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词条 Stella Garza-Hicks
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  1. Biography

  2. Legislative career

     2006 appointment  2007 legislative session  2008 legislative session  Later political activity 

  3. References

  4. External links

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| name = Stella Garza-Hicks
| image = Colorado-Rep-Stella-Garza-Hicks.jpg
| caption = Garza-Hicks in 2008
| state_house = Colorado
| district = 17th
| term_start = January 10, 2007
| term_end = January 7, 2009[1]
| predecessor = Mark Cloer
| successor = Dennis Apuan
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1953}}
| birth_place = Kress, Texas, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| spouse = Ray
| profession = Cosmetologist, Salesperson
| religion =
| party = Republican
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Stella Garza-Hicks (born 1953[2][3]) is a former Republican legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado.

A former cosmetologist and salesperson, Garza-Hicks became active in Republican Party activism in Colorado Springs, Colorado and rose to become a district chairperson and campaign manager for local candidates. A legislative aide to Rep. Mark Cloer, Garza-Hicks was appointed to Cloer's seat in the Colorado House of Representatives when he resigned unexpectedly in 2006.

As a legislator, Garza-Hicks represented House District 17, which included southern Colorado Springs and the Fort Carson military base.[2] She served one term in office, during which she look largely mainstream Republican positions and sponsored relatively little legislation. She did not stand for re-election in 2008 but remains involved in Colorado Republican Party politics.

Biography

Born in Kress, Texas,

[3] Garza-Hicks dropped out of high school in the ninth grade to become a cosmetologist,[2] moving to Colorado in the 1970s[4] with her first husband, a soldier stationed at Fort Carson. After divorcing her first husband, whom she describes as an alcoholic, Hicks remarried;[5] she has three stepchildren — Frank, Jess, and Kelly[6] — through her husband, Ray Hicks, and worked as a vacuum cleaner salesperson before leaving work to become a homemaker.[3]

Garza-Hicks became involved in politics after a conversation with former state representative Barbara Phillips.[5] An active member of the El Paso County, Colorado Republican Party, Garza-Hicks belongs to the El Paso County Republican Women's Club, the Pikes Peak Republican Club, the Pikes Peak Firearms Coalition, the National Rifle Association, and is a legislative member of the Civil Air Patrol. She has managed the political campaigns of Harrison District 2 School Board member Linda Pugh and Colorado State Representative Mark Cloer, in addition to serving as Cloer's legislative aide.[3]

Legislative career

2006 appointment

Garza-Hicks served as the Republican district chairperson for Colorado House District 17 for six years,[7] a seat to which Rep. Mark Cloer was re-elected in the Colorado House of Representatives in 2006. However, instead of serving out what would have been his fourth term in the state legislature, Cloer resigned only a few weeks after his re-election, citing a desire to spend more time with his family.[8] Nominated for the position by Cloer himself, Garza-Hicks was unanimously appointed to his seat by a Republican vacancy committee,[7] and was sworn in on January 10, 2007, with the rest of the incoming legislative class.[9] Garza-Hicks, who speaks Spanish, was one of the few Hispanic women in the Colorado legislature.[5]

2007 legislative session

Bills Introduced in 2007 by Rep. Garza-Hicks
(for which Rep. Garza-Hicks is the primary originating sponsor)
BILL TITLE OUTCOME
HB07-1365    Concerning the inclusion of the Colorado Consortium for Earth and Space Science Education in the definition of a Public Employees' Retirement Association employer. Signed by Gov. Ritter

During the 2007 legislative session, Garza-Hicks served on the House Services Committee and the House Local Government Committee.[10]

Garza-Hicks maintained a low profile for most of her first term in the legislature, first speaking in House floor debate two months into the legislative session.[11] After being criticized by news media for not being the primary sponsor of any legislation, she introduced a late bill to allow members of the Colorado Consortium for Earth and Space Science Education to receive state retirement benefits, as well as a nonbinding resolution honoring Colorado soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.[12] Both were passed by the legislature; the resolution honoring fallen soldiers was marked in the General Assembly by a ceremony, including the playing of taps in the legislative chambers.[13] Garza-Hicks also increased her co-sponsorship of legislation from co-sponsoring only one bill at the midpoint of the 2007 legislative session to co-sponsoring over 150 bills by the session's end.[12]

For her voting record during the 2007 legislative session, Garza-Hicks earned a 64% rating from the fiscally conservative Colorado Union of Taxpayers,[14] a 60% rating from the environmentally-oriented Colorado Conservation Voters,[15] and a 42% rating from the American Civil Liberties Union;[16] each rating placed Garza-Hicks near the middle of the range of Republican legislators.

