House Bill 9427

    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HR 9427

        By Representative Stabins






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution honoring Howard Lichtman for his

  3         accomplishments and contributions.

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  5         WHEREAS, Howard Lichtman started Midtown Towing in 1987

  6  with one truck and himself as the driver, and

  7         WHEREAS, Howard Lichtman, by combining hard work with

  8  the belief that a person can become anything he wants to be,

  9  built Midtown Towing, within 10 years, into one of the largest

10  towing companies in South Florida, with 21 employees and a

11  fleet of 15 trucks, and

12         WHEREAS, Howard Lichtman and his wife, Lauraine, shared

13  their good fortune and contributed to many charities in South

14  Florida, including the Miami Rescue Mission, Children's Home

15  Society of Florida, Metro Dade M.A.D.D. Program, Biscayne Park

16  Recreation Department, Community Partnership for Homeless

17  Children, South Florida Food Recovery, Mailman Center for

18  Child Development, numerous other social service programs, all

19  police charities, and the Little League, and

20         WHEREAS, Howard Lichtman believed that charity begins

21  at home and opened his home to homeless and drug-addicted

22  people who he felt he could help, and

23         WHEREAS, Howard Lichtman served his country honorably

24  in the United States Army during the Vietnam War, ultimately

25  giving his life to injuries suffered from exposure to Agent

26  Orange, and

27         WHEREAS, Howard Lichtman died in 1997 at the age of 48,

28  NOW, THEREFORE,

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30  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

31  Florida:

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HR 9427

    535-182-98






  1         That the Florida House of Representatives honors Howard

  2  Lichtman for the many accomplishments that he achieved in his

  3  short life and for all that he gave back to those less

  4  fortunate than he.

  5         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution

  6  be presented to his widow, Lauraine, and his mother, Lillian,

  7  as a tangible token of the esteem of the Florida House of

  8  Representatives.

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