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• 5~ • Minutes, Regular Meeting, La Porte City Council April 21, 1982, Page 3 Westergren: I, too, would like to thank you for your guidance and assistance this past year. I appreciate your concern for your City and the time you have dedicated. to this community. Longley: Mr. Mayor, I also want to express my appreciation for your guidance and help this past year and for all the things you have done for La Porte. You certainly will be missed. Matuszak: Mr. Mayor, T would like to thank you for the many, many hours you have given this City and the citizens. T am sure they will be remembered for a long, long time. I person- ally want to thank you for the many courteseys you have given me as a citizen when I have appeared before this Council. I wish you the best of luck. Graves: I would like to thank you and reflect back on the time when I was employed with the City. I look at you as a boss. I appreciate you and all you have done. • Mayor Meza asked that Virginia Cline come forward to receive the oath of office of Mayor of the City of La Porte and John D. Carr Longley as Councilperson District 2. The oath was administered by Judge Jon Lindsay. Mayor Cline and Councilperson Longley were seated at the Council table. Mayor Cline presented a certificate of appreciation to J. J. Meza for service to the City of La Porte. Mayor Cline made the following statement: I am extremely proud to have the opportunity to serve you. My deepest appreciation and heartfelt thanks go out to each and every one who voted for me. You have demonstrated the democratic process wherein lies the strength of this great nation. Democracy starts with each of you and prevails as a privilege to enjoy freedom as we know it. The wars of politics are now over for us for awhile, and it's time to forget polit- ical rhetoric and statements to sway the voters. We must now join together and strive in harmony and cooperation with each other and to regulate our affairs to benefit the people of La Porte. I hope, above all else, to keep your desires fore- most in my endeavors and to attempt to satisfy the majority most of the time. Let us join together in unity and work to • improve our City, provide the best possible services to our citizens and cooperate fully with each other to make these goals possible. I shall cherish always your support in my