Moore Yeah. I I do want to thank each and every one of you, obviously, for everything you do and and thank you for being a citizen volunteer yourself, sir. Um we all know cancers touch all of our lives, some personally, um, but some with friends and families. I actually had a friend that was in uh at Moffat yesterday for ten hours doing having surgery to have a tuber removed. Um Thankfully things look. Good. Um But we are excited about you coming to Pasco County and about the new projects that will be coming. Um because it's not only gonna affect the people that live here at Pasco County It's gonna be beneficial people all over the world because people all over the world as you know come to Moffat because your world. So anything we can do to continue to support you, we're here for you and we appreciate it. And I am thankful too. I wish I could have been there a week ago when you invited me to um come to the lab for the tour. My legislative aide Andy Taylor was able to go. I was on vacation where I would have been there. So I look forward to rescheduling coming myself. some
Moore Okay. So yes, it definitely is a an exciting day as you mentioned. And to have an institution of this magnitude coming here to Pasco County, as in Moffitt, you know, Cancer Center, is is uh gonna be transformational for Pasco County and the state and the region, just as you previously mentioned. Um each and every one of us has been touched by somebody that's um either gone through cancer or is going through cancer Cancer now. Um and so you know, yes, there's the economic benefits that our citizens of Pasco County will have because of this facility being here and this whole campus, as I should say. But at the same time, the work that you're gonna be doing right here in Pasco County is gonna save lives not just in Pasco, state of Florida, but all over the world. So I we're excited, we're super excited to have you here in Pasco County, but just knowing again all the great work. that you'll be doing here. is amazing and I'm I'm ecstatic. So thank you. Thank you. Thank you for the partnership.
Moore Yeah, just a quick comment I want to make the motion to. Um I agree a hundred percent with you. We should not consolidate. Um I'll use it I'll use T barta as an example. Because of the decisions made Mm. Chairman Starkey. It sits on a T barter board. That board was diluted with the with Pasco County representation. Um We're the small person of the totem pole, even though we're the fastest growing county in the region. You made a great comment earlier about Moffitt, for example. You showed some other companies too. We we're gonna have something bigger than the West Shore Business District, possibly bigger than um downtown Tampa when it comes to the amount of jobs here in Basel County. We need you guys, we need you to ourselves. Um We know, unfortunately, what's happened recently. with Career Source Hillsboro, Career Source Penellas. We don't need to be involved in that. I do not want to merge with them by any means. If for some reason they think this is a good