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Resolution
Supporting the Opposition of
LULAC “Paper Councils”
WHEREAS, on July 6-11, 2004 we
will officially celebrate LULAC’s 75th
Anniversary. We will focus on our League’s
legacy-second to none. We will commend our LULAC
National President for his commentary in our
LULAC News May/June 2004 issue. He asks to
“reflect back on our past and let us remember
that LULAC has a serious part to play in our
tomorrow, and we all need to be actively
involved in order for us to be successful. We as
LULAC members must serve as Role Models…;” and
WHEREAS, our
LULAC Founders were our original role models,
likewise many of our Brothers and Sisters in
LULAC have done honor to our League’s legacy.
Our leaders of yesterday were brave, loyal
Americans and good Christians. These men and
women had great vision and created our LULAC
organization to interface with overt racial
discrimination and school segregation; and
WHEREAS, we
members of the Welasco (Texas) League of United
Latin American Citizens, Council #291 join our
LULAC National President in singling our role
models in our League. The word “role model” must
not be used so nonchalantly. We must be most
discerning; otherwise the word itself means
little or nothing; and
WHEREAS, in view
of the foregoing, we take this occasion to again
point out to the alleged practices of some LULAC
officers in the State of Texas who continue to
create “paper councils” (non-existing LULAC
councils) for the sole purpose of influencing
the outcome of our LULAC district, state, and
national elections; and
WHEREAS, on
March 1, 2000, our Welasco LULAC Council #291
presented and adapted a resolution declaring the
creation of paper councils as corruptive
practice, which degrades and taints the good
name and prestige of our League. June 3, 2000
this resolution was adopted by the 2000 LULAC
State Convention. This assembly instructed the
then LULAC Texas State Director to submit the
resolution to the 2000 LULAC National Convention
held in Washington, D.C. to date, this has been
ignored.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that our LULAC National
President, as our contemporary role model,
addresses the problem of “paper councils” in our
League. We urge our Brothers and Sisters in
LULAC to serve as role models to restore LULAC’s
dignity and trust in our Hispanic communities.
Submitted by Silvestre
Acevedo, President, Council #291.
Adopted this 10th day of July
2004.
Hector M. Flores
LULAC National President |
