[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 103 (Thursday, September 7, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1430]
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                        HONORING PAULETTA SMITH

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                       HON. LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 7, 2000

  Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Mr. Speaker, I commemorate the dedicated public 
service that Pauletta Smith has given the City of Los Angeles.
  Ms. Smith started her career with the City of Los Angeles on November 
27, 1962 as a Clerk Typist with the Los Angeles Police Department. Two 
years later, she moved to the Bureau of Street Lighting and was 
promoted to Senior Clerk Typist. In 1975, Ms. Smith returned to the 
Police Department with the promotion to Personnel Aide and soon 
thereafter was again promoted, this time to the position of Exam 
Assistant. Due to her excellent work ethic and can-do attitude, Ms. 
Smith was again promoted to Administrative Aide in 1981 and, after only 
two short years, promoted to Administrative Assistant in 1983. 
Subsequently, her career carried her to the City's Department of Public 
Works, Department of Transportation, the Department of 
Telecommunications and the Department of General Services.
  Pauletta Smith's diligent work was noticed in every assignment and in 
1996 she transferred to the Office of the City Administrative Officer 
Emergency Preparedness Division as a Management Analyst II. She became 
an Emergency Preparedness Coordinator in October 1998 to oversee 
Citywide contingency planning for Year 2000 from which she is now 
retiring.
  Ms. Smith has been an asset to her community, and I wish both her and 
her family as she joins others an active and enriching retirement.

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