Florida Senate - 2011                            (NP)    SR 1576
       
       
       
       By Senator Bennett
       
       
       
       
       21-02076-11                                           20111576__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution honoring Mayor John Land, the longest
    3         serving mayor in the State of Florida and the longest
    4         serving full-time mayor in the United States of
    5         America.
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    7         WHEREAS, John Land was born in Plant City, moved to Apopka
    8  at a young age, and attended the University of Florida, and
    9         WHEREAS, John Land served in the United States Army during
   10  World War II and was a participant in two campaigns in the
   11  European Theater of Operations, and
   12         WHEREAS, upon his return from the military, John Land
   13  returned to Apopka, where he went into the manufacturing
   14  business before being elected as Mayor of the City of Apopka in
   15  1949, a position he held from January 1, 1950, to January 1,
   16  1968, and
   17         WHEREAS, Mayor John Land was again elected to serve as the
   18  Mayor of the City of Apopka in 1970 and he has continued to
   19  serve the citizens of Apopka ever since, and
   20         WHEREAS, among his many honors during his 58 years as the
   21  Mayor of the City of Apopka, Mayor John Land was the recipient
   22  of the 1978 Florida League of Cities’ E. Harris Drew Municipal
   23  Officer of the Year award and was declared to be a “State of
   24  Florida Treasure,” and
   25         WHEREAS, Mayor John Land, the longest-serving mayor in the
   26  State of Florida and the longest-serving full-time mayor in the
   27  United States of America, holds the honor of being the only
   28  elected official in the state who serves on the Board of
   29  Directors of the Florida League of Cities without appointment or
   30  election, NOW, THEREFORE,
   31  
   32  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   34         That the Florida Senate honors Mayor John Land for his many
   35  years of public service and for his outstanding contributions to
   36  the citizens of the City of Apopka.
   37         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution, with
   38  the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Mayor John Land
   39  as a tangible token of the sentiments of the Florida Senate.