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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Honorable Joel Clouser is retiring as Fort Bend |
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County justice of the peace for Precinct 2 on June 30, 2021, drawing |
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to a close an exemplary tenure that has spanned 28 years; and |
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WHEREAS, First elected as justice of the peace in 1992, Judge |
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Clouser took office on January 1, 1993; he has earned the admiration |
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of many for his work with school administrators to reduce the number |
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of truancy cases in the precinct as well as for his use of |
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alternative sentencing programs that emphasize youth development; |
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moreover, he established and oversaw the local YMCA Teen Court |
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program, whose participants won first place in several mock trial |
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competitions throughout the state; and |
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WHEREAS, An engaged member of the Fort Bend community since |
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1980, Judge Clouser has served on the boards of a number of civic |
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and charitable organizations, including the Clear Creek Watershed |
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Flood Control District, the Fort Bend Independent School District |
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Safe and Drug Free Schools Department, the Fort Bend Family YMCA, |
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and the World Youth Foundation; he has also given generously of his |
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time and expertise as president of the NAACP Missouri City & |
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Vicinity Branch and as chaplain of the A. Philip Randolph Institute |
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Tideland Chapter; in all his endeavors, he enjoys the love and |
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support of his wife, Gloria, and their children; and |
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WHEREAS, Judge Clouser has greatly benefited his fellow |
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citizens through his leadership, professionalism, and commitment |
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to excellence, and he may indeed reflect with pride on a career well |
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spent as he begins the next exciting chapter of his life; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Joel Clouser on his retirement as |
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the Fort Bend County Precinct 2 justice of the peace and extend to |
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him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Judge Clouser as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |