON DIFFERENT SHIPS.
ALL OF US CAME IN ON SOME KIND OF SHIP.
ALL OF US CAME IN ON SOME KIND OF SHIP FROM SOMEWHERE HE WENT ON TO SAY, HE WENT ON TO SAY, BUT WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT NOW.
AND THAT IS A DEMONSTRATIVE OF WHAT SAN ANTONIO DOES IN ITS COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP TO KEEP THIS DREAM ALIVE.
LET'S KEEP, LET'S KEEP DREAMING BIGGER AND MAKE THE DREAM EVEN BIGGER.
THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN.
SO, UM, I CAN HONESTLY SAY, UM, I CAN HONESTLY SAY I GOT MY SAN ANTONIO IN THE SAN ANTONIO'S CITY GOVERNMENT ROUND, FIRST AND FOREMOST WITH THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
FIRST AND FOREMOST WITH THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
UM, THE PEOPLE THAT STAND BEHIND ME, UM, THE PEOPLE THAT STAND BEHIND ME DON'T STAND JUST BEHIND ME.
THEY STAND, DON'T STAND JUST BEHIND ME, THEY STAND WITH ME.
WHEN I WENT IN, I WENT IN THIS, WHEN I WENT IN, I WENT IN THIS, WHERE DO WE START? HOW DO WE BEGIN? WHAT DO WE DO? WHERE DO WE START? HOW DO WE BEGIN? WHAT DO WE DO? AND HAVE THE THEME THIS YEAR AND TO HAVE THE THEME THIS YEAR BELIEVE, BE DREAM, BELIEVE, UNITE TRULY REFLECTS EXACTLY, TRULY REFLECTS EXACTLY.
STOOD FOR, FOR WHAT THIS COMMISSION STANDS FOR, WHAT THIS COMMISSION
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STANDS FOR OF SAN ANTONIO KING AND WHAT WE AS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CONTINUOUSLY DO ON A DAILY BASIS.I HONESTLY KNOW THAT THE WORK, I HONESTLY KNOW THAT THE WORK DONE, THE WORK THEY CONTINUE TO, THAT HAS BEEN DONE, THE WORK THEY CONTINUE TO DO, YOU CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO IMAGINE.
YOU CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO IMAGINE WHERE THEY START AND WHERE THEY CAN.
AND TO KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW AND TO KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW IN THE GUINNESS BOOK, WE ARE NOT IN THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS, AS THE LARGEST MARCH IN THE NATION ARE GOING TO CHANGE THAT WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE.
AND THAT IS WHAT, AND THAT IS WHAT DOES THIS TEAM, I WANNA SAY THANK.
AND SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH HAVING THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS HAVING MY RIGHT, MY LEFT, MY FRONT, MY BACK, MY UPS, MY DOWNS.
UM, THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO, DOING WHAT YOU DO.
THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU FOR HANGING IN THERE WHEN IT SEEMS HANGING IN THERE WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S NOWHERE ELSE TO HANG IN THERE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EACH AND EVERY LAST ONE, TO BE SO ELATED TO BE YOUR A COUNCIL OWNER.
I'M OVERJOYED, BUT I'M MORE OVERJOYED TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS CONTINUOUSLY DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
A COUNCILWOMAN VIE, THANK YOU.
UM, COMMISSION MEMBERS, YOU CONGRATULATIONS, COMMISSION MEMBERS, CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING TO THIS POINT.
AND CONGRATULATIONS ALREADY BECAUSE I KNOW OF THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE FOR THIS YEAR ALREADY PUT IN THIS YEAR.
AND I KNOW EVERYONE IS WITH BE BREATH WAITING FOR.
OKAY, HOW'S IT GONNA GO? WHAT, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN? WHAT'S GONNA GO ON? UM, BUT IT'S ALWAYS MY PLEASURE TO AND HONOR TO WALK IN THIS MARCH.
