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WELCOME TO THE FOURTH IN A SERIES OF POLITICAL CANDIDATE FORUMS AND EVENTS OF THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION THIS FORM IS A COOPERATIVE PRODUCTION OF THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS TALLAHASSEE THE TALLASSEE DEMOCRAT AND DELIVERED TO PUBLIC MEDIA OUR CANDIDATES TODAY ARE RUNNING FOR LEON COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT 4 SEAT I'M SUZANNE SMITH FROM WFSU PUBLIC MEDIA I'M JOINED BY LIAM HATFIELD FROM THE TALLASSEE DEMOCRAT AND DANIELLE IRWIN FROM THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF TALLASSEE WILL QUESTION THE CANONS OF VARIOUS TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE VOTING PUBLIC THE CANDIDATES FOR THE LIVES OF THE COMMISSION DISTRICT 4 RACE SITTING LEFT TO RIGHT OR ISAAC MONTILLA AND INCUMBENT BRIAN WELCH FOR THOSE WATCHING AND SOCIAL MEDIA PLEASE HIT THE SHARE BUTTON AND HELP ALL YOUR FRIENDS SEE TODAY'S DISCUSSION LIVE.

FOR THOSE AT HOME HERE IS HOW THE FOREARM WILL WORK WE WILL ROTATE WHICH CANDIDATE GETS TO ANSWER FIRST WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS SO WE WILL ASK CANDIDATES TO KEEP YOUR ANSWERS TO ABOUT 60 SECONDS SOMETIMES SHORTER FOR FOLLOW-UP WILL KEEP TIME WITH A VERY SOPHISTICATED WAY OF KEEPING TIME YOU WILL HEAR THIS WHEN YOUR TIMES UP YOU DON'T HAVE TO COMPANY A DEAD STOP PLEASE FINISH HER SENTENCE AND WE WILL MOVE ON.

IF YOU WATCHING 11 FACEBOOK AND YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CANDIDATES, GO AHEAD AND TYPE THEM IN THE COMMENTS AND WILL GET TO AS MANY OF THEM AS WE CAN TIME IS VERY LIMITED SO YOU CAN IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF THE QUESTION BEING ASKED IF YOU KEEP IT BRIEF AND POLITE.

MAKE IT APPLICABLE TO BOTH CANDIDATES.

ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE START?

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: NO MAN.

>> Moderator: OUR FIRST QUESTION WILL START ON THE LEFT WITH MR. MONTILLA WHAT'S THE BIGGEST ISSUE FACING DISTRICT 4 VOTERS RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE 60 SECONDS.

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: I WOULD SAY LET ME SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE DEFINITELY AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND ADDRESSING THESE QUESTIONS THAT ARE CONCERNING OUR CONSTITUENTS.

I WOULD SAY THAT THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY IS ON KNOCKING DOORS AND TALKING TO OUR COMMUNITY IS IT THAT THEY WANT REPRESENTATION THAT IS NOT ALIGNED WITH THE POLITICAL THERE SAYING OVER AND OVER WE ARE TIRED OF POLITICIANS.

I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IN THE BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY IS PRESENT IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW AND MAKING DECISIONS THAT REALLY HELPS OUR COMMUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD OUR CAMPAIGN IS WE NOT ME OUR LEADERSHIP GOAL IS TO LEAD IN A WAY THAT BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY FIRST.

>> Brian Welch,Candidate: THANK YOU AND FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING US THIS IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT VENUE AND I'M GLAD TO BE HERE THANK YOU TO THE WFSU PUBLIC MEDIA THE TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS.

I THINK THE BIGGEST ISSUE USING DISTRICT 4 I THINK THOSE ISSUES ARE SIMILAR TO THE ISSUES FACING OUR COUNTY WE CONTINUE TO SEE ISSUES WITH CRIME WE CONTINUE TO SEE ISSUES WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WE CONTINUE TO SEE ISSUES WITH HOMELESSNESS.

THESE ARE CHALLENGES THAT ARE SHARED BY ALL CORNERS OF THE COUNTY DISTRICT 4, LESS SO, BUT NO LESS SIGNIFICANT ARE THOSE CHALLENGES.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONTRIBUTING TO SOLUTIONS I DON'T THINK WE CARE ABOUT POLITICS.

IT IS REALLY ABOUT MAKING GOOD CHOICES TRYING TO BE PRAGMATIC BUT THE WAY THAT WE VOTE ON ISSUES.

TRYING TO BE CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE.

WITHOUT RESOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS.

WE CONTINUE TO SEE GROWTH AND DEVELOP IT INTO THE NORTHEAST WHICH CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGE MAKING SURE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE KEEPS UP WITH HER GROWTH.

AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> Moderator: 'SNEXT QUESTION FOR MR WELCH AND FOLLOWED BY MR. MONTILLA GENERAL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS JOB IS CONSIDERED A FULL-TIME POSITION WITH A $90,000 A YEAR SALARY WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT DAY JOB AND IF ELECTED WILL YOU CONTINUE TO WORK IN THAT AREA.

>> Brian Welch,Candidate: I'M CURRENTLY A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER A CHILD'S HASKELL I'M IN MY 18 YEAR AS A CLASSROOM TEACHER AS THE INCUMBENT I HAVE KEPT THAT JOB I INTENDED TO KEEP THAT JOB REALLY BEING A COUNTY COMMISSIONER IS AN EXTENSION OF THAT JOB I WORK EVERY DAY WITH CONSTITUENTS.

THEY HAPPEN TO BE TEENAGERS BUT I WORKED WITH HER PARENTS I COMMUNICATE WITH THEM I'M A FULLY ENTRENCHED IN THE COMMUNITY I DON'T THINK YOU BE MORE PRESENT THAN SERVING AS A CLASSROOM TEACHER AT A COMPREHENSIVE BICYCLE.

I WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT IT'S AN EXTENSION OF MY SERVICE I WORKED 24 HOURS A DAY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK THE PHONE NEVER STOPS RAINING AND THE PROBLEMS NEVER CEASE TO NEED SOLVING.

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: I THINK THEY GOT A RAISE I THINK IT IS UP TO 99,000.

I'M A CHIROPRACTOR I'M ALSO AN ENTREPRENEUR.

INTEL AS A I MOVED HERE 14 YEARS AGO NOT KNOWING A SINGLE PERSON.

I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND AS A BUSINESS OWNER YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S RETURN OF INVESTMENT ONE OF THE THINGS I'M RUNNING ON IS ACCESSIBILITY.

MR. WELCH IS A TEACHER HE IS THERE FULL-TIME AS A TEACHER I THINK WHAT I CAN BRING TO THE TABLE IS THE NEXT COMMISSIONER IS ACCESSIBILITY BEING ABLE TO BE AGAIN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THOSE ARE PART OF THE PLANTS THAT HAVE WHICH IS CANVASSING OUR DISTRICT WHICH IS ALSO PART OF BIANNUAL HAVING THEM HOLD MEETINGS TO CONTINUE TO BE CONNECTED WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

>> Moderator: OKAY LET'S MOVE ON TO NATURAL DISASTERS.

MR. MONTILLA WE WILL BEGIN WITH YOU WE'VE HAD SOME CLOSE CALLS WITH PERKINS LATELY SOME IN WHICH 10 MILES SPARED LEON COUNTY FROM A DIRECT HIT WHAT KEPT YOU UP ATNIGHT WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE A DIRECT HIT WAS CERTAIN WHAT DOES THE COUNTY NEED TO DO AHEAD OF NEXT TIME WHEN WE MAY NOT BE SO LUCKY ONE MINUTE .

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: I WILL TELL YOU IT'S INTERESTING I WAS BEING REACHED OUT TO BY MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THE CONNECTIONS THAT WE HAVE FROM BEING IN THE COMMUNITY.

I WILL TELL YOU THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN NEED.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I SAW WE WERE MY WIFE AND I VOLUNTEERED TO FILL UP SANDBAGS HOW TO PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WHO CANNOT MAKE IT TO THE SITES.

TO BE BETTER PROTECTED FROM THESE STORMS.

THAT IS WHAT TOOK UPON MYSELF IS THIS TIME AROUND WAS I FILLED MY TRUCK WITH SANDBAGS AND DELIVERED THEM TO THE PEOPLE THEY COULD NOT MAKE IT TO THESE AREAS.

AGAIN I THINK WE'RE DOING SOMETHING GOOD I THINK THERE ARE WAYS TO IMPROVE IT IS TO IMPLEMENT HAVE IT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IN MIND FOR THOSE THAT HAVE ACCESSIBILITY BUT THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESSIBILITY IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.

>> Moderator: AND Q.

>> Brian Welch,Candidate: THANK YOU DANIELLE I THINK LEON COUNTY GOVERNMENT HAS ONE OF THE BEST EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA WE'VE BEEN TESTED TIME AND TIME AGAIN THE COUNTY, OPERATES AND EEOC OVER THERE NEAR TOM BROWN PARK.

WE FACE A LOT OF CHALLENGES WITH THE STORMS HERE PARTICULARLY OURCOASTAL AREAS TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS EVACUATION SHELTERS A LOT OF PEOPLE COME FROM .

[LISTING NAMES] AND COME UP INTO LEON COUNTY SEEKING SHELTER BUT WE HAVE STORMS THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE HERE OR TREES AND IT IMPACT THE TREES UP ON OUR POWER GRID.

THAT'S A VERY COMPLICATED ISSUE IT WILL REQUIRE VERY CREATIVE SOLUTIONS PROBABLY AN EXCESSIVE SOLUTION AS WE TALK ABOUT UNDERGROUND UTILITY BARS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

I THINK OVERALL WE HAVE A TOP RATED EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SANDBAG OPERATION AND SHELTER OPERATIONS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LINN COUNTY SCHOOLS AND AMERICAN RED CROSS AND TRY TO FACILITATE AS MUCH HELP AS WE CAN FOR FOLKS IN THOSE TIMES .

>> Moderator: THANK YOU LET'S TALK ABOUT PARTY POLITICS A LITTLE BIT.

YOU BOTH ARE RUNNING IN DISTRICT 4 THE ENTITIES ONLY MAJORITY REPUBLICAN DISTRICT.

WELCOME MR. WELCH IS A DEMOCRAT FOR HIS REPUBLICAN MR WELCH REPUBLICAN AS RECENTLY AS 2014 ACCORDING TO ELECTION FILES MR. MONTILLA WAS A DEMOCRAT AS RECENTLY AS 2022 WHAT ROLE DOES PARTISAN POLITICS PLANUS RACE WHAT IS YOUR POLITICAL PARTY HISTORY SAY ABOUT YOURSELF?

ONE MINUTE.

>> Brian Welch,Candidate: IS THAT FOR ME THANK YOU WILLIAM I THINK IT PLAYS NO ROLE IN THIS POSITION I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME I DON'T CARE ABOUT PARTY IDEOLOGY I'M NOT SEPARATE THE GOAL IS TO PARTY FUNCTIONS I CAN CARE LESS IF THIS IS A NONPARTISAN JOB.

THE SIDEWALKS AND PARKS DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR POLITICAL IDEOLOGY IS NEW TRYING TO BUILD AND REPAIR THEM OR FIX THEM THIS IS JOB ABOUT SERVICE THIS IS A LOT LIKE BEING A SCHOOLTEACHER LIKE I SAID EARLIER IT'S AN EXTENSION OF HELPING PEOPLE THAT'S ALL I CARE ABOUT A WEEK UP EVERY MORNING WITH A SIMPLE QUESTION HOW CAN I HELP PEOPLE TODAY?

HOW CAN I USE THE PRIVILEGE THAT I HAVE IN THIS POSITION TO MOVE THE NEEDLE FOR PEOPLE, IMPROVE THE LIVES MAKE THEM SAFER WHETHER PROPERTY VALUES HIGHER DAYCARE COMMUNITY AND OUR QUALITY OF LIFE BETTER?

I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THE DISTRICT IS NOT A PARTISAN DISTRICT IT HAS A VERY SMALL REPUBLICAN REGISTERED VOTER ADVANTAGE THAT IS 10,000 NPA VOTERS JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE COUNTY IT'S A MODERATE DISTRICT.

>> Moderator: THANK YOU MR. MONTILLA SAME QUESTION.

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: I WAS RAISED IN A DIM DEMOCRATIC HOME I WAS RAISED IN DEMOCRAT AS SOON AS I FILED WHENEVER I FAILED TO REGISTER THE VOTE THAT'S WHEN I SWITCHED OVER PARTIES.

FOR ME IT DOES PLAY A ROLE IN THE WAY THAT YOU DO THINGS.

I THINK WHAT I REALIZED IN RUNNING AS A REPUBLICAN IS IT IS NOT FOR ME AND WE NOT ME IS NOT ABOUT PARTISAN WHAT YOU REGISTERED AS WHAT IT MEANS ABOUT WHAT IS YOUR GOAL AND YOUR FOCUS?

