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e General, dated June 26, 1973, you accuse our attorney of trying to delay and prevent the Attorney General from giving an opinion on: the grounds that the Attorney General does not give opinions to private citizens. I have been assured by our attorney that he has not in any way tried to prevent the Attorney General from giving w an opinion, but that it is his opinion as expressed to this Board, that it is not the practice of the Attorney General to give opinions to private citizens. Our attorney did write the following letter to the Attorney General: r� June 13, 1973 Honorable Robert L. Shevin Attorney General The Capitol Building Tallahassee, Florida 32304 Dear Sir: I have been advised that several Property Owners Associations in Indian River County have requested your opinions on eight specific questions dealing with certain agreements be- tween Indian. River County and the City of Vero Beach on joint planning in the possible adoption of a Master Plan. If it is your intent to give an opinion on the eight questions, as County Attorney for Indian River County, I would appreciate, an oppor- tunity to make the County's position clear. I will be gone from Vero Beach on June 8th and will be out of town until June the 18th attending Florida Air National Guard summer camp. I would appreciate your notifying me if you intend to give an opinion on the questions requested in *'the Property Owner's letter and giving me an opportunity to answer the same. PDB:rkj Sincerely, Paul D. Burch County Attorney IE From the contents of his letter, we -believe it is an unfair conclusion on your part that our attorney is doing anything to delay or prevent your getting an answer from the Attorney General. This Board has requested and received from its attorney a written opinion on the County's participation in joint planning with the City of Vero Beach and the legality of this Board's action, and I will now read that opinion to you. (attached hereto) _�_