YOU KNOW, THIS MORNING I WAS, UM, IN A MEETING AND I WAS SITTING WITH, UM, ERIN ETTA PIERCE AND SPEAKING WITH HER ABOUT THE MARCHES.
ONE OF THE FIRST MARCHES THAT WE ALL HAD AND HOW ROSA PARKS WAS HERE AT OUR MARCH.
AND SHE WAS THERE, HERE SHE WAS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO MARCHING.
AND IT WAS FROM THERE THAT YOU COULD HAVE BUILDING AND BUILDING SHORTER WITH 30,000.
AND IT'S MORE THAN JUST A MARCH.
WE ARE LIVING OUT THE LEGACY AND THE DREAM.
WE AND EVERY ONE OF US ARE THE EMBODIMENT OF THE DREAM OF WHAT NOT JUST DR.
HAD, BUT EVERYONE WHO FOUGHT IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT HAD AND STILL HAS ONE OF THE FORWARD PAST.
ONE OF THE COMMENTS THIS PAST FRIDAY AT THE LUNCHEON WAS, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT CELEBRATING THE LEGACY, IT'S ABOUT CONTINUING TO DO AND TO TAKE ACTION ON THE DREAM.
AND THAT WE STILL NEED TO THOSE STEPS, UM, TOWARDS THE DREAM.
AND YOU KNOW, THIS PAST SUMMER I WAS IN WASHINGTON WITH MY MOM AND GOING TO THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL AND BEING ABLE TO SEE RICE THERE ON THE STEPS OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL.
THEY HAVEN'T ENGRAVED NOW OF WHERE HE STOOD AND WHERE HE GAVE THAT SPEECH THAT IS JUST SO MOVING.
AND YOU SEE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND GOING TO THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL AND ALL STOPPING THERE PLACE AND JUST STANDING IN THAT SAME PLACE.
RESPONSIBILITY, HOW WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AND A DUTY TO CONTINUE TO LIVE AND WORK TOWARDS THAT DREAM, THAT DREAM OF NONVIOLENCE, THAT DREAM OF EQUITY, THAT DREAM OF UNIFYING OUR SO NATION.
SO THANK YOU, YOU LIVING AND BEING IT AND TAKING ACTION STEPS AND TO SOME OF HIS QUOTES, HE HAS SO MANY OF HIS ARTICLES AND I KEEP ONE OF HIS BOOKS IN MY, IN MY OFFICE OF WHY WE CAN'T WAIT.
UM, THERE'S THERE AND THE URGENCY OF NOW AND EVERY DAY IS THE URGENCY OF NOW.
AND AS A COUNCIL MEMBER AND I LOOK AT MY COUNCIL CALL BECAUSE WE ARE TERM LIMITED IS IN OUR COUNCIL POSITION, BUT THERE IS EVEN MORE SO AN URGENCY OF NOW BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW.
OUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAS IN STORE, BUT WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO LIVE OUT THE PURPOSE TO OUR COLLEAGUES.
SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING OUT THE PURPOSE TO YOUR COLLEAGUES AS WELL.
SCHOLARSHIPS, LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS AND ALL THE SCHOLARSHIPS THAT ARE ALSO GONNA BE ABLE TO BREAK THOSE CYCLES OF POVERTY THAT WE NEED TO BE RELEASED FROM.
THANKS FOR COMING HERE THIS EVENING.
IT'S GREAT TO RECOGNIZE Y'ALL AND WORKING THIS AND PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, BUT, UH, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE MARCH AS, UH, COUNCILWOMAN IRAN WAS SAYING, IT COMES TOGETHER, PRIVILEGE, THE COMMISSION.
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH THE COMMISSION AND PUTTING TOGETHER ONE OF THE FIRST EVENTS FOR THIS WHOLE DREAM WEEK AND WORKED WITH DR.
