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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SR 12-B

    By Senator Pruitt





    41-2694A-03

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution recognizing Elton Revell for

  3         outstanding service to the State of Florida and

  4         the Florida Senate.

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  6         WHEREAS, Elton Hudson Revell was born in the town of

  7  Bonifay in Holmes County, Florida, and

  8         WHEREAS, Elton graduated from Florida High School in

  9  Tallahassee, where he set state records in track and field and

10  was a star football quarterback the year Florida High set the

11  current state record for nine straight shut-out games to

12  become the undefeated North Florida Conference Champions, and

13         WHEREAS, Elton Revell graduated from Florida State

14  University, where he played football with Seminole teammates,

15  such as Fred Biletnikoff, Steve Tensi, and FSU President T.K.

16  Wetherell, on the first FSU team to defeat the Florida Gators,

17  in 1964, by a score of 16 to 7, and on the first FSU team to

18  play in the Gator Bowl, defeating the University of Oklahoma

19  by a score of 36 to 19, and

20         WHEREAS, in his first state job, Elton earned money for

21  college during summer breaks as a fertilizer lab technician at

22  the Florida Department of Agriculture, and

23         WHEREAS, Elton began a full-time career with the State

24  of Florida in 1967, working at the Department of Education,

25  and

26         WHEREAS, Elton's career path included working for the

27  Florida Budget Commission and for the Department of

28  Administration and working as Inspector General for the

29  Department of Natural Resources, and

30         WHEREAS, on August 1, 1984, Elton Revell began 19 years

31  of employment with the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and

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 1         WHEREAS, Elton not only directed budget development for

 2  the General Government Subcommittee for many years but also

 3  played a key role each year in developing the comprehensive

 4  state financial plan, and

 5         WHEREAS, Elton served with distinction when promoted to

 6  the position of Staff Director of the Senate Committee on

 7  Appropriations, ably guiding the Senate through the challenges

 8  of the appropriations process, and

 9         WHEREAS, Elton has attained a prominent reputation as

10  an expert in the operations of state government and in the

11  state budgeting process, and has earned the sincere respect,

12  admiration, and affection of legislators for whom he has

13  worked and of subordinate staff he has trained and guided over

14  the years, and

15         WHEREAS, Elton's tenure with the Senate has been marked

16  by outstanding professionalism, including a strong work ethic,

17  as he always arrived at his desk well before 8 a.m. and often

18  worked well past 5 p.m., even during the interim, and

19         WHEREAS, Elton's professional life has reflected his

20  deeply-held personal and spiritual ideals, and

21         WHEREAS, Elton's great respect for the Florida

22  Legislature as an institution impelled him to protect,

23  maintain, and strengthen the integrity of the legislative

24  process, and

25         WHEREAS, having been trained to craft budgets with

26  green eyeshades, adding machines, and pencils, Elton

27  nevertheless embraced the transition into the age of

28  technology, mastering the computer applications that are now

29  used to produce budgets, and

30         WHEREAS, Elton's concept of a good vacation has been to

31  spend time at the family farm in Liberty County, putting on a

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 1  new tin roof, working in his plant nursery, and planting pine

 2  trees for future sale, although while mowing the fields on his

 3  beloved tractor and accompanied by his favorite herding dog,

 4  Tuff, Elton formulated some of his best budget strategies, and

 5         WHEREAS, Elton has imparted his love for the care and

 6  enjoyment of horses to his three dear daughters, Stacy, Lisa,

 7  and Laurie, and

 8         WHEREAS, Elton is known for his quiet, patient manner,

 9  exhibiting all the qualities of a true Southern gentleman, and

10         WHEREAS, Elton is well-prepared for his retirement,

11  having lived frugally, having built his houses with his own

12  hands, and having saved 95 cents from every dollar he ever

13  earned, and

14         WHEREAS, Elton Revell, having completed the maximum of

15  5 years in the Deferred Retirement Option Program, will

16  officially retire from state employment on June 30, 2003,

17  after a distinguished 36-year career, NOW, THEREFORE,

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19  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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21         That the Florida Senate extends its congratulations to

22  Elton Revell on the occasion of his retirement from employment

23  with the Senate and thanks him for his faithful service to the

24  officers, members, and staff of this legislative body.

25         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution,

26  with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Elton

27  Revell as a tangible token of the sentiments of the Florida

28  Senate.

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