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AUSTIN (AP) — Gov. Ann Rich
ards danced her administration and
her much-touted “New Texas” into
office at a series of inaugural balls
Tuesday night.
In the first of four sold-out balls
held in celebration of Richards’ and
It. Gov. Bob Bullock’s inaugura
tions, Richards and escort Bud
Shrake danced to the sound of
Waltz Across Texas” at the Austin
Opry House.
As the Austin-based progressive
country band Asleep at the Wheel
performed, Richards’ father, Cecil
Willis of Waco, cut in. Smiling and
laughing, father and daughter com
pleted the dance together, with a
proud Willis twirling the new gover
nor at arm’s length.
Richards, Bullock and a host of
other state officials, including House
Speaker Gib Lewis, entered the ball
under the crossed swords of Texas
A&M’s Ross Volunteers.
“It was a wonderful day today — a
day that I shall never remember,
never-Torget,” Richards said, quickly
correcting her choice of words.
“Tonight, I went back to my new
house to change clothes and it was
wonderful to know that the house
that has been the home for so many
governors and so rich in tradition is
now going to be home to someone
who’s going to open its doors to the
people who own it,” said Richards,
who took the oath of office shortly
after noon Tuesday.
“Please know how extre i mely
grateful I am to be able to share this
evening with you, because it was a
long, tough, difficult road,” she said.
“The New Texas is here.”
An estimated 2,000 celebrants
were at the Opry House, garbed in
everything from blue jeans and cow
boy boots to sequined gowns covered
with glittering Texas stars.
Many of the Texas and foreign
dignitaries who witnessed the swear
ing-in ceremonies were expected to
“Please know how extremely grateful I am to
be able to share this evening with you,
because it was a long, tough, difficult road.
The New Texas is here.”
— Ann Richards,
Governor of Texas
stay in town for the balls.
Also rumored to be planning pos
sible appearances were entertainers
Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson and Cy-
bill Shepherd, who took part in
Monday night’s “Texas Our Texas”
pre-inaugural gala in Austin.
The partygoers partook of Texas
wines, hors d’oeuvres and had access
to full bars. In contrast, the pre-in
augural gala Monday night was alco
hol-free.
Also on the menu, and in keeping
with Richards’ theme of showcasing
Texas talents and wares, were
Texas-raised beef and chicken.
Lt. Gov. Bullock wants
new legislative agenda
AUSTIN (AP) — Former state
Comptroller Bob Bullock was sworn
k.Tuesday as.Texas’<88<tih lieutenant
governor, and laid out an “absolute
minimum” agenda for lawmakers —
including new ways of raising and
spending public money.
The several tasks, he said, would
not be easy, nor would they be ac
complished overnight.
Bullock, 61, succeeded Bill
Hobby, who has served for a record
18 years in the job many consider
the most powerful in state govern
ment.
The swearing-in of Bullock by
Chief Justice Tom Phillips of the
Texas Supreme Court occurred af
ter the oath was taken by Gov. Ann
Richards, who has held the spotlight
since the November general elec
tion.
Bullock defeated Houston busi
nessman Rob Mossbacher by
2,002,360 votes to 1,741,893. On
Tuesday, he was under doctor’s ad
vice to take it easy after a prolonged
battle with the flu.
For opportunities and dreams to
be within the grasp of all Texans, of
ficeholders must conduct their du
ties “with ho agenda save the agenda
fora better Texas,” Bullock said.
“We must set state government on
a new financial course,” Bullock
said. "We cannot condone business-
as-usual in the way we spend our
money, and we cannot condone
business-as-usual in the way we raise
the money.”
Although he offered no specific
recommendations, Bullock has pro
posed adoption of a one-year bud
get, rather than the traditional two-
year budget, and has told legislators
not to shy away from discussing new
forms of taxation.
Bullock in his speech said the Leg
islature must pass a strong ethics
code tailored not for those in office
or those who seek favors from gov
ernment but one that will “merit the
trust and confidence” of the people.
He also said lawmakers must con
tinue “to seek excellence and equal
ity in our public schools,” make ma
jor changes in the criminal justice
system and adopt legislation to safe
guard the environment.
“As a minimum, we must create
the world’s premier oil spill response
plan to cover every inch of every bay
and every estuary up and down our
Texas Gulf Coast,” he said.
“This agenda, along with other
major concerns, will not be easy, but
easy is not what won Texas’ indepen
dence on the battlefield, and easy is
not what brought Texas to its poten
tial as a modern industrial state, and
easy is not what brought Texans to
elect Bob Bullock lieutenant gover
nor of Texas,” Bullock said.
“This agenda that I speak of will
not be solved overnight. I recognize
that.”
In assuming office, Bullock recog
nized Hobby, who according to
many set standards by which other
lieutenant governors will be judged.
“I pray that I conduct the office with
even a small measure of the high
ideals that marked every moment
that Bill Hobby served as lieutenant
governor of Texas,” Bullock said as
Hobby sat nearby.
Parade honors
inaugurees
AUSTIN (AP) — Thousands
of jubilant people from across the
state Tuesday marched up Con
gress Avenue with Ann Richards
to help her “take the Capitol
back.”
For Richards, who shortly af
terward became the 45th gover
nor of Texas, the “People’s
March” was a celebration in what
she said was the “greatest day in
my life.”
Hours later, Richards and Lt.
Gov. Bob Bullock arrived in
horse-drawn carriages to the re
viewing stand for the Inaugural
Parade that featured about 100
units, including a giant can of
hair spray, an apparent poke at
Richards’ hairstyle.
The bands of Pecos and Here
ford high schools gave Richards
yellow roses and serenaded her
with “The Yellow Rose of Texas.”
During the morning “People’s
March,” Richards was pointed
out as “the lady with the white
hair” by those who stood on lad
ders, rooftops and bus benches.
People carried signs proclaiming
their hometowns, and one win
dow held a sign “On to the White
House.”
Richards wore a white mohair
coat and yellow ribbon as a re
minder of the conflict in the Per
sian Gulf.
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