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Humane Society of Vero Beach, Florida, Inc. P. 0. Box 644 VERO BEACH, FLORIDA 32960 October 13, 1972. Board of County Comrissioners 1.Indian River County Vero Beach, Florida 32960 Dear Miss Loy and other members of the County Commissions Apologies for the delay in presenting to'you this letter requested by Diss Loy in talking to Gladys McGarry and me a few days ago, but as you know, we have been literally sunk with other very urgently pressing matters. Our Board of Directors have re -read the letter sent to you on October 4 and they feel that it is a clear and fair evaluation of the intolerable position in which the Eumane Society has been placed with the public - with- out clarification by the Board of County Commissioners. But to repeats The $10,000 annually which the County allots us (which covers LESS T:AP: 2/3 OF OUB VERY LOW PAYROLL) does not compensate us for the 41,000,000.00 worth of abuse, insults and ridicule which we have had to endure publicly. The citizens have been led to believe (without`' correction by the County Commission) that we are operating entirely and lavishly and extravagantly on the.taxpayers money, when as a matter of fact, your allowance covers consider- ' ably =- S THAN Fr" OF OUR FI -X= --T EAF2 ESC ZN c CF GPa�FATIOI; t LABOR FCOD MGH Ii7,vLTtAj CE UTILITIES AA:BULAI:CE OPr.ATIGN F:ATCF:ING SOCIAL SECILMITY VETc iI:� "„RY S VICiS tAIi� j""r AIME AND PUuCz.4SE CF i:i.0 `GARY CPZ.ATIi:G EQUIPI.c" ,T ETC. ETC. NEVER COU11—i M 'G I:MjCI :TIO_,T Cr^ OLR ELZLiINGS, ETC. , OF jn"1CF; i.�.' COM-TYFASHAL F R E E USE, These buildings and equiFment were acquired by the Society without one cent of taxpayers money - largely through the efforts of our loyal, hard- wcrkirg, unFaid volunteers. We are labelled a "county dog pound" which is a misnonjer. Ile have handled a very grer•tly increased number of animals every year under this misunder- stood, unfair county contract. During all this ruinous vilification of the F'umane Society, the County Conmission has.done nothing whatever to make the truth Down and support or defend us in these untrue attacks, when it woulc have been a very sitrple matter for them to publicize tYe fact that if the County had to Ferform the fine service the F?umane Society provides the community, it wculd cost the taxpayers many, many times a year the inadequate $10,000 now allotted. It has been stated that the County cannot "take sides" in internal dis- putes in organizations, but one of the County Cormission toard members - Fx. Do F. I:cCullars - came out on TV and in the widely read niami Frerald in the last couple of days with a particularly ruinous and inaccurate attack "We Speak For These Who Cannot Speak For Themselves" CT 2 5°1972 BOOK 16 PC[ 08