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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Joe A. Gonzalez (JAG) Education Is Our Freedom |
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GED College Scholarship Program is hosting its annual banquet on |
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July 25, 2017, in Corpus Christi; and |
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WHEREAS, Funds raised by this outstanding community event |
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will support grants for deserving GED graduates in the Coastal Bend |
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area who want to pursue a college degree; and |
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WHEREAS, The Education Is Our Freedom scholarship program was |
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founded by Joe Gonzalez, a longtime public servant and advocate for |
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education; Mr. Gonzalez is currently serving his second term as |
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Nueces County commissioner for Precinct 2, having first been |
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elected to that office in 2010; he previously served for more than |
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two decades with the United States Department of Justice, and after |
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retiring from the DOJ in 1999, he spent nine years as justice of the |
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peace for Precinct 1, Place 1, in Nueces County; he created the |
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Education Is Our Freedom program in memory of the late Drs. Hector |
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P. Garcia, Cleo Garcia, and Xico Garcia, and since its |
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establishment in 2005, some 1,000 scholarships have been awarded; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Education is vital to the continued prosperity and |
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dynamism of the Lone Star State, and through his scholarship |
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program, Joe A. Gonzalez has demonstrated a noteworthy commitment |
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to helping prepare students to meet the challenges and |
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opportunities that lie ahead; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor the Joe A. Gonzalez (JAG) Education Is Our |
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Freedom GED College Scholarship Program on the occasion of its |
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annual banquet and extend to all those involved in the fund-raiser |
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sincere best wishes for a successful and memorable event; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the program as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |