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the following years. Ms. Fletcher felt it is necessary to start up this program at the present time, and if we wait, she doubted the cost for start-up would get any less. Discussion continued as to the Board's problems with providing funds for start up this year. Alison DeGenero stated that our community is rich in compassion and love, and he believed that the Miracle Transporation system, (Neighbors Helping Neighbors), can do the job for nothing. Mr. DeGenero claimed that no one is ever refused a ride and dared anyone to provide a name of someone who has been refused by Neighbors Helping Neighbors. Ms. Fletcher stated that she has numerous names, but cannot release them because of their confidentiality rule. Planner Janis Johnson indicated that she also had some names. Mr. DeGenero stated that if anyone was refused, it was because they had means of their own. He resented the implications made and stated that the Council on Aging, whom he referred to as "poverty pimps, can't refuse anyone simply because they need the unit cost. The Board continued to discuss a possible answer to the problem at hand, and Commissioner Lyons felt there actually is no good answer. He believed it would hand Neighbors Helping Neighbors quite a problem if they suddenly had to cope with all those now serviced by the American Cancer Society, the American Red Cross, the Arthritis Foundation, the Blind Services, the Economic Opportunities Council, the Florida Baptist Retirement Center, Mental Health, the School Board, Council on Aging, Tri County Rehabilitation, Vocational Training & Sheltered Workshop, etc. In further discussion, it was determined that the combined budget of all those agencies for transportation alone amounts to $300,000 yearly, and it was questioned whether between all those agencies there is not enough money JUL 211982 109