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s <br />JUST GOING TO KICK OUT THESE POOR FAMILIES WHICH ARE THE SAME POOR <br />FAMILIES WHO TAKE CARE OF YOUR YARDS, CLEAN YOUR HOUSE, TAKE CARE OF <br />YOUR CHILDREN, ETC. MR. LUNDY THEN NOTED THAT CITIZENS OF GIFFORD HAVE <br />SHOWN THEY ARE DOING SOMETHING TO HELP THEMSELVES. HE LISTED THE MEALS <br />ON WHEELS PROGRAM FOR THE GENUINELY NEEDY WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY CONTRI— <br />BUTIONS — THEIR JUNK CAR CLEAN UP PROGRAM — A STREET LIGHTING PROGRAM <br />WHERE THEY THEMSELVES PAID FOR AND PUT IN 120 LIGHTS — AND IN ADDITION, <br />THEY HAVE RAISED MORE THAN $3,000 FOR THEIR PARK. MR. LUNDY URGED <br />THAT THE BOARD NOT DELAY ANY FURTHER NOW THAT THEY HAVE THE SPECIAL <br />ACT AND PROCEED WITH THE ESTABLISHING OF A HOUSING AUTHORITY. <br />RONALD YOUNG OF GIFFORD DISPLAYED A MAP OUTLINING THE AREA <br />WHERE THE SUBSTANDARD HOUSING IS LOCATED, AND INVITED THOSE PRESENT TO <br />COME TO GIFFORD AND SEE FOR THEMSELVES. HE ALSO SPOKE OF WEALTHY LAND— <br />LORDS, BOTH WHITE AND BLACK, WHO WILL DO NOTHING TO IMPROVE THE CONDITION <br />OF THE HOUSING AND DESCRIBED IN DETAIL THE DEPLORABLE CONDITION OF THE <br />HOUSING. MR. YOUNG STATED THAT THEY WANT A BETTER PLACE FOR THEIR <br />CHILDREN TO GROW UP AND URGED THE BOARD TO APPROVE A HOUSING AUTHORITY. <br />THIS CONCLUDED THE LIST OF THOSE WITH PREPARED STATEMENTS, <br />AND THE CHAIRMAN OPENED THE FLOOR TO ANYONE WHO WISHED TO ADD ANYTHING <br />FURTHER. <br />REVEREND BROWN, PASTOR OF FELLSMERE CHURCH OF GOD, STATED <br />THAT HE IS A MEMBER OF THE GIFFORD PROGRESSIVE CIVIC LEAGUE, THE AFRO— <br />AMERICAN COUNCIL OF CHURCHES, AND BOARD MEMBER OF THE ECONOMIC OPPOR— <br />TUNITIES COUNCIL, AND IS A VERY CONCERNED CITIZEN. HE QUOTED THE <br />SCRIPTURES AND FELT WE MUST DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE CONDITIONS AND <br />ENVIRONMENT OUR ELDERLY CITIZENS ARE CONFRONTED WITH. HE STATED THAT <br />HE IS 100% IN FAVOR OF HAVING A HOUSING AUTHORITY. <br />ROBERT SALMON FELT SOMETHING CAN AND MUST BE DONE ABOUT <br />IMPROVING THE LIVING CONDITIONS IN GIFFORD AND OFFERED HIS SERVICES TO <br />HELP IN ANY WAY HE COULD. HE DID NOT KNOW IF A HOUSING AUTHORITY IS THE <br />ANSWER, BUT IF IT WILL HELP AT ALL, HE WAS IN FAVOR OF IT. <br />REVEREND KIPP STATED THAT HE IS 100% IN FAVOR OF A HOUSING <br />AUTHORITY AND EMPHASIZED THAT IT IS A PROGRAM TO GIVE BETTER HOUSING TO <br />JUL 17 iw <br />11 Bou 41 PAGE i5Z <br />