SOME OF YOU MIGHT KNOW HIM IN UNCOVERING A LOSS CEMETERY UP ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE, THE HOCKLEY
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CEMETERY.WE PUT THIS AND WE PUT THIS, WE PUT THIS LITTLE FUNCTION TOGETHER AND WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE JUST A FEW PEOPLE SHOWING UP, YOU KNOW, THAT WERE INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, THEIR HERITAGE AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED IN THOSE DAYS AND LEARNING ABOUT THE HISTORY, PARTICULARLY THE BLACKS ELEMENTS AROUND SAN ANTONIO.
AND IT WASN'T JUST IN THE EAST SIDE, THEY WERE ALL OVER SAN ANTONIO IN THIS PARTICULAR, UH, CEMETERY WAS LOST.
AND HE DID THE RESEARCH AND FOUND IT AGAIN.
AND WE HAVE UNCOVERED IT, WE'VE CLEARED IT, IT'S VERY VISIBLE, UH, PEOPLE ARE VISITING IT.
AND GUESS WHAT, WE HAD OVER 120 PEOPLE AT THAT EVENT.
AND IT WAS PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND NOT ONLY FROM DISTRICT 10 PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER SAN ANTONIO.
SO IT WAS A MAGNIFICENT EVENT.
AND AS I TOLD THOSE FOLKS THAT ATTENDED, I SAID, THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, IS BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER, LEARN TO LEARN ABOUT OUR HISTORY, CULTURE, AND HOW WE'RE LIVING TOGETHER TODAY.
AND HAVE REALLY THANKFUL FOR OUR THANKFUL FOR OUR BLESSINGS, WHAT WE HAVE TODAY BASED ON WHAT THEY DID BACK THEN.
SO I REALLY WANT CONGRATULATE, I REALLY WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THIS EVENT.
ANOTHER EVENT I DID HAVE, ANOTHER THING THAT I WENT TO LAST NIGHT, OPPORTUNITY.
I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO VISIT WITH ORIGINAL, SOME OF THE ORIGINAL MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM RIDERS.
JUST LISTENING SOME, JUST LISTENING TO SOME OF THOSE STORIES.
THOSE, AND I CAN RELATE TO SOME OF THOSE STORIES BASED ON, YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF OLD MYSELF.
UH, SO WE, WE SHARED STORIES AND VIGNETTES LAST NIGHT AND THAT WAS REALLY COOL AS WELL.
SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE MARCH, IT'S ABOUT ALL THESE EVENTS COMING TOGETHER AND BRINGING EVERYBODY TOGETHER.
SO THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON MONDAY.
IT'S A TREMENDOUS PRIVILEGE TO, IT'S A TREMENDOUS PRIVILEGE TO BE PART OF TODAY'S RECOMMENDATION THAT SAN ANTONIO HOSTS THE FACT THAT SAN ANTONIO HOSTS THE LARGEST M L K MARCH IN NATION.
IT IS A TRUE TESTAMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR COMMITMENT TO, I FAVORITE ONE OF MY FAVORITE DR.
AND WHEN I TRY TO LIVE BY EVERY DAY, THE TIME IS ALWAYS RIGHT TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT OBLIGATION.
AND IT'S NOT ONLY OUR OBLIGATION, BUT OUR DUTY TO ONE ANOTHER TO HELP EACH OTHER SUCCEED AND ENCOURAGE COMPASSION FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
I WANNA ALWAYS BE THE LARGEST, UH, M L K MARCH IN, IN THE, IN THE COUNTRY.
I THINK THE MAYOR AND MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES IN PRESENTING THIS PROCLAMATION.
AND I'M HONORED TO BE PART OF THIS AS WE CELEBRATE THE LEGACY THAT IS.
THANK YOU MAYOR TIM, THANK YOU TO MAYOR TIM.
THANK YOU TO CONGRATULATIONS ON THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU ALL ON THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU ALL DO EVERY YEAR AND YOU'LL ALWAYS DO SUCH A GREAT JOB.
