[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 4 (Friday, January 9, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E63]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING DIANNE FRITZ

                                 ______
                                 

                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, January 9, 2009

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Dianne 
Fritz upon her retirement as Mariposa County Supervisor, District IV. 
Supervisor Fritz will be honored by the Mariposa County Board of 
Supervisors on Tuesday, December 16, 2008.
  Dianne Fritz was elected to the Mariposa County Board of Supervisors, 
District IV in 2004 and officially took office in January 2005. In 2008 
she served as Vice-Chair of the Board of Supervisors and also the Vice-
Chair for the Mariposa County Local Transportation Commission. For the 
past four years, Supervisor Fritz has been involved in numerous 
projects, committees, and organizations. As supervisor she has served 
on the board of directors for numerous agencies and organizations 
including: Mountain Valley Emergency Medical Services Agency; National 
Association of Counties; San Joaquin Valley Regional Association of 
California Counties; Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System, 
YARTS, Joint Powers Authority; High Speed Rail Authority; San Joaquin 
Valley Rail Committee; and California State Association of Counties. 
She also served as board liaison member to the Fiscal and Educational 
Services and Justice System Services area, the Yosemite Gateway 
Socioeconomics Workshops, and for the California State Mining and 
Mineral Exhibit issues. Supervisor Fritz worked tirelessly on many 
projects benefiting the county that ranged from community planning and 
development, wastewater treatment facilities, recreation facilities, 
road and fire station maintenance, airport improvements, and 
restoration of the Mariposa Courthouse. During her tenure there were 
natural disasters that she worked diligently on, for example the floods 
of 2005, the Ferguson Rock Slide Disaster of 2006, and the recent wild 
fires of 2008.
  Supervisor Fritz has worked on many issues pertaining to economic 
development. She was instrumental in the privatization of the Visitors' 
Bureau, with the formation of the Yosemite/Mariposa County Tourism 
Bureau and fought the closure of Mount Bullion Youth Conservation Camp. 
She also worked on the General Plan update for Mariposa County, 
improvements to community parks, health care, public safety and agri-
nature tourism. Supervisor Fritz has always been active in the 
community; she performed with the Vagina Monologs and other fundraising 
activities in support of the Mountain Crisis Services programs for 
victims. She also coordinates the ``Las Mariposas Civil War Days Re-
enactment''. She is an active member of Soroptimist International, 
Mariposa County Chamber of Commerce, the Order of the Eastern Star and 
the Republican Central Committee. Supervisor Fritz has been an integral 
member of the Mariposa County Board of Supervisors, and her impact on 
the county will be displayed for years to come.
  Madam Speaker, Speaker, I rise today to commend and congratulate 
Supervisor Dianne Fritz upon her retirement from the Mariposa County 
Board of Supervisors. I invite my colleagues to join me in wishing 
Supervisor Fritz many years of continued success.