Following the regular session, Garza-Hicks was appointed by Attorney General John Suthers to the state Methamphetamine Task Force,[17] and served on the legislature's Police Officers' and Firefighters' Pension Reform Commission.[18]

2008 legislative session

{{Infobox Colorado Legislation
| Name=Garza-Hicks
| Title=Rep.
| Year=2008
| Bill Number 1=HB08-1034
| Bill Number 2=HB08-1130
| Bill Number 3=HB08-1175
| Bill Link 1=http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont/A506F454D0CA0DF1872573B0007084BC?Open&file=1034_enr.pdf
| Bill Link 2=http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont/A65CE766B96AFCEB872573680052ED74?Open&file=1130_enr.pdf
| Bill Link 3=http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont/A712822F60A89C7D872573A80068EC04?Open&file=1175_rer.pdf
| Bill Title 1=Concerning clarifications to employer tax credits for taxpayers utilizing employee leasing companies.
| Bill Title 2=Concerning court orders allowing the interception of communications.
| Bill Title 3=Concerning the creation of the United States Army Fourth Infantry Division special license plate […]
| Bill Status 1=Signed by Gov. Ritter
| Bill Status 2=Signed by Gov. Ritter
| Bill Status 3=Signed by Gov. Ritter
}}

In the 2008 session of the Colorado General Assembly, Hicks sat on the House Health and Human Services Committee, and the House Local Government Committee.

[19] She sponsored legislation to create a special license plate recognizing the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division,[20] the first military unit to be honored with a special plate in Colorado.[21] She was also a primary sponsor of the bipartisan resolution to recognize Military and Veterans Appreciation Day.[22] Another of Garza-Hicks' bills addressed expedited extension of police wiretaps for surveillance purposes. The measure initially passed both houses of the legislature with different limits on potential extensions.[23] After being reconciled to allow three month-long extensions of wiretaps, the bill was signed into law by Gov. Bill Ritter.[24]

Although interest group ratings from groups including the Colorado Union of Taxpayers,[25] Colorado Conservation Voters,[26] and the American Civil Liberties Union[27] again placed Garza-Hicks solidly within the main body of Republican lawmakers in Colorado, Garza-Hicks was one of only a few Republicans to publicly back a measure introduced by Speaker Andrew Romanoff to reform spending requirements in Colorado's state constitution by diverting excess revenues under TABOR to K-12 education.[28]

Garza-Hicks announced in October 2007 that she would not seek re-election in 2008, citing health issues within her own family, but she did not rule out a future run for public office.[29] Republicans Kit Roupe and Sheila Hicks (no relation to Garza-Hicks) declared their candidacies for the open seat,[30] but the general election was narrowly won by progressive activist and Democrat Dennis Apuan, who defeated Roupe to win the only Democratic takeover of a Republican-held seat in the 2008 legislative elections in Colorado.[31]

Later political activity

While a member of the legislature in 2007, Garza-Hicks was appointed to the War on Terror Fallen Heroes Memorial Commission, which was charged with selecting a design for a memorial to soldiers killed in U.S. actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. She was elected vice-chair at the commission's first meeting; however, after the chairman, former Rep. Rafael Gallegos, left the legislature, the group did not meet again, and Gallegos could not be located. In April 2009, Garza-Hicks expressed a desire that the panel continue its work, but, as vice-chair, stated that she did not have the authority to reconvene it.[32]

In December 2009, Garza-Hicks was announced as a member of county-level leadership for Jane Norton's campaign for the U.S. Senate seat held by Michael Bennet.[33]

