House Bill 9083

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HR 9083

        By Representatives Jacobs, Merchant, Andrews, Argenio,
    Frankel, A. Greene, Levine, Minton and Sanderson





  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution recognizing Ed Healey for his many

  3         years of service to the State of Florida.

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  5         WHEREAS, Ed Healey served the citizens of Palm Beach

  6  County and the State of Florida with honesty and integrity as

  7  a member of the Florida House of Representatives for a tenure

  8  spanning 22 years over four decades, from 1974 to 2000, and

  9         WHEREAS, Ed Healey was a strong voice for military

10  veterans, having served his country as a member of the U.S.

11  Army 82nd Airborne Division from 1942 to 1945 and having

12  sponsored the creation of the Department of Veterans' Affairs

13  in Florida, and

14         WHEREAS, Ed Healey advanced the causes of many elderly

15  residents in our state through initiatives such as the

16  sponsorship of the creation of the Department of Elder Affairs

17  and the establishment of the Commission on Aging, and by

18  helping to establish adult congregate living facilities for

19  nondisabled seniors, and

20         WHEREAS, Ed Healey believed in the need to provide

21  adequate health care, and subsequently sponsored legislation

22  that created the Palm Beach County Health Care District and

23  served on the board of the district for eight years, and

24         WHEREAS, Ed Healey was committed to the needs of

25  education in Florida, receiving the Legislative Friends of

26  Education Award in 1995 and being named the top legislator by

27  teachers in 1996, and

28         WHEREAS, Ed Healey served with distinction as an active

29  member of many local, statewide, and national civic,

30  environmental, professional, and social organizations, and

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HR 9083

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  1         WHEREAS, Ed Healey was an inspiration to many at home

  2  and in Tallahassee due to his kindness, his humor, his strong

  3  convictions, and his devotion to common men and women, NOW,

  4  THEREFORE,

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

  7  Florida:

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  9         That the House of Representatives hereby recognizes and

10  commemorates the life of Ed Healey for his dedicated service

11  to his community and to the citizens of the State of Florida,

12  and expresses its sincerest condolences to his family,

13  friends, and constituents.

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