Resolution 135-1990
Commissioner Mike Puto
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RESOLUTION NO. 135-1990
~(~~SOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, DESIGNATING THE
SHERIFF'S SUBSTATION AT PLANTATION KEY AS THE
"JOHN M. SPOTTSWOOD SUBSTATION."
WHEREAS, John M. Spottswood was born in Key West, Florida,
on June 17, 1920, and
WHEREAS, he attended public schools in Key West during his
early teens and then entered Riverside Military Academy from
which he graduated in 1938, and
WHEREAS, for seven years he was Key West reporter for the
Miami Daily News and was agent for the New York Life Insurance
Co., and
WHEREAS, in 1940 he accepted a position as purchasing agent
at the Key West Naval Station and two years later he resigned and
entered the United States Army as a second lieutenant, and
WHEREAS, in 1945 he received an honorable discharge from the
Army and returned to Key West to launch his business career and
later became the largest individual land owner in Key West and
established the first radio station in Key West, and
WHEREAS, in 1952, with the aid of his wife, Mary, he was
elected Sheriff of Monroe County, and
WHEREAS, his fellow sheriffs elected him as the first
chairman of the Florida Sheriffs Boys Ranch Board of Trustees and
for five consecutive terms he was chairman of the Florida
Sheriffs Association Board of Directors, and
WHEREAS, he was elected Sheriff of Monroe County for three
successive terms, and in 1963, while serving in that capacity, he
won the Democratic nomination for the 41st Senatorial District,
serving all major committees, and
WHEREAS, it was during Senator Spottswood's term as Sheriff
that law enforcement was extended out into the Keys, and under
hois leadership the first substation outside of Key West was
opened at Plantation Key, and a second substation in Marathon was
created, and
WHEREAS, the City of Key Wes t and the County of Monroe
became better places to live because Mr. Spottswood contributed
so much to make it so, and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, hereby desire to designate the Sheriff's substation at
Plantation Key in honor of the late John M. Spottswood, now,
therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that the Board hereby designates the
current
Sheriff's
substation at Plantation Key as
the
"JOHN M. SPOTTSWOOD SUBSTATION" and hereby directs that the name
transfer over when the new substation is completed.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of the Board held on
the 13th day of February, 1990.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
BY: ~~
(SEAL)
Attest: PANNX L.. :KOLHAGE, ~lerk
APMOVED AS TO FORM
AND LEGAL SUFFICIEl'r/Cl'
BY