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Ron Oakley

Okay. We have a quorum present, so Uh now is time for public comment. Uh citizens were given opportunity To comment on anything in our future agenda item coming before the board and on other business under the board's review. Um Today's public comment will be handled as as follows. First we will take public comment from those who are here in person. Then we will take comment from those who have uh

Pre-registered for WebEx. Link and currently on Q. We request that you when you address the board. Comments or not? Uh Directed personally against a Commissioner Oak But rather to the issues. This provides mutual respect between board members and the public. After Stating your name and address for the clerk. We'll be given three minutes. Uh will be activated. After two minutes, a

single beep will indicate you have one minute left. When our time is up, two two beeps will sound and you should close your comments. Uh WebEx participants will be disconnected automatically when their time is up. Okay.

One signed up for public comment today.

Kathryn Starkey

Yes, Mr. Chairman we do. Um we have multiple people. I will call the first three. Pat Rogers, Reverend Jack Martin, and Leonard Lord.

Leonard Lord

Good morning. Good morning, Council. Commissioner Oakley used to go to school board meetings. Um Name and item. Rogers, [address removed]. And I come here representing both an organization. I'm a state represent representative for Protect Our Children Project and also a member of Light of the World Church. I have two documents I'd like to submit for. Move to receive and

Kathryn Starkey

file.

Ron Oakley

Second. All those in favor say aye. Aye.

Leonard Lord

Aye. Thank you. And there's enough for each one of you to have one plus one for the record. First I want to thank you for making the early decision on item C forty three that you are no longer going to support the American Library Association. That is a very important step and it helps with what I do.

I'd also like to comment on what Protect Our Children does. As you know, we're trying to be a full state organization. Right now we're in twenty-six counties, and our goal is to get the schools back to teaching. real education so that students that graduate Can do math. Normal regular math can can think, can be logical, make decisions, and not be told how to think. And in this instance,

you know, we We're making progress. But I want to thank you all for everything you do. And I look forward to coming back to other meetings. Okay, thank you.

Kathryn Starkey

Thank you.

Unidentified speakerVoice A

Jack Martin, [address removed]. Uh thank you for the opportunity to be here. I had the opportunity to serve for twenty-two years at Praise Assembly Guy in Hudson. And I had initially come here to address the A ALA issue too, asking you to to rescind the monies for that. I I was at a meeting yesterday for a group called three two one is a anti-trafficking group. And a a lot of the problem in our society today is the oversexualization of children.

And that's the ALA is run by a woman who's an avowed Marxist. Uh they they focus, if you will, on the drag queen story hours and on queering America's libraries. We don't need an indoctrination like that in our school. We need we need educated, logical, real material. And I I commend every one of you. I'm not sure what uh brought you to to change or to make that decision, but I I have to commend you for having done it. We're we're living in a day and age where our children

are are being propositioned basically by outside groups. So there are apps on phones uh that are very distructive that way. And so again, just thank you for standing up, doing the right thing. Let's keep educational and not indoctrinational materials in our school. God bless you and have a good day. One more thing if I can. I I noticed that you you prayed at the beginning. I I've been part of somebody cares Pasco for years. I I'm not in Pasco now, but

I would love to see them as a group if they could be able to come and do the invocation at that save you guys the trouble of one less thing to do but thank you for your service. Thank you.

Kathryn Starkey

Leonard Leonard Lord? Followed by Nick. Is it Mirondo? Mirendo? Pastor and then Pastor Troy Peterson.

