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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Citizens of Dallas have greatly benefited from the |
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dedicated leadership of city council member Vonciel Jones Hill; and |
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WHEREAS, Elected in 2007 to represent District 3, Ms. Hill |
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has brought to municipal government a wealth of knowledge and |
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experience; she holds a master of divinity degree from the Perkins |
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School of Theology, a master's degree in history from Rice |
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University, and a J.D. from The University of Texas at Austin School |
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of Law; she previously served as an assistant city attorney and as a |
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municipal court judge for the City of Dallas, and she established |
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her own law practice in 2005; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Hill has also given of her time and talents to |
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the boards of the Texas Municipal Courts Association, Paul Quinn |
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College, and Cable Access of Dallas, Inc., and she serves on the |
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faculty of the Texas Municipal Courts Education Center; she has |
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been recognized for her professional and civic achievements by the |
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Dallas Urban League, the Dallas Interdenominational Ministerial |
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Alliance, and Metropolitan Business and Professional Women, and she |
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received an honorary doctorate from Paul Quinn College; and |
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WHEREAS, Public servants improve the quality of life for |
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their fellow Texans in innumerable ways, and Vonciel Jones Hill has |
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helped to make Dallas an even better place in which to live and |
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work; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That Vonciel Jones Hill be commended for her |
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service on the Dallas City Council and that she be extended sincere |
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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 Ms. Hill as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |