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File #: 0046X-2009    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 4/17/2009 In control: Craig
On agenda: 4/20/2009 Final action: 4/22/2009
Title: To recognize Columbus Department of Public Service Assistant Director Mary Carran Webster for her years of service to the City of Columbus and its residents.
Sponsors: Hearcel Craig, Andrew Ginther, A. Troy Miller, Priscilla Tyson, Charleta B. Tavares, Eileen Paley, Michael C. Mentel
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To recognize Columbus Department of Public Service Assistant Director Mary Carran Webster for her years of service to the City of Columbus and its residents.

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WHEREAS, Department of Public Service Assistant Director Mary Carran Webster for the last nine years has served the City of Columbus with distinction and demonstrated an exemplary commitment to the safety and quality of life of its citizens; and

WHEREAS, Mary Carran Webster, alias The Snow Lady, has braved blizzards, 20-inch snow storms, ice storms and rush hour snow storms and showers, all under the unblinking gaze of local media at all hours of the day and night, weekends and holidays; and

WHEREAS, Mary Carran Webster's name appeared in the Columbus Dispatch's "The Watch" column so often, they should have named it "The We're Watching YOU Mary Webster" column; and

WHEREAS, Mary Carran Webster had the most popular City of Columbus phone number after 3-1-1; and

WHEREAS, Mary Carran Webster's aliases also include "The Pothole Queen;" and

WHEREAS, Mary Carran Webster was pursued by local TV stations each winter for the coveted Mary Webster-Doing-An-Interview-In-Front-Of-The-Salt-Barn-In-A-Driving- Snowstorm shot; and

WHEREAS, Mary Carran Webster has rightfully earned the respect of her colleagues and local media for her tireless dedication to telling the story of how Columbus' Snow Warriors work around the clock, regardless the severity of storms or temperatures, to serve residents and neighborhoods; and

WHEREAS, Mary Carran Webster, in a previous life, set the bar high for today's journalists with her hard-hitting style as a reporter, and later molded the minds of future journalists as a journalism school faculty member; and

WHEREAS, Mary Carran Webster has further shown her love for, and dedication to, her community for the past 25 years through her support of the arts in Columbus; and

WHEREAS, Mary Carran Webster's true affection for snow is best demonstrated ...

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