[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 6, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E19]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        HONORING SUPERVISOR ED ROBEY OF LAKE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

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                           HON. MIKE THOMPSON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, January 6, 2009

  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
Supervisor Ed Robey on the occasion of his retirement from the Lake 
County Board of Supervisors. Supervisor Robey has served the citizens 
of Lake County honorably for 28 years, the last 12 as a County 
Supervisor.
  Supervisor Robey has had an illustrious career in public service. 
Since he was first elected to the Clearlake City Council in 1980, 
Supervisor Robey has consistently gone the extra mile for his 
constituents. The list of boards and commissions he has served on 
during is career is overwhelming. It includes LAFCO, the Area Planning 
Council, the Regional Council of Rural Counties, the California State 
Association of Counties, the Committee working with the Yolo County 
Flood Control District in regard to Clear Lake water rights issues, the 
Proposition 10/First Five Commission, the PEG Board of Directors, North 
Coast Emergency Medical Services, the Lake County Community Action 
Agency Board of Directors, the Area Agency on Aging Board of Directors, 
the North Coast Opportunities Board of Directors, the Caltrans DEAL 
Committee, and the County Reclassification Committee, among many 
others.
  Supervisor Robey will be remembered for his great sense of humor and 
superior accessibility to his constituents. His legislative and 
community accomplishments are much too numerous to be noted here; 
however, the true test of any elected official is if his constituents 
are better off when he retires than when he first took office. This is 
unquestionably the case for Supervisor Robey. The citizens of Lake 
County owe him a great debt.
  Madam Speaker and colleagues, it is appropriate at this time that we 
thank Supervisor Ed Robey for his years of dedication and service on 
behalf of Lake County and beyond. He has been a model of dignified and 
effective public service. I join his wife Beth, his son and two 
stepchildren in thanking Ed and wishing him a lifetime of fulfillment.

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