I'M VERY PROUD OF, UM, SERVING YOU AND ADVOCATING FOR YOU AND SAYING THAT TIM ANTONIO HAS THE MARCH AND SO EXCITING TO SEE THAT WE GO, UM, YEAR AFTER YEAR AND TRY TO OUTDO OURSELVES, RIGHT? I SAID, AND IT'S REALLY YOUR WORK, SO CONGRATULATIONS.
UM, I I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LET YOU KNOW I WILL NOT BE PRESENT ON MONDAY AT THE MARCH BECAUSE MY COUSIN PASSED AWAY IN HOUSTON AND WE THINK THE SERVICE ARE SUNDAY AND DAY.
IT'LL BE CONFIRMED, BUT I'M MORE THAN LIKELY TO NOT BE THERE.
BUT I WILL BE THERE IN SPIRIT AND I THINK SOME OF MY STAFF WILL BE THERE AS WELL.
I ALSO WANNA TAKE THE TIME TO SAY THAT, UM, DREAM WEEK, UH, I, I'VE HAD MY PEN ON A WEEK AND I'VE HAD MY PEN AND PROMOTING, UM, THE EVENTS AND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME REALLY COOL THINGS GOING OUT THERE.
UM, I DROVE BY THE Y M C A, UH, THE OTHER DAY AND THEY WERE ANNOUNCING ONE OF THE EVENTS.
SO GOOD JOB ON THE MARKETING FOR THE EVENTS IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL NEXT YEAR.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN.
AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL THERE ON MONDAY.
THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT MY SON, WHO IS NOW SIX YEARS OLD, UM, SEEMS TO UNDERSTAND, UH, A FEW THINGS.
AND HIS SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE THERE AS A SCHOOL.
SO I'LL HAVE TO DECIDE IF I LET HIM GO WITH HIS SCHOOL OR IF I KEEP, UH, HIM WITH ME UP MARCH, UH, AS WE MARCH.
AND SO THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, REMINDING US OF THE HISTORY AND, AND KEEPING IT ALIVE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO.
AND I'LL CLOSE AND I'LL CLOSE.
UH, ALSO I'LL CLOSE ALSO BY REATING MY, I'LL CLOSE ALSO BY REITERATING MY THANKS EFFORT.
I KNOW THIS IS A YEAR ROUND EFFORT FOR YOU AND THIS IS THE CULMINATION OF A LOT OF WORK AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT WORK.
LIKE ALL THE OTHERS, THERE'S REASONS TO MARCH.
WE'RE REMINDED OF THEM ALMOST EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WE SEE 'EM ON TV, WE SEE READ AND PAPER.
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AND SO AS WE TAKE THOSE STEPS, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE MARCHING FOR A LARGER CAUSE.IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE RECORDS THAT WE SAID, ALL THOSE ARE NICE TOO, BUT I APPRECIATE WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ JUST SAID.
BUT FOR ME IT'S BEEN PERSONAL.
I'VE TAKEN, I'VE TAKEN MY SON EVERY YEAR THAT HE'S BEEN BORN AND UH, LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR HE COULDN'T GET ON MY SHOULDERS ANYMORE.
UH, HE'S 11 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW HOW I GOT A 10 YEAR OLD ON MY BACK, BUT, UM, HE'S 11 YEARS OLD, BUT HE'S 11 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR.
IT'S FUN TO SEE THE CHILDREN GROW UP MARCHING AND THEY GET OLDER.
SIERRA GOES TO SCHOOL AND JONAH BECOMES A YOUNG MAN.
BUT I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US AS WE MARCH TO TEACH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT WHY WE'RE DOING THAT.
AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT THE COMMISSION'S MISSION IS DOING JUST THAT VERY MUCH.
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON MONDAY.
I DON'T LIKE, ALTHOUGH MAYBE I DON'T LIKE EVERY TIME THEY.