COMMISSIONER WELCH MENTIONED IN TERMS OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO DECIDE BUT IS ALSO BIGGER ALBUMS OF HOW YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE HOW OR WHAT DO CARE ABOUT HOW YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

DRIVEN BY PEOPLE RELEASED YES IT IS I THINK IT IS A SLIGHT ADVANTAGE BUT 6% REPUBLICAN THERE IS NONPARTISAN INVOLVED.

PARTISANSHIP SURE YOU REGISTER SOMEWHERE IT IS NOT THE FINAL IF YOU ARE DRIVEN BY PEOPLE AND IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

>> Moderator: THANK YOU A COUPLE OFQUESTIONS FOR EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY.

ONE QUESTION FOR EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY MR WELCH YOU WERE ORIGINALLY ELECTED BY SOME OF THE SAME PROGRESSIVE FORCES THAT HELPED IS YOUR AFFILIATION WITH THE PROGRESSIVE WING NOW AND HAS YOUR POLITICAL PATHS CHANGED 30 SECONDS.

>> Brian Welch,Candidate: I HAVE NO AFFILIATION WITH THE PROGRESSIVE I DO NOT ACCEPT THAT LOGIC I WAS ELECTED BY A PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT.

I WAS ELECTED BY 22,000 VOTERS IN DISTRICT 4.

A BIPARTISAN MOVEMENT IT IS REALLY NOT ABOUT POLITICS I DON'T THINK ANYBODY CARES ABOUT POLITICS FRANKLY AGAIN.

IT IS A NONPARTISAN RACE.

WE ARE NOT RUNNING AS REPUBLICANS OR DEMOCRATS IN THIS RACE.

I WOULD TELL YOU MY THOUGHTS WILL REFLECT KIND OF WHERE I MET PHILOSOPHICALLY IN AT THE COMMUNITY.

I THINK DOES ONE COUNTER UNFORTUNATELY IN SOME CASES TO THE PROGRESSIVE DYNAMIC.

>> Moderator: THANK YOU MR. MONTILLA YOU SPOKE AT THE BEGINNING ABOUT A PATH BEYOND PARTY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS VOCALLY BACKING YOU.

WHAT SHOULD VOTERS TAKE FROM THAT FULL THROATED ENDORSEMENT?

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: THERE IS NOTHING ELSE TO TAKE OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT THEY ARE BEGGING ME ON THE ONLY CONSERVATIVE RUNNING IN THIS ELECTION AND HAVING A VOICE FOR THE PARTY AND BE ABLE TO BRIDGE THE GAP WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES AND WORKING TOGETHER TO SEE US MOVE FORWARD IN A POSITIVE WAY.

THAT IS WHAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT.

>> Moderator: THANK YOU ACCORDING TO ITS STRATEGIC PLAN OF THE ANTIGOVERNMENT CORE PRACTICES IS EXERCISING RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE'S RESOURCES.

IN YOUR OPINION IS LEON COUNTY GOVERNMENT A RESPONSIBLE STEWARD OF OUR COMMUNITIES RESOURCES WHY OR WHY NOT THERE IS ONE MINUTE FOR THIS.

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: I THINK THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO BUDGET CORRECTLY THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS.

TO UP ALSO IN A TIME OF NEED.

WE LOOK AT WHEN WHAT DO WE LOOK AT WE LOOK AT WE ARE EASY TO INCREASE TAXES AS A WAY TO GAIN FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR WE TAKING THOSE STEPS WHEN WE ARE HURTING IS A COMMUNITY?

WHY NOT PAY ATTENTION TO THE IMMEDIATE NEED AS YOU PROJECT FOR THE NEAR FUTURE, I THINK THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO BUDGET BETTER TO SPEND TAXPAYER DOLLARS BETTER.

AND TO GET McKESSON EARLIER AND ROI RETURN OF INVESTMENT WHAT ARE BEGINNING IN RETURN THEY WILL NOT ONLY HELP US NOW BUT IN THE FUTURE.

INFRASTRUCTURE CONTINUES TO BE A BIG PROBLEM TRAFFIC CONTINUES TO BE A BIG PROBLEM.

THESE ARE ISSUES IS TIED TO THE FIRST QUESTION THESE ARE ISSUES THAT ARE CONTINUING TO BE A PROBLEM KNOWN YEARS AGO RUNNING IN THE LAST ELECTION.

