[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 103 (Thursday, September 7, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1431]
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                       HONORING JAMES T. SOBJECT

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                       HON. LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 7, 2000

  Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Mr. Speaker, today I congratulate James T. Sobject 
for his 28 years of exemplary service with the city of Los Angeles.
  Prior to beginning his career with the City of Los Angeles in 1972, 
Mr. Sobject served two years in the U.S. Army, attaining the rank of 
Military Police Sergeant with security assignments in West Germany and 
at the Military Academy at West Point. He was then assigned to the City 
as a Junior Administrative Assistant in the Elections Division of the 
City Clerk's Office, where he was soon after promoted to the Assistant 
Elections Supervisor. In 1975, Mr. Sobject was promoted to Senior 
Administrative Assistant in the Bureau of Sanitation, of the Public 
Works Department, where he supervised the Administrative Services 
Section of the Sewage Treatment Division. Two years later he joined the 
Office of the City Administrative Officer as an Administrative Analyst, 
and was assigned as liaison analyst with responsibilities for the 
Harbor Department and the Department of Water and Power.
  In 1978, Mr. Sobject was promoted to Senior Administrative Analyst 
and for eight years he was the lead analyst on the Police Department 
budget. Subsequently, he was assigned to the Municipal Facilities 
Construction Program and the City Hall Seismic Rehabilitation Project. 
Mr. Sobject was next promoted to Chief Administrative Analyst in 1997 
with the responsibility of supervising the Public Safety Budget Group 
that which includes Police, Fire, Animal Services, and Building and 
Safety Department budget liaison assignments. Not long afterwards, Mr. 
Sobject was assigned to supervise the CAO's Finance Group which is 
responsible for citywide revenue forecasting, budget coordination and 
administering the City's automated budget system.
  For his work in the CAO's Finance Group, Mr. Sobject received special 
recognition from Mayor Richard J. Riordan for his ``hard work, 
dedication, and extraordinary professionalism,'' with respect to the 
annual budget process. James T. Sobject has been a valuable member of 
our community and praiseworthy civil servant. Mr. Sobject deserves our 
thanks for his dedicated service to the City of Los Angeles. I wish him 
and his family the best and I hope that he enjoys the active retirement 
which he so richly deserves.

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