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/CLICS2009A/csljournals.nsf/(jouhse)/0475167CD03000CB8725752E0056A5B3/$FILE/Jn07.pdf |title=House Journal – January 7, 2009 |accessdate=2009-01-09 |format=PDF |work=Colorado General Assembly }}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://comaps.org/district17h.html |title=State House District 17 |accessdate=2007-11-21 |work=COMaps |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213183554/http://comaps.org/district17h.html |archivedate=February 13, 2009 |df= }}
3. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=69478 |title=Representative Garza-Hicks |accessdate=2007-11-21 |work=Project Vote Smart }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.housedistrict17.com/Rep_Garza_Hicks.html |title=Rep. Garza-Hicks |accessdate=2007-11-22 |work=HouseDistrict17.com |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222031031/http://housedistrict17.com/Rep_Garza_Hicks.html |archivedate=February 22, 2008 |df= }}
5. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news |first=Michael |last=De Yoanna |title=Back road to the Capitol |url=http://www.csindy.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A19946| work=Colorado Springs Independent |date=January 11, 2007 |accessdate=2007-11-22 }}
6. ^{{cite news |first=Lynn |last=Bartels |title=Citizen Legislator, March 21 |url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/mar/20/citizen-legislator-march-21/ |work=Rocky Mountain News |date=March 20, 2008 |accessdate=2008-03-28 }}
7. ^1 {{cite news |first=Anthony |last=Lane |title=Cloer's choice going to House |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4191/is_20070104/ai_n17109290| work=Colorado Springs Gazette |date=January 4, 2007 |accessdate=2007-11-22 }}
8. ^{{cite news |first=April M. |last=Washington |title=Cloer: Family comes first |url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/government/article/0,2777,DRMN_23906_5241179,00.html| work=Rocky Mountain News |date=December 28, 2006 |accessdate=2007-11-22 }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/Clics2007A/csljournals.nsf/(jouhse)/C74DAE3008365363872572580079AA44/$FILE/Jn10.pdf |title=House Journal – January 10, 2007 |accessdate=2007-11-21 |format=PDF |work=Colorado General Assembly }}
10. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/directory.nsf/HouCommWp?OpenView |title=House Committees of Reference |accessdate=2007-12-11 |work=Colorado General Assembly}}
11. ^{{cite news |first=Hank |last=Lacey |title=UNDER THE DOME from the Legislature |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4191/is_20070324/ai_n18760455| work=Colorado Springs Gazette |date=March 24, 2007 |accessdate=2007-11-22 }}
12. ^1 {{cite news |first=Cara |last=DeGette |title=A Bill Of Her own |url=http://www.coloradoconfidential.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2221 |work=Colorado Confidential |date=June 12, 2007 |accessdate=2007-11-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024151044/http://www.coloradoconfidential.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2221 |archive-date=October 24, 2007 |dead-url=yes |df=mdy-all }}
13. ^{{cite news |first=Alan |last=Gathright |title=Colorado lawmakers honor state's fallen soldiers |url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5473868,00.html| work=Rocky Mountain News |date=April 9, 2007 |accessdate=2007-12-04 }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
14. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.coloradotaxpayer.org/New/CUT-Brochure-2007.pdf |title=CUT Rates the Colorado Leigslature – Sixty-seventh General Assembly, 2007 Report |accessdate=2008-04-18 |work=Colorado Union of Taxpayers }}
15. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.coloradoconservationvoters.org/documents/Scorecard07_002.pdf |title=Colorado Legislative Conservation Scorecard 2007 |accessdate=2008-04-18 |work=Colorado Conservation Voters |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529131536/http://www.coloradoconservationvoters.org/documents/Scorecard07_002.pdf |archivedate=May 29, 2008 |df=mdy }}
16. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.aclu-co.org/legislative/EyeOnCO2007.pdf |title=Eye on Colorado – 2007 Legislative Scorecard for Civil Liberties |accessdate=2009-12-21 |work=American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219154004/http://aclu-co.org/legislative/EyeOnCO2007.pdf |archivedate=February 19, 2009 }}
17. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.coloradohousegop.com/?q=node/42 |title=Rep. Stella Garza Hicks, HD-17 |accessdate=2007-11-22 |work=Colorado House Republicans }}
18. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/lcsstaff/2007/comsched/07FPPAsched.htm |title=Police Officers' and Firefighters' Pension Reform Commission |accessdate=2008-04-27 |work=Colorado Legislative Council }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
19. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/directory.nsf/HouCommWp?OpenView |title=House Committees of Reference |accessdate=2008-01-19 |work=Colorado General Assembly}}
20. ^{{cite news |author=Staff Reports |title=This week in the Legislature |url=http://www.gazette.com/articles/committee_32205___article.html/create_children.html |work=Colorado Springs Gazette |date=January 21, 2008 |accessdate=2008-01-23 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130103234417/http://www.gazette.com/articles/committee_32205___article.html/create_children.html |archivedate=January 3, 2013 |df= }}
21. ^{{cite news|first=Ed |last=Sealover |title=License plates for 4th ID, Norad |url=http://www.gazette.com/articles/plates_34547___article.html/plate_one.html |work=Colorado Springs Gazette |date=March 23, 2008 |accessdate=2008-03-28 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327202951/http://www.gazette.com/articles/plates_34547___article.html/plate_one.html |archivedate=March 27, 2008 |df= }}
