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CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
ESOLUTION
No. l 7 ~3
WHEREAS, ldateen Baa.ith waa an ondinany pennon who did ex#naondinacy #hinga; and,
WHEREAS, he P.i.ved on the cutting edge ob .Zibe - aPivaya ahanpen-i.ng h.~,s aFii.~Ca and
uaing #hoae ahi,Y.P,s in the 2aa# yeana ob hie 2i.be #o heQp deveCop awaneneaa, eduea#ion
and aenvieea #o indi.vidua.ea and {yami.P.i,ea abbeeted 6y AIDS and AIDS neQa#ed diaeaaea.
He a#epped bonwcucd and championed aenvice #o a popu.Za#i.on #hat many people oa#nac.i.zed;
and;
WHEREAS, I nememben ge##ing numenoua caP,P.s bnom Ma#een and 4i.naC2y #hia huge
age o5 ma#eniaE about AIDS. We had numenoua mee#inge and ~inaZEy we had Uven The
Z, inc., in Font Wonth which is a amak2 pnognam a#nuggking #o mee# a huge unme#
need; and,
WHEREAS, many og "Popaie'a" bonmen e2aaemates wouEd 2oofz a# him in diabe2ie~ when
~` men#ioned appQying ion miZZi.on da22an.gnan.td; however, Popaie wan no# de#e~uced. He
evened and made a dibbenenee in the ?,i,vea ob hia a#agb as well as the pen5one he
nerved and pneeeded #o ge# #hoae miP.Zi.on doZ2an gnan#a; and,
WHEREAS, 2iFte many yneat men, Popaie wan an ondina2y man who aruswened the eaP.2
za do ex#naondincvcy #hi,nga .
Good #imben doea no# gnow in cane.
The a#nongen wind, the a#nongen #nee~s.
The banthen ahy, the gneaten 2eng#h.
The move the a#onma, the mone the a#neng#h.
By nun and cold, by lain and avow.
In #nee on man -good #imhen gnowa.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF 7HE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS,
That a copy ob #hia memoniak nvsoCu#ion be apnead upon the minu,teA o5 the City
~unc,%E and #ha# a copy be bunniahed #o ~ami.Cy o~ Mn. Ma#een 8aai#h as an expneaaion
y the Ci#y Counci,2 06 i#a aympa#hy.
dopted Sep#emben 24, 1991.
Mayon Pno #empone We ben