Public comment on Hope Shot and red light cameras
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All right, um we'll continue now with public comment.
Okay, thank you. Uh Peter Creshen and then Corey Corley.
Wait, I think we already think. And well, did you uh? No. Dave Carrie. Oh Carrie.
Good morning. My name is Peter Krician. And I am a resident of Pathways, which is a local uh sober living, transitional living. Uh the address is [address removed].
Um I don't know if you need
Y'all need it?
Okay,
um can
you give Hope Shot's address? I don't know if we should give out the addresses.
Yes. C R E C I U N
That's fine.
You don't know. Okay, not a problem. Um I uh came to Pasco County through a uh rehabilitation center. What do you mean we were local uh clean rehabilitation and uh I was sent there by my insurance company. I had um gotten about as far down as I was willing to go. I I I'd been I'd been at this place my life before. But somehow I always had A backup plan. And
uh I ran out of options. I had uh I lost my Merchant Mariners credentials uh due to failure of a drug screening and uh And I was let go. And uh I have a thirty year old son. Um and uh He happens to work in the insurance industry and he was able to get me uh insurance to get into the Pasco County uh clean recovery here. And
uh that's where I very first met the Hope Shot. Uh they had come in they were coming about twice a week, uh, at that time. And uh just saying that they had a pathway to um getting into sober living once you were done with treatment. and uh I had never been through the full treatment process. Uh that wasn't my experience. I've been on this I'll be turning fifty, uh, this Halloween. And uh It was always a spin dry with the
insurance, fourteen days, twenty eight days. I went through the entire alphabet soup this time. I went through the residential to the PHP, to the IOP, and uh Uh the IOP is where real where uh where pat where um Hope Shop really stepped in. because I was antsy at about the two month turn. I just wanted to get out, I wanted to get back to work. I wanted to You know, get into sober living. And
I maintained continuous contact with uh one of the caseworkers there. um on a daily basis because that's what I was told to do and he was sober. So I did. Um He was a great asset. He never judged. He never spoke from a position of authority. He was just a listening ear. And when I got to the end, uh he says, I got you. The whole way through. I got you. Don't worry about it. I said, but I'm not a resident of Florida anymore, even though I
was at one time. So don't worry about it. If you're in Florida, you're a resident of the state of Florida. Don't worry about it. I'm not a resident of Pasco County because I was hearing other people get shot down. He's like, you're doing everything right, Pete. You have nothing to worry about. Um And then right at the tail end he goes, How about a little more treatment? He said, I have funding to get you into real recovery, uh, IOP program. And I was Not hesitant, but I didn't have any other option. It was the best thing
that possibly could have happened to me because
I apologize, but you have just a few more seconds.
All right, not a problem. Uh the Hope Shy has done wonders for me. I'm starting back to school uh uh November seventeenth and uh at Bene's Career Academy. Um and they've supported me through the entire away. If it wasn't for them, I don't know where I'd be. Thank you very much. Well we're we're uh happy for you. Thank you very much. I appreciate all the time.
One more signed up Corey Corley.
And you have three minutes. I didn't read my instructions this morning, so
Good morning y'all. My name's Corey Conley. I'm originally from Alabama. I moved down here to Florida. My godmother brought me here because I was homeless. and uh some things happened to where I ended up back out on the street. Um I was living in a tent in the woods. homeless behind a Dollar General with no job, no prospects. I was drinking and using every single day. I
was in a very, very dark place and I was I was going to commit suicide. I'm not gonna lie to y'all. Um But somehow some people found out and they got me into um Bay uh Bay Care North Side in Tampa. And um I stayed there for ten days. And a lady there, she got in contact apparently with the Hope Shot. And I got in contact with Nathan. And if
it hadn't been for Nathan and Justin, Dave and Thomas and all of them there, that I wouldn't be standing here talking to y'all today because the Hope Shot saved my life. I am now clean and sober, 95 days. It's the first time I've been consecutively sober this long in almost 25 years, and I'm 35 right now. So I've always done some kind of mind-altering substance because I didn't want to deal with myself. But now it
was all thanks to those fine gentlemen back there. I love them. I would do anything I could to help them. That's why I come and I'm speaking here before y'all right now. And
I don't really have much else to say, just that if it wasn't for them, they they they saved my life. That's that's that's all I can say. If it wasn't for them, I why wouldn't be here now. So thank y'all for your time and uh Justin, Nate, I love y'all.
Corey, thank you for your testimony and God has bigger plans for you.
Thank y'all for your time.
So you teared my
eyes this morning. Okay. Is that it? That's signed up? Matt,
there's a just a gentleman here, Mason Ace that wanted to speak. He actually brought a flyer up there, we printed up for us.
But either way I guess you'd know the sign up.
Okay. Uh name and record name and address please.
My name is uh Anthony Wolford. I live uh at [address removed] Uh I'm here today. Um
I'm not much of a speaker, uh and I was kinda asked to do this, I guess. Um
Let's start uh for beginning That's not right.
Is this your paper here with the
It is. I don't read ver I mean I read but not that great.
And under pressure it gets harder.
Uh good morning, County Commissioners. I would like to introduce myself as Good Citizen. I'm here today to discuss the unlawful operation of red light cameras in our community. As a concerned citizen, I've taken the Uh I've taken it upon myself to investigate the permitting and operations of these cameras. I'd like to start by saying I've personally fought through cameras in court and won not once, not twice, but three times.
One was because uh The accuser didn't show. There was twenty five of us standing there that day, uh, unable to go through our fourth amendment due process and fourteenth amendment uh to question your accusers. So they were thrown out, all of them. Um In front of the other two judges I legally defended the case and they were thrown out. Um despite this, I turned in all that information recently to the Newport Ritchie Magistrate. Uh in
the most recent case, uh he ignored the evidence and found me guilty, even going so far as to charge me an additional hundred dollars for exercising my constitutional right of questioning my accuser free of charge. The issue with the cameras are going beyond personal experience. However, the facts are clear, the cameras are operating without valid permits. The expired uh the permits expired was denied er the permit extensions were denied September
sixteenth. And despite replying yesterday and reapplying yesterday, Monday, October twenty Twenty five. The operators have Done nothing to update cameras and signage by F DOT standards. In fact, I have photograph evidence that demonstrates the camera's noncompliance. which was provided to me by James Meyer, the F DOT permit signer.
This evidence shows the cameras are not operating with the required standard and yet they continue to issue citations to our citizens.
only unlawful, but they also have a negative impact on our community. They're more focused on generating revenue Uh then improving safety. They're a burden on our citizens and it's time for them to be removed. I urge you our elected responsi uh representatives to take action in ensuring that our community is not profiting from unlawful activities. Remove the red light cameras and let's work together to find alternate uh solutions that prioritize public safety, not revenue.
Thank you very much. Madam Chairman M if I may, the County Commission does not have a red light program. It's only the municipalities that are that have red light cameras.
So you need to go to the city council meeting, Newport Ridge City Council meeting. Okay. But this is a good practice for you. Sure.
And you did a good job. Thank you. Okay, is there anyone else here who wishes to speak to the Board of County Commissioners this morning? And I have a note here that there's no no virtual public comment this morning. So that's down, our system is down? Is that why? Nobody signed up. Oh no one signed up. Oh, put on my speech. Okay. All right. Then we are gonna move on to resolutions.
Ready?