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M Baax 44 . PAGE T.1 COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT THE RECORD NEEDS TO INDICATE WHO ATTORNEY O'HAIRE REPRESENTS. ATTORNEY O'HAIRE REPLIED THERE WERE 30 OR 40 PEOPLE; SUCH AS BERT & SALLY SIMMS; RICHARD & DIANE KING; AND .JOHN AND BOBBIE MORRISON. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED -IF, FOR THE RECORD, WAS ATTORNEY O'HAIRE SPECIFICALLY ASKED BY THOSE PEOPLE TO REPRESENT THEM AT THIS REZONING HEARING. ATTORNEY O'HAIRE RESPONDED AFFIRMATIVELY. HE COMMENTED THAT HE HAD BEEN RAISED IN THIS COUNTY, BUT PERSONALLY FELT THAT THE - DAY WILL SOON BE COMING WHEN HE WILL HAVE TO WORK 12 HOURS A DAY IN ORDER TO GET ENOUGH MONEY TO FIND A NICE PLACE TO LIVE IF THE BOARD DOES NOT PUT THE BRAKES ON THIS. ELMER BEERS, REPRESENTING THE DUNES PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, AS PRESIDENT, STATED THAT HE WAS ONLY A TWO YEAR RESIDENT, AND THE CROSS-EXAMINATION ABOUT MOTIVATION INTERESTED HIM. IT SEEMED VERY OBTUSE TO HIM THAT ANYBODY WOULD THINK THAT SOMEBODY WOULD COME IN AS AN INDIVIDUAL, BUY A PACKAGE THAT LOOKED NICE TO HIM AND TO THINK THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING SINISTER ABOUT THEM WANTING TO SUPPORT THE MAINTENANCE OF STANDARDS. MR. BEERS COMMENTED THAT A PERSON PUTS MONEY INTO A HOUSE, AND IT WOULD SEEM A STRANGE FORM OF LOGIC THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO SEE A CHANGE WITHOUT A WELL THOUGHT-OUT PLAN. ALTHOUGH ALL 40 HOMEOWNERS IN THE DUNES HAD NOT SAID TO HIM TO COME TO THIS MEETING, HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT HE REPRESENTS THEIR WILL AND FEELINGS, BECAUSE HE THINKS INDIVIDUALS THAT BUY A PLACE TO LIVE IN PROBABLY WOULD LIKE STANDARDS MAINTAINED. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT COMMENTED THAT ANY QUESTIONS THE COMMISSIONERS WERE ASKING WERE RELATIVE TO THE RECORD BEING KEPT. ALFRED GROVER FLETCHER, DIRECTOR OF THE ROSEWOOD PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND SAID THEY BELIEVED NEIGHBORS OF A PROJECT SHOULD HAVE A VOICE IN THE DESTINY OF THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD. HE STATED THEY ALSO BELIEVE THAT A PROJECT PLACED