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JOHN MORRISON STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COUPLE <br />OF -APPROPRIATE COMMENTS ON THE CON -GAME BEFORE US TONIGHT. HE FELT <br />THAT THERE HAS BEEN A MOST REMARKABLY INEPT HANDLING OF THIS MATTER <br />IN OUR COUNTY. IT IS WITHOUT CREDITABILITY. MR. MORRISON CONTINUED <br />THAT HE DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT THE PENAL SYSTEM SHOULD USE SUCH <br />INTIMIDATION AND FURTHER WARNED THAT IN THIS COMMUNITY "A PUSH WILL <br />GET YOU A SHOVE." MR. MORRISON STATED HE RESENTED THIS STAFF IMPLYING <br />THAT OUR COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE MISLEAD THE PUBLIC IN SOME WAY. THIS <br />IS NOT POSSIBLE WITH THE PRESS COVERAGE WE HAVE HERE. HE ALSO RESENTED <br />MR. WAINWRIGHT STATING THAT OUR PEOPLE WERE UNCHRISTIAN BEWSE WE <br />DID NOT WANT A HOOSEGOW IN OUR COMMUNITY. MR. MORRISON ALSO WONDERED <br />IF THE FACT THAT WE WERE A REPUBLICAN COUNTY HAD ANY BEARING ON THE <br />MATTER, AND HE WANTED TO KNOW WHY THIS PRISON COULD NOT BE BUILT ON <br />SOME OF THE PROPERTY AT JONATHAN DICKINSON STATE PARK. HE ALSO QUES- <br />TIONED WHY THE SUNSHINE LAW APPARENTLY DOES NOT APPLY ON A STATE LEVEL <br />AND CONTINUED THAT AT SUCH TIME AS IT BECOMES NECESSARY TO HAVE AN <br />INSTITUTION IN THIS COUNTY HE HOPED IT WOULD BE A VOCATIONAL TRAINING <br />CENTER. <br />MR. WAINWRIGHT REPLIED HE DID NOT INTEND TO TRAIN PEOPLE TO <br />PICK FRUIT. <br />LANDIS KETNER STATED THAT HE WAS CONCERNED THAT THIS IN- <br />STITUTION WOULD BE NEAR A NEW AIRPORT IN THE AREA. <br />MR. WAINWRIGHT STATED THAT MOST INSTITUTIONS HAVE THEIR <br />OWN AIR STRIP, AND THAT THERE ARE NO 18 TO 22 YEAR'_ OLD AIV IATORS. <br />JEAN MC CULLOUGH STATED THAT VERO BEACH IS A UNIQUE COMMUNITY, <br />AND WE LOVE IT. MANY OF THE -STABLE FAMILY TYPES ARE MOVING WITH THE <br />-GROWTH PATTERN TO THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY WHERE THIS IN- <br />STITUTION IS TO BE LOCATED. WE LIVE IN THIS AREA AND WE ARE LUCKY <br />TO HAVE THE COUNTY OFFICIALS THAT WE HAVE._ ALSO, WHY DIDN'T YOU <br />COME TO US FIRST? <br />ANNA McPRAVITT STATED THAT WE ARE IN FAVOR OF OUR COMMIS- <br />SIONERS AND REPRESENTATIVE CLEM AND ARE OPPOSED TO THIS INSTITUTION, <br />AND ASKED WHY CAN'T WE TURN IT DOWN. <br />'.: MR. WAINWRIGHT ANSWERED THAT THE BOARD OF REGENTS OWN THE <br />PROPERTY, NOT US. <br />�.'L ` ii 7 <br />- 3 - <br />000x 19 PACE 03 <br />