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Searching For a Great Florida Man

May 19th, 2016 by flanews

Who’s statue should be enshrined in Washingotn, DC as a representative of Florida? As Matt Galka tells us, the Department of State needs your help for nominations…and plenty of people are already weighing in.

The Department of State is looking for a great Florida man (or woman).

The Florida legislature voted earlier this year to remove the statue of Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith from the U.S. Capitol…and lawmakers say it’s because that Florida man didn’t spend much time in Florida. Now they need a great woman or man from Florida to replace him.

Of course there’s other famous Floridians from Burt Reynolds, to Tom Petty, to Marjory Stoneman Douglas.

Senator Marco Rubio tweeted out a picture of Tim Tebow as his pick. Florida State President John Thrasher isn’t convinced.

“Bobby Bowden would be my suggestion to Senator Rubio. He didn’t take a lot of my suggestions during the campaign and we saw where he ended up. I hope he takes this suggestion, Bobby Bowden would be a great representative of Florida and I think even Gator nation would support that,” he said.

Not sure if it will be a Chop or a Chomp representing us in D.C. It could even be a mouse (think Walt Disney).

The nominees must be citizens of Florida – either by birth or residence – and the candidate needs to be deceased for more than 10 years. Which means Tebow nor Bowden will be getting the statue.

Nominations can be submitted by going to the Department of State’s Website at http://dos.myflorida.com

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