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COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK HAD REVIEWED THE FACTS AND WAS CONVINCED <br />THERE WAS NO WRONGDOING, AND ALSO THOUGHT IT UNFORTUNATE AND <br />DEPLORABLE FOR THIS KIND OF SITUATION TO DEVELOP. HE ADDED <br />THAT HE APPRECIATED THE INTEGRITY OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD NOTED THAT ATTORNEY COLLINS ALWAYS <br />GOES TO EXTREMES TO TRY TO PROTECT THE COUNTY. HE HOPED THAT THE <br />PEOPLE WHO SAW THE AD CONTAINING THE VERY DISTASTEFUL INNUENDOS WILL <br />JUST CONSIDER THE SOURCE. COMMISSIONER BIRD FELT THE FACTS, INFORMA- <br />TION AND TESTIMONIALS JUST GIVEN SHOULD GIVE THE ATTORNEY A VOTE <br />OF CONFIDENCE; HE ADVISED THE ATTORNEY THAT HE HAD HIS OWN VOTE <br />OF CONFIDENCE 100%. <br />FRANK ZORC THEN APPROACHED THE BOARD AND STATED HE WAS <br />EXTREMELY PROUD TO BE THE ONE TO PLACE THE AD IN THE PRESS JOURNAL. <br />THIS AD WAS SCRUTINIZED IN DETAIL BY SEVERAL WELL-RESPECTED ATTORNEYS <br />IN VERO BEACH AND MANY OF HIS FRIENDS BEFORE IT WAS PLACED IN THE <br />NEWSPAPER. MR. ZORC SAID HE WAS NOT INTERESTED OR AWARE OF THE <br />BACKGROUND OF THE PROPERTIES UNTIL RECENTLY, SO HE REALLY WAS NOT <br />AWARE OF ALL THE FACTS. THE CALDWELL PURCHASE, HE STRESSED, WAS <br />JUST A SMALL CRUMB IN THE ISSUE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, MR, ZORC <br />COMMENTED THAT HE WAS ASKED BY MANY PEOPLE TO BRING OUT THE QUESTION <br />OF WHETHER MR, CALDWELL HAD PURCHASED ANY OF THIS PROPERTY, TO SOME <br />EXTENT HE ADVISED, HE WAS RELUCTANT TO BEGIN WITH, BUT DID SO SINCE <br />HE WAS ASKED TO DO THIS BY A NUMBER OF PEOPLE. MR. ZORC NOTED.THAT <br />THE PURPOSE OF THE QUESTION, HAD BEEN SERVED - THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN <br />TOLD THE DETAILS TODAY AND NOW THEY CAN USE THEIR OWN JUDGMENT. <br />WAY. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS INTERJECTED THAT IT WAS TOLD IN A STRANGE <br />MR. ZORC MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE DID NOT NECESSARILY FEEL <br />THERE WAS ANYTHING ILLEGAL OR UNETHICAL OR ANY WRONGDOING, BUT THE FACTS <br />HAD TO BE BROUGHT FORTH, HE ADDED THAT THEY WERE NOT JUST TALKING <br />ABOUT A RIGHT-OF-WAY, BUT ABOUT A VERY LARGE PIECE OF LAND THAT WAS <br />GOING TO BE SERVED POSSIBLY BY A VERY EXPENSIVE ROAD THAT THE COUNTY <br />IS ASKING THE TAXPAYERS TO BUILD. MR, ZORC THOUGHT THIS WAS FAIR <br />TO BRING OUT AND HE WOULD HAVE TO STAND BY IT. <br />BOOK 4 k7 PAGE 60.4 <br />SEP 3 01981 95 <br />