HR 9099

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution recognizing Mayor Steven L. Abrams for his
3	exemplary personal and professional achievements.
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5	WHEREAS, Steven L. Abrams assumed office as the 32nd Mayor
6	of the City of Boca Raton, Florida, in March 2001 and was
7	reelected in 2003 without opposition and in 2005 with the most
8	votes cast in the history of the city, and
9	WHEREAS, Mayor Abrams, a recipient of the Philo Sherman
10	Bennett Prize for the best government senior thesis, graduated
11	magna cum laude in 1980 from Harvard University and received his
12	law degree from The George Washington University in 1985, and
13	WHEREAS, prior to moving to Florida, Mayor Abrams served in
14	the White House as law clerk to the Counsel to President Reagan
15	and is a member of the Florida and the District of Columbia
16	Bars, and
17	WHEREAS, Mayor Abrams is an attorney in the Boca Raton
18	office of the national law firm of Blank Rome LLP, and
19	WHEREAS, Mayor Abrams has lectured at the Florida Atlantic
20	University College of Business and was inducted into the
21	National Society of Collegiate Scholars as a distinguished
22	member by the Florida Atlantic University chapter in 2001, and
23	WHEREAS, Mayor Abrams received the President's Talon
24	Leadership Award from Florida Atlantic University in 2003 and
25	was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Everglades
26	University in 2005, and
27	WHEREAS, Mayor Abrams was a member of the Treasure Coast
28	Regional Planning Council and was appointed by the President of
29	the Senate to the Florida Commission on Local Government, and
30	WHEREAS, Mayor Abrams was a member of the City's Planning
31	and Zoning Board from 1987 to 1989 and served five terms as City
32	Council Member from 1989 to 1999, including three years as
33	Deputy Mayor, and
34	WHEREAS, Mayor Abrams is a past president and current board
35	member of the Palm Beach County League of Cities and serves on
36	several community advisory boards, and
37	WHEREAS, Mayor Abrams has been a member of many nonprofit
38	community advisory boards over the years, including the Boys and
39	Girls Club, and
40	WHEREAS, Mayor Abrams is a past president of the Boca Raton
41	Republican Club and served as the Palm Beach County chairman for
42	Congressman Clay Shaw's reelection campaigns, vice chairman for
43	the "Bush for Governor" campaign in 1998, and co-chairman for
44	the "Dole for President" campaign in 1996, and
45	WHEREAS, Mayor Abrams gained national recognition and the
46	respect of local voters during the first bioterrorist attack in
47	American history, the discovery of anthrax at the American
48	Media, Inc. building in October 2001, and
49	WHEREAS, Mayor Abrams received the Distinguished Service
50	Medal from the Israel National Police for his leadership during
51	the ordeal and was invited by a United States Senate
52	subcommittee to testify on national television regarding the
53	government's response, and
54	WHEREAS, Mayor Abrams was dubbed by the media as the "Rudy
55	Giuliani of the Tropics" for his handling of the incident, and
56	WHEREAS, Mayor Abrams has been voted "Best City Official"
57	each year since 2002 by the readers of the Boca Raton Times,
58	NOW, THEREFORE,
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60	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
61	Florida:
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63	That the Florida House of Representatives recognizes the
64	exemplary personal and professional achievements of Mayor Steven
65	L. Abrams and offers its gratitude for his dedicated service to
66	the City of Boca Raton and Palm Beach County and his unwavering
67	commitment to the furtherance of good government at the state
68	and national levels.
69	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
70	presented to Mayor Steven L. Abrams as a tangible token of the
71	sentiments expressed herein.

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