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.\ STATE, COULD HAVE ANY PRIDE WHEN THE POOR PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN CONDITIONS SUCH AS THEY ARE. HE POINTED OUT THAT WHEN A KID FROM GIFFORD TURNS OUT TO BE A THUG, HE GOES TO SCHOOL WITH EVERYONE'S CHILDREN. REV. DIAMOND NOTED THAT IF THE GOVERNMENT DIDN'T HELP THE FARMERS, WE WOULD ALL STARVE, AND IF YOU TEAR DOWN THE FRUIT PICKER S HOUSE AND DON T PROVIDE HIM ANYWHERE TO LIVE, YOU WILL HAVE NO ONE TO PICK YOUR FRUIT. HE CONTINUED TO TALK ABOUT A HOUSING AUTHORITY BENEFITING EVERYONE BY MAKING THE MONEY CIRCULATE. HE NOTED ALL THE PEOPLE OF GIFFORD MUST COME TO VERO TO BUY, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOTHING TO SELL; THEY ARE THE BUYERS. THE REVEREND STATED THAT INDIAN RIVER COUNTY DESERVES TO SEE SOME TAX DOLLARS COME BACK AND WORK FOR THE COUNTY AND STATED THAT IT IS WRONG TO THINK IF YOU DON T SPEND THE MONEY, IT WON T BE SPENT BECAUSE IT WILL JUST BE DIVIDED AMONG OTHER COUNTIES WHO HAVE HOUSING AUTHORITIES. HE DID NOT AGREE WITH MR. PALMER THAT A HOUSING AUTHORITY CANT BE DISSOLVED BECAUSE HE ItDIDNIT KNOW OF ANYTHING THAT IS CREATED THAT WHITE FOLKS CAN T GET RID OF." REVEREND DIAMOND FURTHER NOTED THAT THE MAJOR- ITY OF PEOPLE THAT SIT ON THE HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD CAN COME FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSION, AND IF THERE IS ANY PROBLEM OF CONTROL, THERE SHOULD BE THREE ON THE BOARD FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSION BECAUSE THEY WILL HAVE THE MAJORITY VOTE AND CAN CLOSE IT UP. HE REITERATED THAT THERE IS A LITTLE SOCIALISM IN DEMOCRACY, AND FELT WE WOULD ALL GO BANKRUPT IF THERE WEREN'T. WILLIAM KOOLAGE STATED THAT HE WAS FLATTERED AT BEING QUOTED BY -MR. PALMER, BUT POINTED OUT THAT HE IS NOT PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PEOPLE, ONLY A MEMBER AND FURTHER NOTED THAT HE ALSO IS A MEMBER OF THE TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION. HE CONTINUED THAT HE BELIEVES THE PRIME CAUSES OF INFLATION ARE DEFICITS AND FEDERAL SPENDING. HE NOTED THAT THE MONIES HE REFERRED TO AS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSING STUDY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ARE AVAILABLE; HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIS SHARE COME BACK TO THE COUNTY AND FELT THAT IT IS ONLY FAIR FOR THE COUNTY TO REAP SOME OF THESE BENEFITS TO HELP THE COUNTY. eooa 41 FacF x.57 JUL 17 1979 SEE HOW THE COUNTY, WHICH HAS SOME OF THE WEALTHIEST PEOPLE IN -THE STATE, COULD HAVE ANY PRIDE WHEN THE POOR PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN CONDITIONS SUCH AS THEY ARE. HE POINTED OUT THAT WHEN A KID FROM GIFFORD TURNS OUT TO BE A THUG, HE GOES TO SCHOOL WITH EVERYONE'S CHILDREN. REV. DIAMOND NOTED THAT IF THE GOVERNMENT DIDN'T HELP THE FARMERS, WE WOULD ALL STARVE, AND IF YOU TEAR DOWN THE FRUIT PICKER S HOUSE AND DON T PROVIDE HIM ANYWHERE TO LIVE, YOU WILL HAVE NO ONE TO PICK YOUR FRUIT. HE CONTINUED TO TALK ABOUT A HOUSING AUTHORITY BENEFITING EVERYONE BY MAKING THE MONEY CIRCULATE. HE NOTED ALL THE PEOPLE OF GIFFORD MUST COME TO VERO TO BUY, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOTHING TO SELL; THEY ARE THE BUYERS. THE REVEREND STATED THAT INDIAN RIVER COUNTY DESERVES TO SEE SOME TAX DOLLARS COME BACK AND WORK FOR THE COUNTY AND STATED THAT IT IS WRONG TO THINK IF YOU DON T SPEND THE MONEY, IT WON T BE SPENT BECAUSE IT WILL JUST BE DIVIDED AMONG OTHER COUNTIES WHO HAVE HOUSING AUTHORITIES. HE DID NOT AGREE WITH MR. PALMER THAT A HOUSING AUTHORITY CANT BE DISSOLVED BECAUSE HE ItDIDNIT KNOW OF ANYTHING THAT IS CREATED THAT WHITE FOLKS CAN T GET RID OF." REVEREND DIAMOND FURTHER NOTED THAT THE MAJOR- ITY OF PEOPLE THAT SIT ON THE HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD CAN COME FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSION, AND IF THERE IS ANY PROBLEM OF CONTROL, THERE SHOULD BE THREE ON THE BOARD FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSION BECAUSE THEY WILL HAVE THE MAJORITY VOTE AND CAN CLOSE IT UP. HE REITERATED THAT THERE IS A LITTLE SOCIALISM IN DEMOCRACY, AND FELT WE WOULD ALL GO BANKRUPT IF THERE WEREN'T. WILLIAM KOOLAGE STATED THAT HE WAS FLATTERED AT BEING QUOTED BY -MR. PALMER, BUT POINTED OUT THAT HE IS NOT PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PEOPLE, ONLY A MEMBER AND FURTHER NOTED THAT HE ALSO IS A MEMBER OF THE TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION. HE CONTINUED THAT HE BELIEVES THE PRIME CAUSES OF INFLATION ARE DEFICITS AND FEDERAL SPENDING. HE NOTED THAT THE MONIES HE REFERRED TO AS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSING STUDY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ARE AVAILABLE; HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIS SHARE COME BACK TO THE COUNTY AND FELT THAT IT IS ONLY FAIR FOR THE COUNTY TO REAP SOME OF THESE BENEFITS TO HELP THE COUNTY.