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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Wise About Texas podcast has been educating and |
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entertaining a wide audience with stories from Texas history, |
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inviting the listening public to "get wise about Texas," since its |
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inception on November 1, 2015; and |
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WHEREAS, The podcast has promoted and encouraged learning |
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about Texas history by illuminating seminal moments through |
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painstakingly researched and entertainingly told stories about the |
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people who lived them, both the traditionally celebrated and those |
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whose tales are not widely known; and |
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WHEREAS, Wise About Texas has grown to become an |
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award-winning podcast that has been downloaded over 800,000 times |
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in 150 countries around the globe; and |
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WHEREAS, The podcast is the brainchild and labor of love of |
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the eminent amateur historian Justice Ken Wise of Houston, who, in |
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addition to his work in preserving and popularizing the study of |
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Texas history, serves Texas as a justice of the Fourteenth Court of |
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Appeals, where he has served since 2013 after having previously |
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served as the judge of the 334th and 152nd Judicial Districts and as |
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an adjunct law professor at the University of Houston Law Center; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Justice Wise, who traces his ancestry back to the |
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Republic of Texas in 1836, has studied Texas history since his youth |
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and has a tremendous passion for the stories and values that built |
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Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, Justice Wise enjoys reading and writing about Texas |
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history, has published scholarly articles in several different |
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journals, and is a very popular speaker on various Texas history |
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topics who started Wise About Texas to preserve and promote Texas |
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history; and |
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WHEREAS, Every episode ends with the popular "Getting There" |
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segment directing listeners on how to get to the sites of that |
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episode's story and encouraging listeners to travel to see |
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important places of Texas history for themselves, before |
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proclaiming, "God Bless Texas and we'll see ya down the road"; and |
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WHEREAS, A beloved staple of the podcast is the annual |
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revelation of compelling stories from the Texas Revolution, known |
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to the Wise About Texas audience as "the High Holy Days" of Texas |
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history; and |
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WHEREAS, Wise About Texas released its 100th episode on April |
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21, 2021, the 185th anniversary of Texas winning her independence |
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at the Battle of San Jacinto, and that episode fittingly tells the |
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story of the monuments--plural--on the battleground commemorating |
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this seminal Texas event; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Justice Ken Wise on the 100th |
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episode of Wise About Texas and extend to him sincere best wishes |
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for the continued run of this eminent podcast; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Justice Wise as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Schofield |
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Middleton |
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Harris |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 965 was adopted by the House on May 8, |
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2021, by a non-record vote. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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