Commissioner Oakley Operation Stand Down veterans event
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Well congratulations Jeff on the decision. That's pretty fantastic. This weekend is Operation Stand Down and that is a three-day event to help veterans in Pasco County. The event is fantastic. Community partners come together to provide all sorts of services to our veterans. On Friday, my office participates in Veterans Court, so I just wanted to make that public announcement. So on on Friday it runs from 10 a.m. till
2 p.m. So if a veteran has a a court case, an old court case, let's say and they owe a court obligation and that obligation is in default and now they don't have a driver's license, we help them get back on their feet through this event through veterans court. For instance, last year we helped 19 veterans waive $45,000 in court obligations. and allow them to be able to um qualify to
get their driver's license back. We partner with the tax collector's office, so Mike Fazano's office is there. So they go from the courtro the the courtroom at um Safety Town and they walk across the hall and they go and they get their driver's license. Um so when they leave they are ready um with their their new identification. Um it's uh It's a partnership with the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, the state attorney and the public defender, in addition to my office. So I just wanted to make everybody aware of that. Ten AM to two
PM at the concourse at Rhodey Pavilion at Safety Town this weekend, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
And th thank you, Nikki, and tax collector as well for being so involved with this because as this started out was a small program. Wasn't even sure what it was years ago, but we started out at Veterans Park and it's just gotten better and better every year for all that you're doing. So we appreciate it.
Yeah, thank you.