HR 9005

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution honoring the memory of former Miramar Mayor
3	Vicki Coceano.
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5	WHEREAS, Vicki Coceano, fondly referred to as "Miss Vicki,"
6	retired as Miramar's first female mayor in 1999 after serving in
7	that post for 10 growth-filled years that brought the city from
8	"a sleepy bedroom community with cow pastures and vast tracts of
9	empty land to a Broward boomtown," and
10	WHEREAS, the seeds of Miss Vicki's 22-year political career
11	were sown in 1960 when, frustrated at her futile attempts to
12	bring before the city's mayor her concerns regarding a
13	hurricane-damaged canal, she rallied the neighborhood and
14	marched on City Hall, a move that resulted in a restored canal
15	and, in 1974, in her becoming the first woman to chair Broward
16	County's Democratic Party, and
17	WHEREAS, in addition to her tenures on the city commission
18	and as mayor, Miss Vicki was active in local civic clubs and
19	organizations, served on numerous boards at state and county
20	levels, and was the recipient of many and varied recognitions
21	and honors, including having had a youth center and Miramar's
22	first post office named in her honor, and
23	WHEREAS, Vicki Coceano, who passed away on January 8, 2005,
24	at the age of 81, will be remembered as a firm, accomplished
25	leader, an outspoken politician, and a woman possessed of a
26	genuine love of people and a fierce commitment to her community
27	and her state, NOW, THEREFORE,
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29	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
30	Florida:
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32	That the House of Representatives considers it a singular
33	privilege to honor the memory of former Miramar Mayor Vicki
34	Coceano and to recognize the accomplishments of a great lady.
35	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
36	presented to Americo "Mike" Coceano, husband of Vicki Coceano,
37	as a tangible token of the sentiments expressed herein.

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