[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23784]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



               TRIBUTE TO MAYOR GERRY DOYLE OF PITTSFIELD

 Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, it is a privilege to take this 
opportunity to pay tribute to Gerry Doyle, the outstanding Mayor of 
Pittsfield, MA, who is retiring at the end of this year. He has been a 
wonderful mayor for the people of Pittsfield, and I know they join me 
in thanking him for his commitment and dedication to public service.
  Mayor Doyle will long be remembered for his outstanding leadership in 
achieving an historic agreement to clean up the Housatonic River and 
the General Electric industrial site. He was the driving force behind 
this impressive agreement which protects the magnificent environmental 
heritage of the Berkshires and the public health of the entire 
community, and has laid a solid basis for future economic development 
in Pittsfield.
  The settlement is one of the largest of its kind ever achieved in 
Massachusetts, Mayor Doyle won great progress for all the Berkshires by 
striking this all-important balance between economic development and 
environmental cleanup. The day this agreement was reached was the 
dawning of a new era for Pittsfield, and for that we will always be 
grateful to Mayor Doyle for his outstanding leadership.
  Mayor Doyle has also done an outstanding job of increasing tourism in 
the Berkshires and in improving the quality of life for the people of 
Pittsfield. He's worked skillfully to improve transportation in the 
city, which in turn has helped attract new businesses to Pittsfield.
  All of us in Massachusetts are grateful for Mayor Doyle's 
distinguished service to the City of Pittsfield and to our State, and 
we are grateful for his friendship. We know that his commitment to 
public service will continue in other ways, and he will be deeply 
missed.

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