[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 134 (Friday, October 11, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1846]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           TRIBUTE TO TOM MULLEN, RIVERSIDE COUNTY SUPERVISOR

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                            HON. KEN CALVERT

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 10, 2002

  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor and pay tribute to an 
individual whose dedication to the community and to the overall well-
being and prosperity of the County of Riverside, California, is 
exceptional. The County of Riverside has been fortunate to have dynamic 
and dedicated community leaders who willingly and unselfishly give time 
and talent to making their communities a better place to live and work. 
Tom Mullen is one of these individuals. After two terms as Riverside 
County Supervisor, Tom is retiring this year. I know all of the 
citizens in our great County will miss Tom and wish him well as he 
moves to new endeavors.
  Tom Mullen is a native of Hastings, Nebraska and has served his 
country honorably in the United States Air Force. Tom also served his 
community as a law enforcement officer and as an aid to State Senator 
Bob Pressley. Mullen was first elected to the Fifth District Supervisor 
seat for Riverside, California in 1994. As a county supervisor, he has 
been responsible for a population greater than 12 states and a multi-
billion dollar budget that would rank among Forbes Magazine's Fortune 
500 companies. Mullen has also been the leader for an ambitious 
planning initiative, the Riverside County Integrated Project, a three-
pronged plan to simultaneously address transportation, habitat 
conservation and housing demands brought on by rapid population growth 
in Riverside County. The plan has been praised as a national model for 
other states and communities to emulate.
  Under Tom Mullen's excellent leadership Riverside County has achieved 
impressive results. The economy has grown significantly and during his 
tenure more than 350,000 jobs have been generated. Mullen's aggressive 
hiring of new Sheriff Deputies and prosecutors has produced a 50-
percent decrease in crime since 1994.
  In recognition of Tom's exemplary work as a Riverside County 
Supervisor, Tom has been awarded the Riverside Community College 
Alumnus of the Year 2000; Management Leader of the Year 1998 by the A. 
Gary Anderson School of Management at the University of California, 
Riverside; and the Good Government Award from the Riverside County 
Chapter of the Building Industry Association.
  Tom is a devoted husband to wife, Kathy, and proud father and 
grandfather.
  Tom's tireless work as the Riverside County Supervisor has 
contributed unmeasurably to the well-being and betterment of Riverside 
County. His outstanding involvement in the community makes me proud to 
call him a fellow community member, American and friend.

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