>> Brian Welch,Candidate: THANK YOU.

I THINK LEON COUNTY DOES A FANTASTIC JOB OF STEWARDING OUR RESOURCES I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND LEON COUNTY HAS A BUDGET OF $377 MILLION OVER HALF OF THAT BUDGET GOES TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AS WELL AS TO OUR OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES WE RUN ONE OF THE LEANEST BUDGETS OF ANY LIKE SAYS COUNTY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

WE UP ONE OF THE LOWEST EMPLOYEE TO CITIZEN RATIOS OF ANY LIKE SAYS COUNTY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

I THINK WE DO AN OUTSTANDING LEON COUNTY WITHOUT WE STEWARD OUR RESOURCES IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE WE TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY.

WE DON'T BUILD TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE WITH LEON COUNTY BUDGET THAT'S A BLUEPRINT SALES TAX BUDGET ISSUE.

THAT'S WHY THAT'S ALL TAX EXISTS.

I THINK WE DO THAT REALLY WELL AS WELL.

>> Moderator: WHAT YOU MAKE OF THE DYSFUNCTION ACROSS THE STREET AT CITY HALL WITH THE DAIRY SPLIT COMMISSION AND HOW DOES THAT IMPACT COUNTY GOVERNMENT OR BLUEPRINT FUNCTIONS?

>> Brian Welch,Candidate: THANK YOU WILLIAM, I DON'T THINK IT AFFECTS COUNTY GOVERNMENT AT ALL.

THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE GOVERNMENTS.

I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT LEON COUNTY GOVERNMENT WE HAVE A VERY COLLEGIAL AND RESPECTFUL BODY I KNOW I PERSONALLY TRY VERY HARD TO MAINTAIN THAT.

I THINK YOU SEE THAT IT'S STANDING IN STARK CONTRAST TO WHAT WE SEE ACROSS THE WAY AT CITY HALL.

THE CITY IS A MUCH LARGER GOVERNMENT BILLION-DOLLAR BUDGET.

IT ONLY HAS FIVE ELECTED OFFICIALS.

WE ARE ONE OF THE UNIQUE COUNTIES IN FLORIDA BUT WE HAVE ONE CITY GOVERNMENT CELL THOSE CHALLENGES ARE COMPLETELY UNIQUE TO THEM AND REALLY DON'T AFFECT LEON COUNTY.

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: I THINK IT BLEEDS OVER.

I THINK YOU SEE IT THE WAY LEADERSHIP IS YOU HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER SOME WAY SHAPE OR FORM.

THERE IS A VOTING THAT WAS DONE THAT WERE INFLUENCED BY OUTSIDERS.

AS ONE OF THE THINGS EVERYONE TOGETHER STUDY IN A FORMAT I GATHERED THERE IS DECISION-MAKING THAT IS INFLUENCED BY THE CITY AS WELL.

AGAIN WHITE MY FOCUS IS TO RUN ON WE NOT ME IS TO FIGURE OUT A WAY HOW DO WE AGREE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD FOR THE GREATER OF THE COMMUNITY.

>> Moderator: THANK YOU STAYING WITH YOU ISAAC MONTILLA AFTER A PRETTY CONTENTIOUS BLUEPRINT FIGHT WE'VE OUTGROWN BREAKING COMING FOR SKILL THE NORTHEAST PARK THE PARK WAS A KEY ISSUE IN THE RACE IN WHICH TO MR WELCH EMERGE VICTORIOUS OVER.

[LISTING NAMES] WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ORIGINAL VERSION DIVISION OF THIS AND IS IT A VICTORY FOR DISTRICT 4 RESIDENTS ONE MINUTE.

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: IT IS A VICTORY THAT WE HAVE A PARK.

HOWEVER YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW IT WAS DONE FOR THE AVERAGE STRIP FOR CONSTITUENT WORKS AND IS ALWAYS BUSY IS NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT HAPPENS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

THE WAY IT WAS DONE WAS NOT DONE CORDIALLY.

IT GOES BACK TO MY STATEMENT I DID BEFORE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CITY HELP POLITICIANS OFTEN TIMES HOLD A GRUDGE IT AFFECTS US SO WE LOST MONEY IN IT.

OVERALL I THINK YES I LIVE DOWN THE STREET FROM I AM EXCITED WILL HAVE A PARK I THINK WE SHOULD NAME IT THE.

