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OCT 2 19 80 <br />Boa 44 PAGE 728 <br />IS VERY UNFORTUNATE; PEOPLE JUST RECEIVED THESE NOTICES AND CAME IN <br />THINKING THEY COULD MAKE AN IMPACT, AND IT IS REALLY TOO LATE. MS. <br />KESINGER THEN DISCUSSED THE NATURE OF THESE HEARINGS, AND NOTED THAT <br />WHEN A CITIZEN COMES IN AND SPENDS 30 MINUTES LISTENING TO THESE <br />FIGURES BEING READ OFF, THE TOTALS MEAN NOTHING. SHE REALIZED THAT <br />THE BOARD DID THIS AT EARLIER HEARINGS AND STATED THAT KIND OF <br />INFORMATION SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE TAXPAYERS, REGARDLESS OF THE <br />COST BECAUSE THERE IS NO INFORMATION ON THE TRIM NOTICES THAT IS <br />USEFUL TO ANYONE CONCERNED. THE FORM ITSELF HAS NO COLUMN LETTING <br />YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WILL END UP WITH. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS AGAIN NOTED THAT THIS BOARD HAS NO CONTROL <br />OVER THAT FORM. <br />MS. KESINGER STATED THAT SHE IS JUST PUTTING TOGETHER A <br />COMBINATION OF THINGS THAT MAKES SOMEONE FEEL LIKE IT IS A "SNOW JOB. 11 <br />SHE CONTINUED THAT EITHER WE NEED TO GET BETTER INFORMATION TO THE <br />PEOPLE OR ELSE WE NEED TO LOOK TO THE PEOPLE WE VOTE FOR TO TAKE A <br />MUCH MORE RESPONSIBLE POSITION ON EXPENDITURES OUT OF THE TAXPAYERS <br />POCKETS. SHE NOTED THAT IT IS NOT ONLY OUT OF LOCAL TAXPAYERS` <br />POCKETS, BUT OUT OF POCKETS CLEAR AWAY FROM VERO BEACH BECAUSE IT IS <br />OUT OF STATE FUNDS, REVENUE SHARING, ETC., THAT ARE COMING INTO VERO <br />BEACH THAT ARE BEING TAXED BY OTHER PEOPLE AND THEIR TAXES ARE GOING <br />ELSEWHERE. IN REGARD TO WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD HAVE TO BE TAXED <br />AND HAVE TALLAHASSEE TELL US WHAT TO DO, MS. KESINGER WISHED TO SAY <br />ONE POSITIVE THING ABOUT IT. SHE NOTED THAT IT IS HARD TO READJUST <br />TO THIS TAXING SITUATION LOCALLY, BUT SHE DID BELIEVE THE NATIONAL <br />RELATIONS PICTURE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR <br />SOME YEARS NOW HAVE BEEN MAKING AN EFFORT TO RETURN BOTH TAXING <br />AUTHORITIES, TAXING RESPONSIBILITIES, AND SERVICE RESPONSIBILITIES <br />TO THE STATES AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES. MS. KESINGER FELT THAT WHAT <br />SHE HAS SEEN HAPPEN SO FAR IS THAT THEY START RETURNING RESPONSIBILITIES <br />WITHOUT POLICY DECISIONS BEING MADE LOCALLY AND THEY ALSO RETURN <br />THESE RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT WITHOUT STOPPING THEIR <br />TAXING OF THEM; S0, SHE WAS ALL FOR OUR TAXING LOCALLY AND OUR MAKING <br />