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THE CHAIRMAN CALLED ROBERT RAMSDELL BUT HE DID NOT RESPOND. <br />P. H. PERLICK, P. 0. BOX 3771, CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND <br />COMMENTED THAT WHEN AN AREA IS OVERCROWDED, PEOPLE TEND TO DEVELOP <br />DISEASES. MANY CONGLOMERATES ARE TRYING TO MOVE INTO THE AREA - IT <br />IS NOT WORTH IT BECAUSE IT DOES NOT PAY TO GO AFTER BIG MONEY, GO AFTER <br />THE GOOD LIFE INSTEAD. MR. PERLICK REMINDED THE BOARD THAT THE <br />SUN DOES NOT SHINE IN MIAMI BEACH AND NEW YORK CITY BECAUSE OF ALL THE <br />CONCRETE THERE. HE NOTED IT WAS A WELL KNOWN FACT THAT MANY OF THE <br />PEOPLE CAME HERE, SPENT THEIR EARNINGS IN HOPES OF HAVING A GOOD LIFE, <br />AND WE SHOULD NOT ALLOW BIG CONGLOMERATES TO STEP IN AND RUIN IT. <br />MR. PERLICK POINTED OUT THAT MONEY DOES NOT HAVE ANY FEELINGS AS IT <br />IS ONLY PAPER. HE THEN READ FROM A RECENT ARTICLE THAT APPEARED IN <br />A LOCAL PAPER REGARDING POPULATION GROWTH. <br />.JAMES CRONIN DID NOT RESPOND TO THE CALLING OF HIS NAME. <br />HARDEN L. CRAWFORD, 13 DOLPHIN DRIVE, CAME BEFORE THE BOARD <br />AND STATED THAT HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION <br />AS WELL AS A MEMBER OF THE PARKS, PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION, BUT <br />HE WAS JUST SPEAKING THIS EVENING AS A VOTER. HIS ONLY INTEREST IS <br />TO SEE THAT THE VOTERS GET A FAIR SHAKE AND HE THOUGHT THE SPECIAL <br />INTEREST GROUPS FELT THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY WERE NOT SUFFICIENTLY <br />INFORMED TO MAKE AN INTELLIGENT DECISION ABOUT THEIR OWN FUTURE. IN <br />OTHER WORDS, THIS SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP THOUGHT THE CITIZENS WERE TOO <br />DUMB TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOOD FOR THEM. HE URGED THE BOARD NOT TO BELIEVE <br />THIS, BECAUSE FOR OVER 200 YEARS THE PUBLIC HAS PROVED THEY ARE <br />COMPETENT ENOUGH TO DECIDE THEIR FUTURE AND HAVE SURPRISED MANY PEOPLE <br />BY BEING RIGHT. MR. CRAWFORD STATED THAT THE CITIZENS ARE THE ONES <br />WHO LIVE HERE; WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE CHANGES THAT WILL TAKE PLACE; <br />WILL BE BURDENED BY THE INCREASED TAXES; AND WHO WILL FIGHT THE <br />INCREASED TRAFFIC. HE THEN URGED THE BOARD TO GIVE THE CITIZENS A <br />CHANCE TO VOTE ON THIS CLUP BY SECRET BALLOT. <br />MR, AND MRS. R. E. DRAEN WERE CALLED BUT DID NOT RESPOND. <br />7 <br />BOOK 47 PAGE 40' <br />