[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21949]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              RECOGNITION OF DEPUTY MAYOR REBECCA AARONSON

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                        HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, October 6, 2004

  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to call the attention of my 
colleagues to a constituent in the 6th District of New Jersey. It is 
with great pleasure that I introduce my friend, the Honorable Rebecca 
Aaronson, Deputy Mayor of Manalapan, N.J., who is being honored by the 
Latino American Association of Monmouth County as they celebrate their 
Eleventh Annual Awards Banquet.
  Rebecca Aaronson was born in Laredo, Texas to Mexican parents. Her 
father was born in Monterrey, Mexico and her mother was born in Mexico 
City, D.F. She grew up in El Paso, Texas and attended the University of 
Texas at El Paso for one year. Rebecca met and married Richard Aaronson 
in 1972. She is the proud mother of two sons, Scott, 27 years old, who 
recently married Julie, and Glenn, 22 years old, a senior at Quinnipiac 
University in Connecticut.
  Rebecca returned to school and graduated from Brookdale Community 
College in 1997 with an Associates Degree in Humanities. She 
volunteered at the Women's Center of Monmouth County (now 180) in the 
shelter program for victims of domestic violence. She became involved 
with the community because she always felt that no one has the right to 
complain if they are not willing to do something about it. She was 
concerned with the over-development of her town, Manalapan, and felt 
that the builders, not the Planning Board, were making all of the 
decisions.
  In 2002, she was elected Mayor of Manalapan Township. Presently, she 
is in her second term and serves as Deputy Mayor. In 2001 she was the 
Democratic candidate for Monmouth County Freeholder. Presently she 
serves as the Vice Chair of Monmouth County Democrats.
  She believes that she and her colleagues have made a difference in 
Manalapan. Her philosophy has always been that we are all obligated to 
leave our mark somehow and politics has given her the opportunity to do 
so. She carries that philosophy to her personal life and is always 
seeking a way of making a difference in people's lives.
  Mr. Speaker, it is my sincere hope that my colleagues will join me in 
honoring and recognizing Deputy Mayor Rebecca Aaronson, as the Latino 
American Association of Monmouth County honors her for her unfaltering 
dedication to the Latino community.

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