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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dr. Paul O. Meriwether is stepping down as mayor of |
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Mount Pleasant in the summer of 2019, following 28 years of |
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distinguished service in city government; and |
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WHEREAS, First elected to the Mount Pleasant City Council in |
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1991, Dr. Meriwether won reelection 10 times, and in 2011, he |
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successfully ran for mayor; he has provided skilled leadership in a |
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period of tremendous growth, and his tenure in public office has |
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seen numerous improvements to the city, including the completion of |
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Mount Pleasant Regional Airport and Heritage Park, as well as |
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significant upgrades to city streets and other infrastructure; |
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under his watch, a major downtown renovation brought the |
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transformation of The Alley on Third and a new home for the public |
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library, and he has also helped oversee the construction of a new |
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animal shelter and soccer park; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Meriwether was born in Nacogdoches and moved to |
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Mount Pleasant in grade school; after earning his bachelor's degree |
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with honors at Austin College, he went on to graduate from The |
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University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, where he also |
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performed his residency in family medicine; he serves as medical |
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director of Cypress Basin Hospice and of the Titus Regional Medical |
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Center Community Care Center; previously, he was medical director |
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of the medical center's Rural Health Clinic for more than two |
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decades; and |
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WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Dr. Meriwether is supported by |
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the love and encouragement of his wife, Becky, and their children, |
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John, Allison, Kemberly, and Paula; he is the proud grandfather of |
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Olivia and Jonathan; and |
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WHEREAS, Paul Meriwether has done much to bring progress and |
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positive change to Mount Pleasant during more than a quarter |
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century of public service, and his efforts have produced results of |
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lasting benefit to his fellow citizens; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Mount Pleasant Mayor Paul O. Meriwether |
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for his long record of service to the city and extend to him 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 Dr. Meriwether as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |