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Though Bass was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], the offices of mayor and city council are nonpartisan in all Texas municipalities. Bass met in Lubbock with [[U.S. President]] [[Gerald Ford]], on the day before<ref name=ford>{{cite web|url=http://www.ford.utexas.edu/library/document/diary/pdd760430.pdf|title=The Daily Diary of President Gerald R. Ford, April 30, 1976|publisher=ford.utexas.edu|accessdate=January 5, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref> Ford lost his fight to challenger [[Ronald W. Reagan]] of [[California]] for all delegates at stake in the Texas [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[primary]] election held on May that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,914158,00.html|title=Republicans: Reagan's Startling Texas Landslide|publisher=''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''|date=May 10, 1976|accessdate=November 18, 2019}}</ref> The Ford diary does not indicate that Bass crossed party lines to endorse Ford but relates merely that he, along with [[radio]] broadcaster [[Clint Formby]] of Plainview in Hale County, greeted the President.<ref name=ford/>​

Though Bass was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], the offices of mayor and city council are nonpartisan in all Texas municipalities. Bass met in Lubbock with [[U.S. President]] [[Gerald Ford]], on the day before<ref name=ford>{{cite web|url=http://www.ford.utexas.edu/library/document/diary/pdd760430.pdf|title=The Daily Diary of President Gerald R. Ford, April 30, 1976|publisher=ford.utexas.edu|accessdate=January 5, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref> Ford lost his fight to challenger [[Ronald W. Reagan]] of [[California]] for all delegates at stake in the Texas [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[primary]] election held on May that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,914158,00.html|title=Republicans: Reagan's Startling Texas Landslide|publisher=''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''|date=May 10, 1976|accessdate=November 18, 2019}}</ref> The Ford diary does not indicate that Bass crossed party lines to endorse Ford but relates merely that he, along with [[radio]] broadcaster [[Clint Formby]] of Plainview in Hale County, greeted the President.<ref name=ford/>​

George Kennett Hobbs (1929–2010), a native of Ardmore in southeastern [[Oklahoma]], was Bass's law partner and mayoral campaign manager. Hobbs left Lubbock in 1987 and relocated to [[Knoxville]], [[Tennessee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/obituaries/2010-12-01/kennett-hobbs|title=Kennett Hobbs obituary|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=December 1, 2010|accessdate=January 5, 2011}}</ref>​

George Kennett Hobbs (1929–2010), a native of Ardmore in southeastern [[Oklahoma]], was Bass's law partner and mayoral campaign manager. Hobbs left Lubbock in 1987 and relocated to [[Knoxville]], [[Tennessee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/obituaries/2010-12-01/kennett-hobbs|title=Kennett Hobbs obituary|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=December 1, 2010|accessdate=November 9, 2019}}</ref>​

Former Mayor David Langston recalls that the Basses were "leaders in the effort to improve racial relations within our community. They were for people and businesses who went the extra mile trying to promote diversity in employment and improving and reducing racial discrimination." The Roy B. Bass Human Relations Award is named in his honor.<ref name=abass>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/022801/loc_022801039.shtml|title=Anita Bass, prolific champion of civic causes, dies at 81|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=February 28, 2001|accessdate=January 3, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

Former Mayor David Langston recalls that the Basses were "leaders in the effort to improve racial relations within our community. They were for people and businesses who went the extra mile trying to promote diversity in employment and improving and reducing racial discrimination." The Roy B. Bass Human Relations Award is named in his honor.<ref name=abass>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/022801/loc_022801039.shtml|title=Anita Bass, prolific champion of civic causes, dies at 81|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=February 28, 2001|accessdate=January 3, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref>​