[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 30, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E61]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


   A SALUTE TO MARY KING HONORING HER YEARS OF SERVICE AS AN ALAMEDA 
                           COUNTY SUPERVISOR

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                            HON. BARBARA LEE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 30, 2001

  Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in honor today to salute Mary King for 
her years of service to the citizens of Alameda County and in honor of 
her retirement as a member of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors.
  Mary King served three terms on the Alameda County Board of 
Supervisors and was the first African-American woman to serve on this 
governing body. Prior to joining the Board of Supervisors, King was an 
Independent Consultant to the Board managing the ground operation for 
the County's sales tax initiative campaign--Measure B. Previously, she 
served as an Assistant to Oakland's City Manager, Henry Gardner, Chief 
of Staff to Oakland Mayor Lionel Wilson, and was an aide and later 
Chief of Staff to California State Legislator Bill Lockyer, 
California's current Attorney General.
  During her tenure as a county Supervisor, Mary King served on a 
diverse and impressive array of boards and commissions. These bodies 
include California Attorney General's Commission on Hate Crimes, 
Association of Bay Area Governments, Bay Area Air Quality Management 
District, Alameda County Transportation Authority, Public Protection 
Committee, Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), Joint Powers 
Authority of the Network Associates Coliseum (formerly the Alameda 
County-Oakland Coliseum), the MTC's Bay Bridge Task Force, San 
Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, Alameda County 
Democratic Central Committee, Democratic National Platform Committee, 
and the Center for Ethics and Social Policy of the Graduate Theological 
Union at UC Berkeley.
  In addition, during her tenure as Supervisor, Mary King worked to 
save health care services for residents by creating a hospital 
authority model, implemented the Model Neighborhood Program, and 
developed a major land use approach to the County General Plan. I 
proudly join her many friends and colleagues in thanking and saluting 
Mary King for her years of service to the community and her commitment 
to bettering the lives of the citizens she served. Thank you Mary.

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