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Mayor Bob McPartlan <br /> September 30, 2013 <br /> Page Three <br /> Other Talking Points <br /> These come from officials at meetings of the St. Lucie County Commission and a recent meeting <br /> of the Planning and Zoning Board where Commissioner Solari spoke and his followers were <br /> present: <br /> I. Boardmembers saw no connection between what will be contained in the Seven50 report <br /> and what Commissioner Solari is afraid will happen — federal government takeover, loss <br /> of local control, and bigger government. <br /> 2. Boardmembers would rather wait to review the Seven50 report before reacting <br /> hysterically about a federal government takeover and pull out of the planning effort. <br /> 3. Implementation of the Seven50 and accepting federal or state fiends is still voluntary <br /> under the Seven50 and at the complete discretion of the local government. <br /> 4. Boardmembers were resentful of an elected official from another jurisdiction coming <br /> uninvited and unannounced to lecture them on his views of the world and waste countless <br /> hours of the Boards' time with the public comment of his followers, disrupting their <br /> meetings and preventing them from doing their business. <br /> 5. Boardmembers concluded that Commissioner Solari's problem was not with the Seven50 <br /> long-range planning effort, but with his overall mistrust of federal and state agencies, the <br /> Obama administration, and government in general. They viewed Commissioner Solari's <br /> comments, and those of his followers, as using the Seven50 as a platform for political <br /> gain and to make emotional, political statements against current state and federal <br /> government operations and their role in local matters. <br /> Some Relevant Ouestions <br /> 1. How will this federal takeover occur? Please take me through the detailed steps of how <br /> all local governments will lose control of their local zoning and land use authority and <br /> our citizens will lose their property rights, their homes, and be forced to live in a different <br /> manner. <br /> 2. Will we now be forced to take federal grants and loans? <br /> 3. How many times has the MPO and the County Commission voted to take state and <br /> federal money to assist with local projects, and how much money? <br /> 4. Given the beliefs expressed, should we ever vote to take state and federal money again? <br /> 44 <br />