SEARCH SITE
VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL
- Code of Virginia
- Virginia Administrative Code
- Constitution of Virginia
- Charters
- Authorities
- Compacts
- Uncodified Acts
- RIS Users (account required)
SEARCHABLE DATABASES
- Bills & Resolutions
session legislation - Bill Summaries
session summaries - Reports to the General Assembly
House and Senate documents - Legislative Liaisons
State agency contacts
ACROSS SESSIONS
- Subject Index: Since 1995
- Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
- Summaries: Since 1994
Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.
2000 SESSION
002556448Patrons-- Howell, Barry, Bolling, Byrne, Chichester, Colgan, Couric, Edwards, Forbes, Hanger, Hawkins, Houck, Lambert, Lucas, Marsh, Martin, Marye, Maxwell, Miller, K.G., Miller, Y.B., Mims, Newman, Norment, Potts, Puckett, Puller, Quayle, Rerras, Reynolds, Saslaw, Schrock, Stolle, Stosch, Ticer, Trumbo, Wampler, Watkins, Whipple and Williams; Delegates: Albo, Almand, Amundson, Black, Brink, Callahan, Devolites, Hull, Marshall, McClure, McQuigg, Moran, Parrish, Plum, Rust, Scott, Van Landingham and Watts
WHEREAS, Charles A. Robinson, Jr., the mayor of the Town of Vienna since 1976, died on January 3, 2000; and
WHEREAS, a resident of Vienna for nearly a half-century, Charles Robinson was born in Providence, Rhode Island, served in the United States Army Air Force in the Pacific during World War II, and graduated from the University of Virginia; and
WHEREAS, an officer with the Rural Electric Cooperative Association at the time of his death, Charles Robinson began his career with the cooperative in 1950 as an electrical engineer and held a number of leadership posts during his 50-year career; and
WHEREAS, appointed to the Vienna Board of Zoning Appeals in 1954, Charles Robinson was named to the Town Planning Commission in 1960 and was elected to the Vienna Town Council in 1962; and
WHEREAS, Charles Robinson was elected mayor of Vienna in 1976 and soon established a record of accomplishment and dedication to the citizens of the Town of Vienna that won him recognition far beyond the town’s boundaries; and
WHEREAS, known as a consummate gentleman to almost everyone in Vienna, Charles Robinson was widely admired for his responsiveness to citizens’ concerns, his loyalty to his constituents, and his unquestioned personal integrity; and
WHEREAS, Charles Robinson was a former president of the Virginia Municipal League, a former board chairman of the Virginia Municipal Group Self Insurance Association, and a member of the Transportation Coordinating Council for Northern Virginia and the Tysons Corner Task Force; and
WHEREAS, among his many notable and lasting accomplishments, the one for which Charles Robinson may be best remembered is his largely successful effort to preserve Vienna’s small-town atmosphere amidst the explosive growth of Northern Virginia; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly hereby note with great sadness the loss of one of Virginia’s most effective and popular local leaders, Mayor Charles A. Robinson, Jr.; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Mayor Charles A. Robinson, Jr., as an expression of the high regard in which his memory is held by the members of the General Assembly and the people of Virginia.