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PROCLAMATION <br />DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2019, AS A MONTH OF <br />APPRECIATION FOR DR. STEPHEN FAHERTY AND MR. GLENN HERAN <br />WHEREAS, this month more than 34,000 former City of Vero Beach electric customers, more than <br />21,000 of whom live and work outside the municipal limits of the City, are now being served by Florida <br />Power and Light and are getting bills reflecting substantially lower rates for their electricity; and <br />WHEREAS, the Indian River County Board of County Commissioners has long held that there was no <br />more important single thing that could be done for economic development in Indian River County than for <br />all electric customers to receive low FPL rates; and <br />WHEREAS, many people worked hard to make it possible for all County residents to benefit from <br />lower electric rates, but the efforts of two County citizens, Dr. Stephen Faherty and Mr. Glenn Heran, who <br />worked tirelessly for over ten years to get low rates for all, were indispensable for the successful transfer <br />of electric services from the City of Vero Beach to FPL; and <br />WHEREAS, Dr. Faherty, a county customer of Vero Electric, was driven by the idea that Taxation <br />Without Representation was anathema to American principles; and <br />WHEREAS, Mr. Heran was motivated by the belief that while the government has many important <br />functions, electricity is a commodity that the private sector is able to provide much more effectively and <br />efficiently than government; and <br />WHEREAS, both Dr. Faherty and Mr. Heran, proponents of limited government, understand that for <br />limited government to work and for American democracy to prosper, self-government, as exemplified by <br />their work on the electric issue, is necessary. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA that the month of February 2019, be designated as Dr. Stephen <br />Faherty and Mr. Glenn Heran Appreciation Month in Indian River County, and the Board encourages all <br />citizens, especially those now enjoying significantly lower electric rates, to thank them for their more than <br />ten years of tireless work, which helped to make this possible. <br />Adopted this 22nd day of January, 2019. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />Bob Solari, Chairman <br />Susan Adams, Vice Chairman <br />Peter D. O'Bryan <br />Joseph E. Flescher <br />Tim Zorc <br />2 <br />