[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 5, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E787]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


          TRIBUTE TO FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE SIDNEY PAULY

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                            HON. JIM RAMSTAD

                              of minnesota

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, April 5, 1995
  Mr. RAMSTAD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to former State 
Representative Sidney Pauly of Eden Prairie, MN, in our Third 
Congressional District.
  On Thursday, Representative Pauly will be a deserving honoree at a 
reception citing her highly productive decades of service to her 
community.
  Sidney Pauly served the residents of Eden Prairie and Edina 
responsively and effectively in the Minnesota Legislature and before 
that on the Eden Prairie City Council. Extremely dedicated, Sidney's 
commitment to solid public policy and helping people in need has been 
exemplary.
  Her public service to her Nation included going overseas when her 
husband Roger, as a member of the Armed Forces, was stationed in 
Germany. Roger and Sidney had their first two children there.
  Despite her hectic schedule as the mother of four, Sidney plunged 
into her role as a community leader upon her return to the United 
States in the then-small community of Eden Prairie, where her family 
still resides. Sidney started her legendary term of public service with 
the local PTA as treasurer. The breadth and scope of Sidney's public 
leadership grew with her community, which today is a bustling community 
of more than 40,000.
  Sidney Pauly's reputation as a leader of integrity and effectiveness 
grew from the confines of Eden Prairie across the Twin Cities metro 
area and to the borders of Minnesota and beyond. As a member of the 
Eden Prairie City Council from 1970 until 1982, residents always knew 
they could find a willing and attentive listener and get their 
questions and concerns answered about city services and policies.
  Then as a member of the Minnesota Legislature, serving both Eden 
Prairie and neighboring Edina for a dozen more years, Sidney became a 
leader of statewide repute. Her careful scrutiny of State government, 
incisive questioning, and inspirational speaking style won her the 
respect of legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle. Her 
expertise in transportation policy, fiscal matters, innovative 
approaches to education, pioneering environmental laws, and ethics 
reform earned her plaudits in Minnesota and around the Nation.
  But most of all, Sidney Pauly listened to her constituents and put 
their priorities on the top of her agenda. She would be the first to 
tell you she is proudest of that accomplishment.
  Sidney Pauly represents the best in public service, and all our 
Nation's governments could use more of her kind. She established an 
uncompromising standard of public service, one all elected 
representatives of the people should do their utmost to emulate.
  As she seeks new frontiers of public service in the years ahead, our 
area, State, and Nation offer our heartfelt gratitude and sincerest 
appreciation.


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