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I <br />moo 41 pmu159 <br />JUL 171979 <br />CHARTERED PLANES AND ARE GIVEN SUBSIDIES. MR. HART DID NOT AGREE WITH <br />THE STATEMENT THAT THE POOR ARE GIVEN EVERYTHING AND THEY PAY NO TAXES. <br />HE AGREED THAT MANY MAY NOT PAY PROPERTY TAXES, BUT POINTED OUT THAT <br />THEY COME TO-VERO TO BUY FROM THE LOCAL MERCHANTS AND HE INDIRECTLY PAYS <br />TAXES FOR -THEM. <br />MR. HART FELT MR. PALMER SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF HIS STATEMENT <br />ABOUT A HOUSING AUTHORITY CONTINUING LONG AFTER EVERYONE PRESENT WAS <br />NO LONGER LIVING AND COULD NOT SEE HOW IT WAS RUN. HE ASKED WHAT WOULD <br />HAVE HAPPENED IF GEORGE WASHINGTON HAD SAID HE WASN'T SURE WE COULD <br />MAKE IT ON OUR OWN AND WE MIGHT DIE BEFORE WE SEE WHAT HAPPENS. MR. <br />HART NOTED THAT WE NEED TO HELP PEOPLE NOW AND DID NOT FEEL THE BOARD <br />SHOULD SiT BACK AND NOT MAKE A DECISION BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT LIVE TO <br />SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT. MR. HART CONTINUED THAT PRIVATE INDUSTRY HAS HAD <br />AN AMPLE CHANCE TO PROVE THEMSELVES, BUT THEY HAVE NOT, AND FELT THE <br />FACT THAT THE CITY OF VERO BEACH DOESNIT WANT A HOUSING AUTHORITY SHOULD <br />NOT INFLUENCE THE COUNTY. <br />PERRY CORLEY AGREED THAT OUR FOUNDING FATHERS TOOK A BIG CHANCE <br />WHEN THEY FOUNDED OUR GOVERNMENT AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PROBLEMS AND <br />CHANGES, BUT IN HIS 21 YEARS IN FLORIDA THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE <br />SLUM CONDITIONS HE HAS SEEN. PRIVATE ENTERPRISE HAS NOT CORRECTED THE <br />SITUATION AND APATHY HAS JUST INCREASED THE PROBLEMS. HE NOTED THAT <br />HOUSING AUTHORITIES HAVE WORKED IN SOME AREAS AND FAILED IN SOME, BUT <br />THEY ARE A GOOD TOOL AND CAN BE MADE TO WORK IF WE WANT THEM TO WORK. <br />HE FELT IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS TOOL; TAKE A DEFINITE <br />COURSE OF ACTION AND DO SOMETHING FOR OUR FELLOW MAN SO WE CAN MAKE IT <br />A BEAUTIFUL INDIAN RIVER COUNTY RATHER THAN JUST A BEAUTIFUL VERO BEACH. <br />BETTY KHAIL SPOKE AS "A TAXPAYER, A DEMOCRAT AND AN _EPISCOPALI,AN." <br />SHE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HER HUSBAND WAS IN THE MILITARY, AND THE <br />PRIVATE SECTOR DID NOT TAKE CARE OF THEM; THEY LIVED IN PUBLIC HOUSING, <br />AND IT CAN WORK. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING IS <br />CLOSED, HE WISHED TO READ INTO THE RECORD THE FOLLOWING LETTER FROM THE <br />CITY OF FELLSMERE: <br />