Statement from Senator Judith Zaffirini Regarding the Death of Senator Carlos Truan
Written by admin, Apr 12, 2012, 1 Comment
Courtesy Will Krueger,
(AUSTIN) – “Figures don’t lie, but liars figure.” Senator Carlos Truan, D-Corpus Christi, uttered those words countless times as he fought for increased funding not only for his constituents’ needs and priorities, but also for education and health and human services programs, especially for low-income families. Many Texans, including those who never knew him, benefitted from his leadership and passion.
“Senator Truan made history as the first Hispanic to serve as Dean of the Texas Senate. More important, his accomplishments, especially in enhancing access to higher education in South Texas, made a historical difference for South Texas.
“All of us who were privileged to serve with him in the Texas Legislature are saddened by his loss and will remember him fondly as a friend and colleague.”
Carlos was truley a trendsetter as being the first as an Hispanic to do much of the work which benifitted all Texans, What he did enabled all Texans to become entitled to services that had been denied.
His work is still not finished and it now becomes our task. I met Carlos when he was just an activist and marveled how he managed to achive so much for all.
God Bless him and warm regards to his family be proud of what he did.
Jose A (Joe) Botello