Leonard Lord

Leonard Lord, I live at [address removed]. uh been here seventy three years, a part of Pasco, graduated from uh uh Elfers School back when the scripture was used and she had the big paddle there. Miss Solson she was became Miss Locke. So we didn't have problems in school. They did it God's way and used the rod. And that's what I want to share, you know. Laws have changed. Proverbs says that it's time for God to move because people have put

his laws behind them. Growing up here, I saw as a kid that all the things that happened came out of fellowship around God's Word and in church. And Orange Lake, the years I grew up, it was all about the manger scene, Christ, Jesus, the birth, the hope, and we've gotten so far away. But I want to leave this with you. We have mental problems. We have trouble with a lot of perverseness. And 2 Timothy 1 7 simply says, by God's Spirit, We

have power, love and a sound mind. Power means by God's Spirit and its miraculous things can happen. And a sound mind means we got a control mind. Love means that we're able to love our enemies and bless those that curse us and do good to those that hate us. But the only way the Holy Spirit comes is through Jesus. Jesus died for us and received the promise of the Holy Spirit that we could all have the Spirit of Truth in us. So with what's going, I too want to address that if things in our library Would raise a standard. The

scripture says that things will get worse and worse, and the only hope we have is to go back to the Holy Scriptures through faith in Christ Jesus. We need true convictions. We need the Ten Commandments right there that everybody stands up here convicted that there is a God. And we need to honor people in authority and we need to honor one another with love, not in stealing or covetous or backbiting or hating. And Commissioner, thank you. I agree. We need the conviction of those commandments up there for everybody that stands at this podium.

God bless you and thank you for all you do. And remember, Jesus is the only king that's going to make Pasco the greatest county in the world. Thank you very much.

Ron Oakley

Thank you.

Kathryn Starkey

Nick Morendo.

Nick Mirindo?

Nick Morendo

Good morning. Good morning. My name's Nick Mirando, Sun Coast. Uh Pasco County. I come today to uh

Ron Oakley

address

Nick Morendo

[address removed].

You have an item on today's agenda, item C forty-three regarding library services and the library construction grant application. But I wanted to address another Item related to this library system. We learned over the weekend that Pasco County has decided to terminate its annual two thousand dollar membership.

In America's Library Association, as well as the annual fifteen hundred dollar membership in the ALA's state chapter. Affiliate, the Florida Library Association. And I want to thank you for your excellent decision. Your excellent decision. The LAL under Both its current and past leadership has become notorious and aggressive promotion of drag queen story hours

and sexual implicity, implicit LGBT. Materials targeting children. So we congratulate you for cutting our county's ties with this radical organization. Thank you. A growing number of counties across the state, including Citrus, Hernando, Callior, and exiting the ALA. Pasco County's decision to join the movement Well hopefully and momentum

or Ripple effects and counties standing up and saying no to the ALA's radical agenda. And since we not have heard the commission's address this issue before. We're asking for a verbal commitment from each of you, each of you today, that you stand by this decision and that you will not consider reinstating the county's ALA membership in the future. So I'm gonna thank you

and and God bless you.

Ron Oakley

Thank you, sir.

Kathryn Starkey

Pastor Troy Peterson and then followed by Christian Kramer.

Pastor Troy Peterson

Yeah, right here.

Troy Peterson, uh eighty one fourteen Leo Kidd Road, Port Ritchie, Florida. That's Light of the World Tabernacle where I serve. This is Abigail, my helper today. Uh I do have a flyer for y'all if Motion to receive a file.

Seth Weightman

Motion. Motion seemed five.

Ron Oakley

Second.

Pastor Troy Peterson

Okay,

Ron Oakley

all those in favor say aye. Aye. All right. I

Kathryn Starkey

was the only one. Did anyone else say aye?

Seth Weightman

Hm. We tied.

Do you

Ron Oakley

want it?

Seth Weightman

Do we need a vote again?

Ron Oakley

Huh?

Seth Weightman

Do we need a vote again? Okay.

Kathryn Starkey

Commissioner Star Commissioner Starkey a is asking for um No no I'm not Okay. I didn't hear what she's in. She didn't hear the eyes from everyone. Yeah. Oh we all see the I have a phone door over here. Oh okay.

Ron Oakley

There was three of us. Or four of us, excuse me, Gary.

