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          PRESERVE, 
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PRESERVE, PROTECT. 
          PROTECT AND DEFEND. 
          [Bessye Adams Takes Oath of Office For GP City Council At Large Place 7 ]
AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION. 
          THE CONSTITUTION. 
          AND LAWS AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
          OF THE UNITED STATES. 
          AND OF THIS STATE. 
          AND OF THIS STATE. 
          SO HELP ME GOD. 
          SO HELP ME GOD. 
          BESSIE ADAMS IS TAKING HER SEAT ON THE GRAND PRAIRIE CITY COUNCIL. 
          ADAMS WON THE JUNE 10TH RUNOFF ELECTION FOR AT LARGE PLAY SEVEN, DEFEATING TENURE INCUMBENT JEFF COPELAND BY A NARROW MARGIN. 
          I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY, EVERY FRIEND, I STARTED TO HAVE A LIST OF GROUPS AND PEOPLE AND NAMES AND I THOUGHT, OH LORD, IF I FORGET SOMEBODY, I'M GONNA BE IN BIG TROUBLE. 
          BUT I REALLY WANNA, ESPECIALLY THANK THE GRAND PRAIRIE TRUSTEES THAT SUPPORTED ME, UH, SO MANY OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS THAT WERE THERE AND SHOWED ME THE WAY, GAVE ME ADVICE, UH, ENCOURAGED ME, DID PHONE BANKING, TEXT MESSAGING, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE NINE YARDS. 
          AND SO I THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. 
          IT IS HERE THAT I BEGAN TO SERVE YOU THE CITIZENS OF GRAND PRAIRIE. 
          AND I MEAN, WHEN I SAY WE GONNA KEEP THE MAIN THING, THE MAIN THING, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. 
          ADAMS WILL SERVE THREE YEARS REPRESENTING AT LARGE PLACE SEVEN ACROSS THE STREET. 
          IS THAT CORRECT?
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