Resolution 449-1993
FILED F OF RECOF;
Mayor Pro Tern Earl Cheal
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V -8 AlO :~tSOLUTION NO. 449 -1993
A RE~~IO~. OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE CCt)UN~ r I .FLORIDA, REQUESTING THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UN~QfT~)TOl./.DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO
PROVIDE EARLY DETECTION COVERAGE TO THE RESIDENTS OF
THE FLORIDA KEYS.
WHEREAS, on two occasions Cuban jet fighter aircraft have
penetrated u.S. airspace around the Florida Keys, reportedly
undetected, and have landed at Boca Chica Naval Air Station; and
WHEREAS, no known action has been taken by the Department of
Defense to guard against future penetration of u.S. airspace
around the Florida Keys by hostile aircraft; and
WHEREAS, equipment reportedly exists in the u.s. inventory
which could be installed in the surveillance balloons to provide
the necessary degree of security to the Florida Keys; and
WHEREAS, states along the Northern borders of the u.S. are
provided with defense early warning (DEW line) detection; and
WHEREAS, with continued unrest in Cuba and other foreign
nations, there has been a continued presence of
violence
expressed and imposed on Americans, such as the World Trade
Center bombing; and
WHEREAS, there is concern by residents of the Florida Keys
that because of the publicity about the undetected jet fighter
penetration of u.S. airspace, that renegade operations could be
undertaken by radicals to bomb the Florida Keys in an attempt to
send "a message" to the u.S. as they attempted to do in the World
Trade Center bombings, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that
1. The Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County
request the President of The United States to direct the
Department of Defense to provide the same level of early
detection coverage to the residents of the Florida Keys as is
provided to the residents of other border states.
2. The Clerk of Courts be directed to expedite sending a
copy of this resolution to President Bill Clinton, Secretary of
Defense Les Aspin, Senator Bob Graham, Senator Connie Mack and
Representative Peter Deutsch.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held
on the 20th day of
October
, 1993.
Mayor Jack London
Mayor Pro Tern Earl Cheal
Commissioner Wilhelmina Harvey
Commissioner Shirley Freeman
Commissioner Mary Kay Reich
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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Mayor/Chairman
ATTEST: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, CLERK
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