22. ^{{cite press release|title=Statehouse Honors Military Appreciation Day |publisher=Colorado House Democrats |date=February 15, 2008 |url=http://cohousedems.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/02/statehouse-hono.html |accessdate=2008-02-23 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302011150/http://cohousedems.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/02/statehouse-hono.html |archivedate=March 2, 2008 |df= }}
23. ^{{cite news |first=Ed |last=Sealover |title=Monday in the General Assembly |url=http://www.gazette.com/articles/colorado_33819___article.html/health_senate.html |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130123215654/http://www.gazette.com/articles/colorado_33819___article.html/health_senate.html |dead-url=yes |archive-date=January 23, 2013 |work=Rocky Mountain News |date=March 3, 2008 |accessdate=2008-03-03 }}
24. ^{{cite news |first=Ed |last=Sealover |author2=Michael Davidson |title=Assembly Glance: Monday in review |url=http://www.gazette.com/articles/colorado_34343___article.html/widows_police.html |work=Colorado Springs Gazette |date=March 17, 2008 |accessdate=2008-03-18 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080324050932/http://www.gazette.com/articles/colorado_34343___article.html/widows_police.html |archivedate=March 24, 2008 |df= }}
25. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.coloradotaxpayer.org/new/2008CUTratings1.pdf |title=CUT Rates the Colorado Leigslature – Sixty-seventh General Assembly, 2008 Report |accessdate=2009-12-21 |work=Colorado Union of Taxpayers }}
26. ^{{cite web|url=http://coloradoconservationvoters.org/data/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/2008-ccv-scorecard.pdf |title=Colorado Legislative Conservation Scorecard 2008 |accessdate=2009-12-21 |work=Colorado Conservation Voters |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725185336/http://coloradoconservationvoters.org/data/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/2008-ccv-scorecard.pdf |archivedate=July 25, 2011 |df= }}
27. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.aclu-co.org/legislative/EyeOnCO2008.pdf |title=Eye on Colorado – 2008 Legislative Scorecard for Civil Liberties |accessdate=2009-12-21 |work=American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
28. ^{{cite news|first=Joe |last=Hanel |title=TABOR reform may go straight to the voters |url=http://durangoherald.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&article_path=/news/08/news080426_4.htm |work=Durango Herald |date=April 26, 2008 |accessdate=2008-04-26 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503003835/http://www.durangoherald.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&article_path=%2Fnews%2F08%2Fnews080426_4.htm |archivedate=May 3, 2008 |deadurl=yes |df=mdy }}
29. ^1 {{cite news |first=Ed |last=Sealover |title=Republican state rep. won't seek another term in ‘08 |url=http://www.gazette.com/articles/seat_29017___article.html/republican_hicks.html |work=Colorado Springs Gazette |date=October 27, 2007 |accessdate=2007-11-22 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117080747/http://www.gazette.com/articles/seat_29017___article.html/republican_hicks.html |archivedate=November 17, 2007 |df= }}
30. ^{{cite news |first=Ed |last=Sealover |title=Disability group lobbyist will run for state house |url=http://www.gazette.com/articles/hicks_33146___article.html/district_sheila.html |work=Colorado Springs Gazette |date=February 15, 2008 |accessdate=2008-02-23 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220001918/http://www.gazette.com/articles/hicks_33146___article.html/district_sheila.html |archivedate=February 20, 2008 |df= }}
31. ^{{cite news|first=Jeremy |last=Pelzer |title=Hard work, Obama propel community organizer to HD-17 win |url=http://www.politickerco.com/jeremypelzer/2794/hard-work-obama-propel-community-organizer-hd-17-win |work=PolitickerCO.com |date=November 10, 2008 |accessdate=2008-11-17 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108162507/http://www.politickerco.com/jeremypelzer/2794/hard-work-obama-propel-community-organizer-hd-17-win |archivedate=January 8, 2009 |df= }}
32. ^{{cite news |first=Steven K. |last=Paulson |title=Colo. war memorial panel draws fire |url=http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2009/04/ap_colo_war_memorial_040209/ |work=Marine Corps Times |date=April 2, 2009 |accessdate=2009-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308055801/http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2009/04/ap_colo_war_memorial_040209/ |archive-date=March 8, 2012 |dead-url=yes |df=mdy-all }}
33. ^{{cite press release|title=Jane Norton for Colorado Announces All 64 County Chairs: Norton’s Grassroots Organization Up and Running Strong |publisher=Jane Norton for Colorado |date=December 14, 2009 |url=http://www.janenortonforcolorado.com/_blog/Press/post/Jane_Norton_for_Colorado_Announces_All_64_County_Chairs_Norton%E2%80%99s_Grassroots_Organization_Up_and_Running_Strong/ |accessdate=2009-12-21 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091218190758/http://www.janenortonforcolorado.com/_blog/Press/post/Jane_Norton_for_Colorado_Announces_All_64_County_Chairs_Norton%E2%80%99s_Grassroots_Organization_Up_and_Running_Strong |archivedate=December 18, 2009 |df= }}

External links

{{Portal|Biography}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20140310234900/http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/House/members/Hou17.htm Legislative web site]
  • Personal web site
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