[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 20]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 27767]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    IN APPRECIATION OF BURLINGAME CITY COUNCILWOMAN ROSALIE O'MAHONY

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                           HON. JACKIE SPEIER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, November 16, 2009

  Ms. SPEIER. Madam Speaker, for twenty years, the people of 
Burlingame, California have depended on Rosalie O'Mahony's 
intelligence, hard work and love for her adopted city. First elected in 
1989, Rosalie O'Mahony has served five terms on the City Council, 
including five separate stints as Burlingame's mayor.
  To know Rosalie is to know her passion for her community. For the 
more than three decades that I have had the immense pleasure of 
Rosalie's friendship, we have never had a conversation where she did 
not speak about a person or group in need or an intersection that could 
be safer. Rosalie lives and breathes community service and our entire 
region has benefited greatly by her inspired decision to move to 
Burlingame in 1965.
  The reason for her move was so that Rosalie could accept a job on the 
faculty of the College of San Mateo's mathematics department. For more 
than forty years she has shared her knowledge with generations of 
students and continues to do so now as an adjunct instructor. In a 
region where some of the best jobs are in technological fields, 
excellent math instruction in our local colleges is vital to our area's 
economic success and Rosalie O'Mahony certainly has been a big part of 
that success.
  Madam Speaker, one mention in the Congressional Record could not 
possibly hold all of the accomplishments of this incredible woman. Her 
community service includes being chair of The American Cancer Society 
and board member of The Easter Seal Society and The Suicide and Crisis 
Prevention Center. She also served on the San Mateo County Grand Jury 
and has been--or continues to be--a member of The Burlingame Newcomers 
Club, The Irish Literary and Historical Society, the Burlingame 
Historical Society, Burlingame Beautification Commission, the San Mateo 
County Transportation Citizens' Advisory Committee and the Burlingame 
Aquatic Foundation.
  As part of her official duties, Rosalie has represented her city on 
the Airport Roundtable, the County Emergency Services Committee, the 
San Mateo County Investment Oversight Committee, City and County 
Association of Governments, Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation 
Agency and the San Mateo County Transportation Authority.
  In recognition of her years of service to her community, earlier this 
year Councilwoman O'Mahony was chosen as Burlingame's Citizen of the 
Year for 2009.
  Madam Speaker, any day that includes a chat with Rosalie O'Mahony is 
a day where I learn something new. Burlingame won't be quite the same 
without Rosalie on the City Council but, without a doubt, Burlingame 
would not be the city it is today had Rosalie not moved here and 
volunteered to serve.

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