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57 <br /> <br />58 <br /> <br />59 <br /> <br />6O <br /> <br />61 <br /> <br />62 <br /> <br />63 <br /> <br />64 <br /> <br />65 <br /> <br />66 <br /> <br />67 <br /> <br />68 <br /> <br />69 <br /> <br /> .,9 <br /> <br />71 <br /> <br />72 <br /> <br />73 <br /> <br />74 <br /> <br />75 <br /> <br />76 <br /> <br />77 <br /> <br />78 <br /> <br />79 <br /> <br />80 <br /> <br />81 <br /> <br />82 <br /> <br />83 <br /> <br />CASSELBERRY CITY COMMISSION <br />Verbatim Transcript from July 14, 2003 - Regular Meeting <br />Regular Agenda 2 - First Reading of Ordinance 03-1090 - Referendum Election & Ballot Language Concerning Electric Franchise Issue <br />Page 4 of 49 <br /> <br />Chamber of Commerce and again, Progress Energy, Florida Power was always the first <br />organization to be there to support what that community wanted to do, whether it was Little <br />League, whether it was to support the business community, whether it was to support some <br />citizen who had a tragedy occur in their family. I met the corporate individuals. I met the <br />linemen. I was talking to someone in the audience tonight who just took over responsibilities for <br />thc Jamestown power station. And I related how I had the opportunity some years ago to have a <br />tour of that facility and how impressed I was in all the work that Progress Energy and Florida <br />Power has done to improve the service in the community where I live and I've seen it happen <br />throughout Central Florida as an entity. I have met Bill Habermyer, President of Progress <br />Energy. I've spoken with him personally and I've read his articles that he's put in our Orlando <br />Sentinel. Its my opinion that he is a man of honor and integrity and then what he says that <br />Progress Energy is dedicated to improving the service and to lowering the costs for electrical <br />service in this community, I believe him and I think he's doing that. Again, from the corporate <br />citizen standpoint of view, I don't think there is anyone equal in Central Florida, and again, <br />there's a famous photograph you may have seen. It hangs in many, many offices around Central <br />Florida. It's a nighttime satellite photograph and it shows Florida from I-4, the whole length. In <br />fact, it was that photograph that really spurred what's known as the I-4 high tech corridor because <br />what you see is a ribbon light that goes from coast to coast. And that ribbon goes right through <br />Orlando, Central Florida, and it shines like a star. To me, that's a symbol of what our electric <br />utility company is doing and I know there's more than one electric utility company that serves <br />Central Florida throughout the various communities, but I'm here to tell you that from my <br />standpoint of view, they've held up their end of the bargain, and I've paid my bill with, I say <br />pride every month for fifteen years. I served twenty-seven years in the Navy and during those <br />twenty-seven years my hometown was New York City, New York State, and for twenty-seven <br />years, I didn't miss an absentee ballot. I came to Florida in 1988 with the United States Navy, <br />continued to vote as a citizen of New York until 1991 when I retired fi'om the service and I <br />immediately registered myself as a citizen of Florida, a driver's license, the whole bit. And from <br />that day on, I voted here in Florida and I'm proud to say I've never missed voting in an election <br /> <br /> <br />