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l <br />TO SEWER AND WATER AND DRAINAGE AND NEEDS ALL THE TAX RESOURCES IT CAN <br />MUSTER FOR THESE THINGS. IT DOES NOT NEED A HOUSING AUTHORITY. MR. <br />PALMER NOTED THAT WILLIAM KOOLAGE, A MEMBER OF THE HOUSING STUDY ADVISORY <br />COMMITTEE, WAS QUOTED AS SAYING HE HAD NEVER HEARD OF "SO MUCH MONEY <br />FLOATING AROUND;" HE APPARENTLY WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE AMOUNT OF FEDERAL <br />MONIES THAT COULD BE OBTAINED -UNDER A HOUSING AUTHORITY. MR. PALMER <br />FELT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY LOOKS GOOD TO ITS PROPONENTS BECAUSE THEY <br />FEEL THEY ARE GETTING FREE MONEY TO OPERATE IT WITH, AND THERE IS NO <br />"FREE If MONEY IN THIS WORLD, MR. PALMER THEN SPOKE OF ADJACENT HOUSING <br />AUTHORITIES IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE AND BREVARD COUNTY, NOTING THAT <br />THEY ARE MORE URBAN AND INDUSTRIALIZED AND ARE NOT COMPARABLE TO INDIAN <br />RIVER COUNTY. <br />MR. PALMER CONCLUDED BY SAYING THAT THE TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION <br />RESPECTFULLY SUBMITS THAT THE VOTERS OF THIS COUNTY DID NOT ELECT THIS <br />COMMISSION WITH THE IDEA THAT IT WOULD CREATE A:PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY <br />FOR THIS COUNTY, HE COMMENTED THAT IF THE MEDIAN INCOME IN THE COUNTY <br />IS $9,000, THE BOARD IS PROPOSING UNDER THIS PROGRAM TO PROVIDE HOUSING <br />FOR THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY AND IT CANT BE DONE. HE <br />ASKED THAT THE COMMISSION NOT ACTIVATE A PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY AT <br />THIS TIME. <br />VIRGINIA DUNKAK SPOKE AS AN INTERESTED CITIZEN, "A TAXPAYER, <br />A REPUBLICAN, AND A METHODIST." SHE POINTED OUT THAT THE PUBLIC MONEY <br />REFERRED TO BY MR. PALMER IS HER MONEY, TOO, AND SHE WOULD LIKE TO SPEND <br />SOME OF THAT MONEY WHERE IT WILL DO THE MOST PEOPLE THE MOST GOOD AND <br />HAVE A HOUSING AUTHORITY. <br />REV. TOM DIAMOND OF ST. PETERS BAPTIST CHURCH IN GIFFORD NOTED <br />THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT SOCIALISM, AND HE FELT THERE <br />IS A LITTLE SOCIALISM IN DEMOCRACY AND THAT THE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS <br />DICTATE THAT YOU HAVE GOT TO TAKE SOME MONEY AT THE TOP AND RECIRCULATE <br />IT AT THE BOTTOM. HE CONTINUED THAT THIS COUNTRY IS FOUNDED ON HELPING <br />PEOPLE. REV. DIAMOND INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE STARTED OUT AS A <br />MIGRANT WORKER AND WAS ONLY ABLE TO GET HIS EDUCATION BECAUSE HE WAS <br />ABLE TO BORROW MONEY FROM THE GOVERNMENT. HE STATED, "IF YOU WANT ME <br />TO PULL MYSELF UP BY MY BOOTSTRAPS, GIVE ME A BOOTSTRAP." HE DID NOT <br />JUL 17 1979 <br />L. <br />15 <br />Bou 41 PAGE .156 <br />k <br />A <br />