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R-9~-23 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION HONORING THE SERVICE OF THE HONORABLE WILLIAM S. <br />MOORE, JR. ON THE OCCASION OF HIS APPOINTMENT TO PORTSMOUTH <br />JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, William S. Moore, Jr., was raised in Portsmouth <br />and graduated from Churchland High School; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, he went on to receive his undergraduate degree <br />from Old Dominion University, where he was Class President, <br />was selected for Who's Who in American Colleges and <br />Universities, and later received his law degree from Wake <br />Forest University; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, he has faithfully served his community over a <br />period of many years through membership in Churchland Baptist <br />Church, of which he was a Trustee, the Portsmouth Host Lions <br />Club, of which he was elected President, and Minor, Little and <br />Pony League Baseball, of which he was a coach; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, he has further served his community as Chairman <br />of the Jail Advisory Board, member of the Hoffler Creek <br />Wildlife Foundation Board, member of the BB & T Board of <br />Directors and as a prosecutor and Senior Assistant <br />Commonwealth's Attorney; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, he was first elected to the Virginia House of <br />Delegates in 1983, and he has brought continuing credit to <br />Portsmouth and to the Commonwealth through his distinguished <br />service over a fourteen-year period; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, his most recent committee assignments in the <br />House were the Courts of Justice, General Laws, Transportation, <br />and Chesapeake and its Tributaries Committees; and was the <br />first Portsmouth representative on the State Crime Commission; <br />and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, his legislative achievements in the House of <br />Delegates have included: legislation on education disparity <br />which gave the City more than $6,000,000 for reduced classroom <br />size, education technology, and at-risk children; obtaining <br />federal and state funding for the Western Freeway, thus freeing <br />up large sums of money for local road and highway projects; <br />obtaining funding for the Pinners Point Connector, the Virginia <br />Sports Hall of Fame, and the Children's Museum; providing tax <br />relief for senior and handicapped citizens; protecting the <br />environment by blocking the western expansion of the Craney <br />Island dredge spoils disposal area; and sponsoring an amendment <br />to the Omnibus Education Act to provide that all State Lottery <br />funds shall be used for public education; and <br /> <br /> <br />