Item B10
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: April 21. 2004
Division:
BOCC
Bulk Item: Yes
No ---1L
Department: DISTRICT 5
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Proclamation to declare May 1st, 2004 as "LAW DAY"
in Monroe County.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
This is a yearly proclamation requested by the 16th Judicial
Circuit of Florida
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
TOTAL COST:
N/A
BUDGETED: Yes
No
COST TO COUNTY:
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes
No
AMOUNTPERMONTH_ Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMB/Purchasing _ Risk Management_
DOCUMENTATION:
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MAYORM YE.NELSON
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DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
DISPOSITION:
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J'roclamation
WHEREAS, Law Day is a celebration of our great heritage of liberty, justice, and equality under law;
and
WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education is a landmark in
the nation's march towards equality and a testament to the legal system's ability to establish and
protect our rights; and
WHEREAS, the work of dedicated lawyers in Brown v. Board of Education and in hundreds of
other cases challenging segregation demonstrated the highest standards of advocacy in the service of a
great cause; and
WHEREAS, Brown v. Board of Education not only ended legally imposed segregation in the
schools, but was instrumental in ending it in parks, libraries, and all other public institutions; and
WHEREAS, the decision in Brown v. Board of Education inspired and gave heart to the civil rights
movement and helped usher in an unprecedented era of progress; and
WHEREAS, May 17, 2004, is the fiftieth anniversary of the decision in Brown v. Board of
Education;
AND WHEREAS, as we celebrate Law Day 2004, we acknowledge this great milestone case and its
moral and legal imperative of equality under law, and we renew our commitment to a society of
equality of opportunity and to a recognition of the value and richness of our diversity as people.
NOW, THEREFORE, by the virtue ofthe power vested in me as Mayor of Monroe County, I,
Murray E. Nelson, do hereby proclaim Saturday, May 1,2004, as
LAW DAY
I urge the citizens, schools, businesses and media of Monroe County to use this occasion to
dedicate ourselves to preserve and strengthen the rule of law.
WITNESS myh~d and seal of the County of Monroe, this 21st day of April, 2604
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MAYOR Y E. NELSON
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