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<br />May 23,2005 <br /> <br />Mayor Porter, Council <br />I am Mary Gay. I live at 305 N. 5th Street on La Porte's North Side. I have lived in La <br /> <br />Porte 52 years on the North Side. I was married to the late Deotis Gay 49 years. He was <br /> <br />on the City Council 20 years. The twenty years he served I served right along with him. <br /> <br />I went on most of the trips to the Conferences. The first thing I did after registering was <br /> <br />to look at the Agenda. I attended any workshop that was pertaining to community <br /> <br /> <br />program or for youth. I went on lot~urs and enjoyed them but most of the times when <br /> <br /> <br />others wer~urs I was attending workshops. I have belonged to the La Porte <br /> <br />Community Civic Club since 1981 (24 years) serving as program director. When <br /> <br />Councilman Gay was defeated I told him I was going to quit too that I was tired. <br /> <br />He said please don't stop keep on. I promised him I would so I have worked very hard, <br /> <br />long, tiring years most of it in vain but I didn't stop and I don't intend to, I plan to work <br /> <br />to the end. <br /> <br />Now I see on tonight's agenda about Truck Stop. I don't know what it fueling involve or <br /> <br />what it mean but I do know the truck facility on Barbour's Cut and 1 st have been <br /> <br />fought against from the beginning. The owner is a member of the Civic Club. He has <br /> <br />sponsored many of our programs: Seniors Citizen Day, Chartered a bus for the youth to <br /> <br />go to Houston Museum, Youth Program, Activities for Juneteenth Celebration. When he <br /> <br />was turned down he said in his country they gave 10% of their earning and he would not <br />