REMARKS
James Gennaro honors and reflects on Paul Vallone
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James Gennaro discusses the significance of naming a facility after Paul Malone and shares personal connections with the Malone family.
- Gennaro reflects on his long relationship with the Malone family, highlighting his connections with Speaker Malone since 1990.
- He shares personal stories of attending religious retreats with the Malone family, emphasizing the impact of these experiences.
- Gennaro praises the character and contributions of Paul Malone, highlighting the appropriateness of naming a facility after him.
- He expresses deep appreciation for the Malone family, acknowledging their presence and contributions to the city.
James Gennaro
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Thank you, madam leader.
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I know it ordinarily rise when I speak, but when I'm talking about the balones and the balone family, I think it's appropriate.
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To do that.
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I wanna add my voice to the chorus of the speaker and those that spoke this morning at at the health committee.
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I was hired by Speaker Malone in the summer of 1990, and I got to know him very well and he became like a second father to me.
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Many people from the era know that Peter Malone's senior had a retreat group, and I've been I don't ordinarily mix worlds, but I'm gonna do it now.
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That, you know, myself and my father and my brother and my son were privileged to go on, religious religious retreat with the ballone in that group.
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And, Charlie, I'm looking forward to this year's retreat.
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And and when I started here, Paul was in college.
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And, you know, to think of what we've what what this family has suffered and and everyone who new them by extension.
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It's such a fitting thing that we do today to name this facility to Paul who's such a a really great guy.
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And I know more from I mean, I served with him for 10 months when I won that special election, but I've known him for 30 years.
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I know him much through retreat than I do here.
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And so, you know, to really have an opportunity to get to know him like I did was, you know, and the enrichment that he brought to me as a as a as a person and everything that he will always meet to the city and now with his name on this great edifice that would be that, you know, protects animals like, what a more fitting thing.
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So I love the Malone family and Judge Malone and, you know, Anna Marie and everybody.
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So so great to see you here, and God bless.