| 1 | House Resolution |
| 2 | A resolution designating Tuesday, April 12, 2005, as "Marc |
| 3 | Bernier Day" in Florida. |
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Marc Bernier was born in 1955 in Rhode Island, |
| 6 | began working in radio in 1975, and moved to Florida in 1986, |
| 7 | and |
| 8 | WHEREAS, Marc Bernier started a community radio show at |
| 9 | WNDB AM 1150, Daytona Beach, in 1991 and since that time has |
| 10 | used his show as a liaison between public policymakers and the |
| 11 | residents of Volusia and Flagler counties by providing an outlet |
| 12 | for both elected and appointed officials to reach constituents |
| 13 | with important information in a timely fashion, and |
| 14 | WHEREAS, Marc Bernier has used his radio program to |
| 15 | interview scores of public officials, including Vice President |
| 16 | Richard Cheney, United States House Speaker Dennis Hastert, |
| 17 | United States Senate Majority Leader William Frist, Florida's |
| 18 | United States Senators Bill Nelson and Mel Martinez, |
| 19 | Governor Jeb Bush, Florida House Speaker Allan Bense, and a |
| 20 | variety of other federal, state, and local leaders, and |
| 21 | WHEREAS, Marc Bernier's fair-minded approach to |
| 22 | interviewing community leaders and furthering public discussion |
| 23 | has earned him recognition in The New York Times; he has been |
| 24 | featured on national television and radio broadcasts, including |
| 25 | FOX News, MSNBC, CNN, and C-SPAN; and the Marc Bernier Show has |
| 26 | been ranked as one of the Top 100 hundred important talk shows |
| 27 | in America by Talkers Magazine, and |
| 28 | WHEREAS, as an important part of today's observance of |
| 29 | Volusia County Days in Florida's Capital City, the Marc Bernier |
| 30 | Show is being broadcast from the State Capitol Building, NOW, |
| 31 | THEREFORE, |
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| 33 | Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of |
| 34 | Florida: |
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| 36 | That Tuesday, April 12, 2005, be designated as "Marc |
| 37 | Bernier Day" in Florida. |
| 38 | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be |
| 39 | presented to Marc Bernier as a tangible token of the sentiments |
| 40 | expressed herein. |