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Humane Society of Vero Beach, Florida, Inc. j P. 0. Box 644 VERO BEACH, FLORIDA 32960 November 7 1972. Board of County Cor desioners, Indian River County Vero Beach Florida -Geutlemens . In talking with County Administrator Jack Jennings Vas morning, we learned that regrettably there is scre misunderstanding about the much publicized audit of the Rtmane Society's books, as discussed at your meeting of Octoter 25 and the letter of confirmation I wrote on October 26, as requested by you. _ At the meeting, I stated that we are more than willing to have a complete audit of the books rade by any CPA desipmated by the Board of County Commission- ers, under the generally accepted procedure for such audits. The County Comrissiorers made the counter -proposition that the books be audit- ed by the County Finance Officer, with copies being made of pertinent. records, to avoid tying up the books for sn inconvenient period audit to be made from these records, Someone present then inquired whether such copies would be trade available to the general public for inspection, to which I replied definitely that I did not think that the Board of Directors weld agree to this. An THEY DO NOT AM= to this very, unusual procedure of having all of our private income records pawed over by unqualified, trouble -making individuals - (sueh as those present at that countyh �ssaonreeting out of who had tonbe�gavelt and ee, down by the Chairman of the Board) mis- represent them to the public, as they have been doing with other misstatements of facts for the past 10 nonthse It is only because of the superb, efficient work of the Society over the past 20 years that we have been able to survive these vicious, ruinous, lying attacks and we have had more than enough of this. We are sure that the County Co_mission would not permit unqualified, sensa- tion -seeking people to paw over ITS financial records and publicize out of con- text any single, random item they might capitalize on falsely by misrepresenta- tion - to the detriment of the County Coamission. Our financial records are strictly honest and accurate and can withstand close inspection by any qualified individual. So - as I stated at the meeting, does the County Cormission want the audit by the Finance Cfficer with the understanding it will be handled with the usual dis- oret1on - and not exhibited as a freak show? RUIWE 5CCIM OF VERO BEACH, FLORIDA, INC. '�,r� MRS.idALTEIt McGARRY �TRFJISUREft --We Speak For Those Who Cannot Speak For ThemseWe." _7 G_ POO 16' fvL 6 49