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DISCUSSION RE VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE REQUESTED BY THE <br />r/MEMBERSHIP OF THE AMERICAN LEGION <br />The Board reviewed the following letter dated 9/21/84: <br />American Legion <br />Post 189 <br />Sebastian, FL 32958 <br />The Board of County Commissioners <br />Administration Bldg. <br />1840 25th St. <br />Vero Beach, FL 32960 <br />September 21, 1984 <br />Sir: <br />We are sure that you are aware that the Veteran County Service Office is short one man. <br />I, the undersigned, along with several other individuals, have talked with one of the Assistant <br />County Service Officers, Mr. Henry H. Toussaint. We also have observed him at work in Sebas- <br />tian. At that time there were nine people in this office. Mr. Toussaint stated that he had to cut his <br />time in Sebastian in half, from two full days per week to four hours on Tuesday and Thursday <br />afternoons each week. He also had to stop going to Fellsmere. This cuts the North part of the <br />County from three full days to an average of one day per week. <br />We are sure that the ladies and gentlemen of the Board of County Commissioners would hire a <br />replacement to fill this vacancy if they had seen those handicapped veterans waiting in line, some <br />in wheelchairs, others in this non air conditioned building taking nitroglycerin tablets. (We do <br />realize that it will take some time to get the offices air conditioned in Sebastian and Fellsmere.) <br />We also know that many of those handicapped veterans are not able to travel to the Vero Beach <br />office. We would like to urge the County Commission to correct this as soon as possible. We would <br />also like to let the Commissioners know that the Assistant County Service Officer we spoke with <br />did not know why we were asking questions of him. None of your employees were asked in any <br />way for assistance in this matter. The goal of our organization is to assist Veterans at any and all <br />times. < <br />We would appreciate a timely response to this matter as any individual hired would have to be <br />trained, and during his training the Veteran County Service Office will be getting further behind <br />in the workload. <br />Sincerely, <br />Yours in Service for God and Country, <br />i <br />g <br />GeV o' /Slz <br />. Rairden <br />For the Membership <br />American Legion, <br />Charles L. Futch, <br />Post 189, <br />Sebastian, FL 32958 <br />49 <br />APE <br />OCT 10BOOK S FAA <br />1994 <br />