WHEREAS, Don Brazier has possessed a lifelong passion for the history of the American West, with Washington State in particular; and
     WHEREAS, Don Brazier has incredible firsthand experience in government, serving with distinction as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, an Assistant United States Attorney, a member and Mayor Pro-Tem of the Yakima City Council, Chief Deputy Attorney General, chairman of the Utilities and Transportation Commission, chairman of the Public Disclosure Commission, and a member of the Washington State House of Representatives; and
     WHEREAS, Don Brazier's History of the Washington Legislature provides an invaluable historical record that has been described as "lively, entertaining, and easily readable"; and
     WHEREAS, Don Brazier has mastered the art of reading microfilm for longer periods of time than any other historian; and
     WHEREAS, Don Brazier delights anyone who listens to him about wonderful and poignant facts about the history of the Legislature; and
     WHEREAS, Don Brazier can trace the development of long, drawn-out causes to momentous effects, from the unrest of some House Democrats to the election of Dan Evans as governor; and
     WHEREAS, Don Brazier communicates his enthusiasm, knowledge, and respect for the institution of the State Legislature with such verve as to be contagious and impress his listeners with like enthusiasm and thereby increases the interest in the history of the Legislature;
     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives acknowledge and honor the unmistakable personality and encyclopedic knowledge of Don Brazier by recognizing him as the official House Historian.