Senate Bill sb2198

    Florida Senate - 2006        (NP)                      SR 2198

    By Senator Dockery





    15-1513-06

  1                        Senate Resolution

  2         A resolution recognizing April 11, 2006, as

  3         "Polk County Legislative Day" in Tallahassee.

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  5         WHEREAS, Polk County encompasses 17 municipalities in

  6  the heart of Central Florida, including Auburndale, Davenport,

  7  Dundee, Eagle Lake, Fort Meade, Lake Wales, Lakeland,

  8  Mulberry, Polk City, and Winter Haven, and

  9         WHEREAS, Polk County covers 2,010 square miles of land,

10  dotted with more than 554 freshwater lakes and lush nature

11  preserves featuring rare and exotic wildlife, rolling hills,

12  sparkling rivers, beautiful savannas, oak hammocks, and

13  pinewood forests, and

14         WHEREAS, the Seminole Indians settled in Polk County in

15  the 1700s seeking hunting grounds and cattle ranges, and

16  established the village of Talakchopco near modern-day Fort

17  Meade as a trading post, and

18         WHEREAS, Seminole Chief Oponay kept a magnificent

19  plantation near Lake Hancock, and

20         WHEREAS, Polk County, named for President James K.

21  Polk, was established in 1861 and later nicknamed "Imperial

22  Polk County" in 1914 by a newspaper editor in recognition of

23  the county's expanding network of roads and its prominence in

24  agriculture, phosphate, cattle, and timber, and

25         WHEREAS, Polk County was home to three of Florida's

26  most prominent statesmen, Park Trammel, Governor of Florida

27  from 1913 to 1917 and a United States Senator from 1917 to

28  1936; Spessard Holland, Governor from 1941 to 1945 and U.S.

29  Senator from 1946 to 1971; and Lawton Chiles, U.S. Senator

30  from 1971 to 1989 and Governor from 1991 to 1998, and

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    Florida Senate - 2006        (NP)                      SR 2198
    15-1513-06




 1         WHEREAS, Polk County is a Florida population center in

 2  which 7.5 million people reside within a 100-mile radius, and

 3         WHEREAS, the vacation destinations of Polk County are

 4  visited by more than 1.5 million tourists annually and include

 5  the Historic Bok Sanctuary, Cypress Gardens Adventure Park,

 6  Hollis Gardens, Fantasy of Flight, Sun'N Fun Fly In, the Water

 7  Ski Hall of Fame, and the Frank Lloyd Wright architecture at

 8  Florida Southern College, and

 9         WHEREAS, Polk County is the center of citrus production

10  and phosphate mining for the world, and

11         WHEREAS, Polk County is the corporate headquarters for

12  many of Florida's major corporations, including Publix Super

13  Markets, W.S. Badcock Corporation, Mosaic, and ButterKrust

14  Bakeries, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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18         That the Florida Senate recognizes April 11, 2006, as

19  Polk County Legislative Day in Tallahassee.

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