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MR. EDSON COMMENTED THAT IT IS NOT THAT WAY IN BERGEN <br />COUNTY, AND THE CHAIRMAN STATED THAT IT IS THAT WAY IN FLORIDA. <br />MR. EDSON STATED THAT HE HAS THE FEELING THAT THE BOARD IS <br />REALLY NOT IN ACCORD WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THEY HAVE TO D0, AND <br />HE, THEREFORE, BELIEVED IT IS ABOUT TIME LOCAL OFFICIALS ORGANIZED <br />WITH OTHER COUNTIES AND LOBBIED AGAINST THINGS THAT ARE PUT ON THEIR <br />BACKS. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS INFORMED HIM THAT WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE <br />ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE WORKED VERY HARD TO <br />LOBBY THESE THINGS, AND THERE IS ALSO A LEAGUE OF CITIES, BUT THIS <br />LEGISLATURE IN THIS STATE SEEMS TO DECIDE THEY GAIN POINTS BY TELLING <br />THE COUNTIES HOW TO OPERATE. HE NOTED THAT THE STUPID NOTICE <br />RECEIVED BY THE CITIZENS, THE TRIM NOTICE, IS A CREATURE OF THE STATE <br />LEGISLATURE AND WE ARE HERE TRYING TO EXPLAIN IT. HE BELIEVED THE <br />BOARD IS AS CONFUSED BY IT AS EVERYONE ELSE, HE CONFIRMED THAT WE <br />ARE LOBBYING TO TELL THE STATE TO GET OUT OF OUR BUSINESS. <br />WILLIAM KOOLAGE, OF 815 26TH AVENUE, NEXT CAME BEFORE THE <br />BOARD, AND CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ANNOUNCED TO THOSE PRESENT THAT MR. <br />KOOLAGE IS ONE OF THE FEW WHO COMES TO EVERY BUDGET MEETING. <br />MR. KOOLAGE COMMENTED THAT THE TRIM NOTICE WITH WHICH <br />EVERYONE PRESENT HAS BEEN PRESENTED WAS THE WORK OF THE STATE LEGIS- <br />LATURE AND HE FELT THE THREE STATE SENATORS OF THIS DISTRICT AND <br />THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE TONIGHT TO EXPLAIN <br />IT AND TO SEE WHAT THEY HAVE CAUSED THE TAXPAYERS IN THIS COUNTY, <br />HE URGED THE PEOPLE PRESENT TO SPEAK TO OUR LEGISLATORS AND LET THEM <br />KNOW HOW WE FEEL. MR. KOOLAGE FELT THE COUNTY HAS DONE A FINE JOB <br />IN DEVELOPING THEIR BUDGET, ESPECIALLY WITH THE HARDSHIPS THEY ARE <br />WORKING UNDER, ALL CAUSED BY TALLAHASSEE. HE FELT IT IS GREAT THAT <br />THE TAXPAYERS CAN COME HERE AND LET THE BOARD KNOW THEIR FEELINGS, AND <br />NOTED IT IS T00 BAD THAT TALLAHASSEE IS SO FAR AWAY AND WASHINGTON <br />EVEN FURTHER. MR. KOOLAGE HAD NO OBJECTION TO THE BUDGET AS IT NOW <br />STANDS AND URGED ITS ADOPTION. HE POINTED OUT THAT NO ONE WILL <br />21 <br />POQK 44 PAGE 725 <br />