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Councilmember Sousa was
re-elected to a third four-year term as a Councilmember in 2007. He also
served as Vice Mayor from 2003 to 2005. Councilmember Sousa first ran for
City Council in 1999 and was elected, “to serve the community in which I have
chosen to live.”
The
Councilmember and his wife, Rita, moved to Goodyear from Bloomingdale, Illinois. He is a specialist in group health coverage, having spent over 45 years in this
field. After spending 25 years with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, he
joined several other major insurance agencies as a marketing vice president
and finally organized his own agency, which was sold prior to moving to Arizona.
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Councilmember Sousa and Mrs.
Sousa have “always tried to give back to our community as a way of saying thanks
for what it has given to us as individuals and as a family.” Councilmember
has done this by serving in the capacity as an Illinois village trustee, as a
member of a local school board and later as its president.
Dick and Rita have been
married over 50 years. They have seven children and eight grandchildren.
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