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>; a 7_ MR. CASTALDI CHALLENGED THE COMMISSION TO TAKE 'A GOOD LOOK AT ALL THE FACTS AND POINTED OUT THAT WE ARE SPEAKING OFA LEGAL BUSINESS INESS LICENSED BY BOTH THE STATE AND THE COUNTY. HE STATED THAT THE PETITIONERS HAVE PRESENTED SOLID FACTS IN SUPPORT OF THEIR REQUEST AND FEEL THE OPPOSITION HAS SKIRTED THE ISSUE.. ° VICTOR SMITH REPLIED THAT THIS IS A MORAL ISSUE AND QUOTED FROM THE BIBLE ABOUT "DRUNKARDS NOT INHERITING THE KINGDOM OF GOD." THE CHAIRMAN REQUESTED THAT THIS HEARING NOT TURN INTO A DEBATE BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE AND ASKED ATTORNEY BLOCK TO MAKE A CLOSING STATEMENT. ATTORNEY BLOCK STATED THAT HE WOULDJUSTLIKE TO COMMENT ON PARTICULAR ITEMS BROUGHT UP BY THE OPPOSITIONHE AGREED THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO BE LIKE OTHER COUNTIES, BUT EXPLAINED THEY USED THE OTHER COUNTIES " TO SHOW WHERE SOME OF THE INCOME COULD BE GOING AND TO SHOW THAT WITH E PEOPLE TRAVELING AND DRINKING IN OTHER COUNTIES, IT COULD CAUSE ACCIDENTS. HE REITERATED THAT THEIR PROBLEM IS AN ECONOMIC ONE, AND HE DOES NOT { FEEL IT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED. ATTORNEY BLOCK NOTED THAT ACCUSATIONS WERE MADE IN REGARD TO DRUGS BEING SOLD IN BARS, AND HE WOULD HOPE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD PUT THESE COMMENTS IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE. HE CONTINUED THAT HE FELT MR. BADENHOP DID'NOT IN ACTUALITY SPEAK FOR ALL 1,300 MEMBERS OF THE VERO BEACH CIVIC ASSOCIATION AS HE DID NOT BELIEVE THEY HAD BEEN POLLED. ATTORNEY BLOCK CONTINUED THAT MUCH HAS BEEN MADE OF A STATEMENT BY SHERIFF JOYCE THAT AN EXTENSION OF BAR HOURS WOULD ' F COST THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT $1,000 A WEEK. HE STATED THAT HE QUESTIONED SHERIFF JOYCE ABOUT THIS, -AND THE $1,000 PER WEEK ACTUALLY WOULD REPRESENT t HIRING SIX NEW PEOPLE. ATTORNEY BLOCK DID NOT FEEL THIS WOULD REALISTI- CALLY RELATE TO JUST ONE EXTRA HOUR, ATTORNEY BLOCK STATED THAT THEY DO RESPECT THE RELIGIOUS AND MORAL VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY, BUT THEY ARE TRYING TO ATTACK A REALITY. HE NOTED THAT AN INSURANCE MAN STATEDii THAT WITH THE EXTRA HOUR, INSURANCE RATES WOULD NOT GO DOWN, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, HE DID NOT BELIEVE THEY WOULD GO UP EITHER. ATTORNEY BLOCK j REQUESTED THAT THE BOARD PUT THEIR PERSONAL VIEWS IN PERSPECTIVE WITH THE DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE PRESENTED. CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED THAT AT -THIS TIME THERE BE ENTERED INTO THE RECORD THE 312 POSTCARDS RECEIVED SINCE THE PREVIOUS MEETING IN FAVOR OF GRANTING THE REQUEST AND THE THREE LETTERS, TWO POSTCARDS, AND PETI- TION WITH 66 SIGNATURES RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST. 70~ boalttreuM Wl;(4 Be MAb f A PA +7' 0A 7NF 6 . DEC, 2 77 - BOOK 3 FAGE 360