Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and service of former Representative Trudi Walend, a leader and a fierce advocate for her community, for Transylvania County, and for North Carolina. Trudi held a great many titles in her 80 years of life: Daughter, wife, mother, businessowner, county commissioner, and to the pride of her family and friends, North Carolina State Representative. After arriving in 1998, she was appointed to seven House committees, and she once described her mindset as she set foot in the House for the first time, ``I arrived with the objective of being as effective as I could be,'' and effective she was. As we honor Trudi's many contributions to western North Carolina and a life well lived, I hope all of us serving in the people's House follow her example as we go forth in service of our constituents. I applaud and commemorate Representative Trudi Walend's service to improve the lives of the citizens that she so passionately represented. ____________________”