Posted on 04/12/2007 4:17:08 PM PDT by wagglebee
Sarasota, FL (LifeNews.com) -- The county commission in Sarasota, Florida has voted unanimously to authorize an $8 million bond for Planned Parenthood to build a new abortion business. The 22,795-square foot abortion facility will be built at 736 Central Ave with the money the county will issues by selling bonds to the public.
During the hearing leading up to the vote, Commissioner Nora Patterson told fiscal planning official Richard Gleitsman that the commissioners "got a lot of e-mails saying don't give tax money to Planned Parenthood."
But, according to a Sun Herald newspaper report, Gleitsman told the commission that the county would not be giving Planned Parenthood any taxpayer funds but merely selling bonds on the abortion businesses behalf.
"Sarasota County has no responsibility or liability whatsoever for repayment of the debt," Gleitsman said, according to the paper.
He indicated that Florida counties and municipal areas are allowed under state law to issue bonds for nonprofit groups in order to promote growth and revenue in the county.
"The funds are raised by issuing bonds that are purchased by the public," Gleitsman said. "Those funds are then used by Planned Parenthood for the construction of the building and what pays them back are the dedicated revenues of Planned Parenthood. There are no taxpayer funds (involved) at all."
The vote comes after a neighboring county, Manatee County in southwest Florida, voted last June against a $10,000 grant for a local Planned Parenthood abortion business.
A voter-approved property tax created in 1991 brings the county about $9 million in funds and a children's services advisory board suggested funding the abortion business.
The board ended up voting 5-1 against the Planned Parenthood grant.
ACTION: Go to http://www.scgov.net/ElectedOfficials/ElectedOfficialsMap.aspx to find phone numbers and email addresses to use to voice your complaints about the Planned Parenthood bonds.
So, they consider infanticide a "growth industry"?
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Children's services advocating abortion?
Nice. Talk about hating your work, that's extreme!
23,000 square feet!!! That’s huge. What are they gonna call it? Ho Depot? Howes?
I wonder if they’ll invite rudy giuliani to do the ribbon cutting for the first murder.
Interesting how easily that Gleitsman guy dehumanized the whole thing.
No doubt that if he'd been around in the early 1940s he'd probably thought it just another one of life's experiences to sign on as a voluntary zonderkommando.
Rudy will do the groundbreaking ceremonies.
This sickens me.
No, they’ll have Schiavo, Felos and Greer for opening day.
Florida is now issuing municipal bonds to fund infanticide.
No, not Florida. New Yorkified Sarasota is. Next look for New Yorkfied Palm Beach and Broward counties to do so.
He gets to throw out the first baby.
Okay, that made me laugh!
Florida...the Death state.
Uh Oh....domestic terrorism coming soon.
Watch the bidding processes and licensure for the building contractors...
Have the pro-life community and business leaders campaign with these prospective builders....
This worked VERY WELL -- in Texas.... (San Antonio I think)
...IIRC -- the (local) general contractors association eventually agreed among their own ranks that this place DID NOT need to be built and the good guys eventually won the day...
Maximum prayers...
Maximum lawful opposition...
"Sarasota County has no responsibility or liability whatsoever for repayment of the debt," Gleitsman said, according to the paper.
BS My understanding of Bonds is the seller (named seller - in this case, the county) is ultimately responsible for repaying the credit. This is just wrong in so many ways.
23,000 square feet!!! That’s huge
Perhaps it’s long range planning, for when euthansia is installed by the DEMS as part of socialized medicine cost control measures. Afterall, FL has lots of soon-to-be-old folks. Maybe the name will become “Full Service from Beginning to End”
Revolting.
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