Pastor Troy Peterson

All right, go ahead. Uh all right, thank you. Wanna make sure everything's done decent and in order. We know our God's in order, right? God of order. You know, I'm also the uh Pasco County Director for Protect Our Children Project. And uh, you know, but I'm just really here today, uh, with the support of my friends, to thank you commissioners, for rescinding uh, you know, the American Library Association and not bringing this stuff into our public libraries.

And I just really appreciate you guys for that. You know, as I was in a prayer meeting uh this morning Really, this lines up with the Word of God because God says He w he wants us to be good stewards of what He gives us. Amen. Right? And you know, we I'm I'm so appreciative of the staff and the county manager and e you know, everybody here because I I see you guys this move as being good stewards of what God gives to Pasco

County. And I just want to talk just briefly about the glory gathering, okay, and go back to our original thing. So what we're seeing is Originally God gave me a dream. Okay, and I've talked to you guys about this for a couple years. And in that dream was that if Pasco County would acknowledge the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords in their county commissioner meetings that he was gonna pour out his

spirit on Pasco County. And when I hear pour out his spirit on Pasco County, that's revival. See, and that's actually what has started a couple years back when we did a We Cry Out, and we just did an event in Sims Park, you know, and we have the five events in Waterfront Park with the fire department and the police department, you know, the next one being Saturday. You guys have flyers for that for the Harvest Fest. Teaming up with the you know, it's awesome. The kids come and receive candy with no tricks, you

know. They just receive the treats from our Police department.

But I really would like to echo what Pastor Martin said. If you guys would allow I've sent I've sent you federal law. I've sent you Freddle Law from two thousand fourteen that would allow you commissioners To elect somebody cares Pasco as chaplains so that we can lead in the invocation. And then we're just gonna trust that God is gonna give you wisdom and guidance and

pour out His spirit. Thank you for your time.

Ron Oakley

All right, thank you. Abigail wanna say anything to us before she steps away for

Chairman

a moment.

Ron Oakley

We're happy she came to vis be with us today.

Kirsten Crauer

Good morning. My name is Kirsten Crauer. I am the chapter chair for Moms for Liberty, Pasco County. Uh address is [address removed]. On behalf of Moms for Liberty Pasco County, we want to thank you so much for not funding the American Library Association and the Florida Library Association. You are protecting our children. You are keeping them from being indoctrinated against these materials that

go against what some parents believe, and it is up to the parents to Teach these issues to their children in a manner that is age appropriate and goes with the beliefs of their family. So thank you so much. And the chapter is here to work with you on anything else that might come up that you would need advice or help with. We are here. Thank you. Have a wonderful day.

Ron Oakley

All right. Thank you.

Kathryn Starkey

So Mr. Chair, that's the um that's who signed up. I don't know if anyone else is

Ron Oakley

Does anyone else in the audience wish to speak at this time?

Kathryn Starkey

And then I do have I do have one person on WebEx. I have um Mr. Christopher Trapuzzano.

You should be um able to speak at this time.

Mr. Trapuzzano?

Chris Trapezzano

I was on mute.

Kathryn Starkey

Oh there we go. We can hear you. We can hear you now.

Chris Trapezzano

Thank you so much. My name is Chris Trapezzano. Uh my address is [address removed]. My comments also related to the agenda item C forty three. Uh last week I sent an email inquiring Uh about the funding of the A L A for Pasco's libraries. I was pleased to learn that the board decided to not renew that membership. And I would just like to echo the previous comments and say thank you. Uh it's an excellent decision. Uh

lastly I would just like to say that I do plan on following up on the issue early next year. Uh to confirm that the membership dues were not paid. So thank you once again and God bless everyone.

Ron Oakley

All right, thank you. Anyone else?

No one else, m Mr. Chairman Mariano? No one else on WebEx?

Mike Moore

Okay. We just uh general calls since there might be somebody in the audience that didn't say.