[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 33 (Thursday, March 17, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H1675]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          MOURNING THE LOSS OF SPRING HILL MAYOR RAY WILLIAMS

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, it is with sorrow that I rise to mourn 
the loss of Spring Hill, Tennessee, mayor Ray Williams.
  He was elected in 1999 and proved to be an effective and dedicated 
public servant during his years as mayor.
  Mayor Williams both managed Spring Hill's tremendous growth over the 
past few years and helped preserve the wonderful standard of living the 
community enjoys. He ran an efficient government and lowered property 
taxes every year that he was in office.
  He set a standard many of my colleagues here in Congress should adopt 
when he instituted the Spring Hill Taxpayer Bill of Rights. It is a 
resolution that requires any proposed property tax increase to be 
approved by the taxpayers and that surplus funds be returned to the 
taxpayers.
  It is clear that Ray was a wonderful public servant, a loving, 
devoted husband and father; and we thank his family for his service to 
our community.

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