Political Quotes

“I rise today, to honor the memory of a great Nevadan, Tony Armstrong, who passed away last Saturday morning. Tony was the mayor of the town of Sparks, NV, and I had the privilege of working with him in that capacity. But I rise today not to praise Tony Armstrong the mayor, even though he was a great mayor. I want to praise Tony Armstrong the husband, the father, the friend, the neighbor. I rise to praise Tony Armstrong the man who made a positive impression on everyone he met, through the force of an engaging personality that reflected his basic love of people. Tony spent most of his life in Sparks. He was born in Philadelphia, but his family moved to northern California when he was a toddler, and settled in Sparks when Tony was 4 years old. Tony attended school in Sparks, and when he graduated high school he joined the Nevada Air National Guard. After serving on active duty for several years, he returned to Washoe County in 1973 and got a job as a building inspector. In 1983 he married Debbie Rimby, and a couple of years later he started his own contracting company, which later became a private inspection firm. He first ran for public office in 1987, when he failed to win election to the Sparks City Council. But like many of us who have lost elections, he learned from that experience and it strengthened his determination.”