PARK.

>> Brian Welch,Candidate: THANK YOU DANIELLE AND VERY PROUD OF THE NORTHEAST PARK WE WILL HAVE A GROUNDBREAKING TOMORROW.

THE NORTHEAST PARK WAS NOT SCHEDULED TO BE BUILT UNTIL 2035.

THROUGH SOME PRETTY DEFT MANEUVERING ON MY PART AND WITH MY COUNTY COMMISSION COLLEAGUES, WE WERE ABLE TO GET A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT THROUGH BLUEPRINT WHICH REQUIRED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL FROM OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE CITY OBVIOUSLY THEY WERE ON BOARD WITH OUR PARK WAS SOME DISAGREEMENT ABOUT THE BUDGET OF THE PARK.

WE WERE ABLE TO LAND THE PLANE WE WILL GET A BEAUTIFUL WONDERFUL PARK IT WILL BREAK GROUND TOMORROW 10 YEARS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

WHICH I REALLY CANNOT UNDERSTATE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WHAT A BIG COMPLIMENT THAT IS I'M SUPER PROUD OF IT IT SORT OF REPRESENTS INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE IN NORTHEAST TALLAHASSEE WILL SEE ALL BUNCH OF THAT NEXT FOURYEARS.

>> Moderator: WHAT YOU THINK HAPPENED TO THE LARGER ORIGINAL VISION BECAUSE IT TO BE SCALED Welch,Candidate: IT'S HARD TO SAY POLITICS IS POLITICS CITY HALL AS YOU MENTIONED IS A DYSFUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION.

BUT WE STARTED GOING THROUGH THOSE BLUEPRINT PROJECTS IT BECAME A FEEDING FRENZY I'VE BEEN VERY MUCH AGAINST THAT.

I TRIED TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF ALL THE BLUEPRINT PROJECTS.

UNFORTUNATELY NORTHEAST PART B FROM ONE PLACE THE ONE TIME IT REALLY IS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT.

>> Moderator: THANK YOU.

I FORGOT THE NEXT QUESTION.

MR. WELCH HOW WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE YOUR OPPONENT'S CAMPAIGN FINANCES AND WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT HIS CAMPAIGN?

45 SECONDS.

>> Brian Welch,Candidate: I HAVE NOTHING NEGATIVE TO SAY ABOUT MY OPPONENTS CAMPAIGN FINANCES.

HE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB RAISING MONEY FROM A COALITION OF FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS JUST LIKE ALL OF US.

IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT GOING TO TAKE 350,000 OR $270,000 TO WIN A DISTRICT SEAT IN NORTHEAST LEON COUNTY.

THAT'S THE NATURE OF POLITICS.

DONORS.

>> Moderator: THANK YOU MR. MONTILLA SAME QUESTION.

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: IT'S INTERESTING WHEN MR WELCH RAN LAST TIME HE ACCUSED THE PREVIOUS COMMISSIONER OF CERTAIN DONORS IS THE SAME DONORS CONTRIBUTING TO HIS CAMPAIGN.

FOR ME YES I SEE THERE IS SOME DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION I ALSO BELIEVE THERE IS SPECIAL INTEREST IN THEIR.

>> Moderator: ALL RIGHT THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT QUESTION IS ON THE TOPIC OF PUBLIC SAFETY IN YOUR OPINION WHAT ARE THE MAIN CAUSE OF GUN VIOLENCE IN TALLASSEE AND LEONCOUNTY WHAT DOES THE COUNTY NEED TO DO ABOUT THAT .

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION I THINK ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US HERE IS TO BE ABLE TO TAP INTO THE RESOURCES TO WARRANTY THESE YOUNGER GENERATIONS.

WHEN WE SEE A LOT OF GUN VIOLENCE WE SEE THERE IS LACK OF IDENTITY.

IT IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON EVEN AS A COMMUNITY LEADER HOW DO YOU CREATE BETTER STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS AND VALUES HOW DO SET PROGRAMS IN PLACE I NOTE THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE STEPPING IN SUCH AS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AS WELL AS TAPPING INTO THAT AND HELPING BRIDGE THE GAP BECAUSE IT CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM ASSOCIATED BACK TO HOUSEHOLD IN VALUE.

HOW DO WE POUR INTO THE YOUNGER GENERATION TO GRADE THAT VALUE AND GIVE THEM HOPE SO THAT IS THE DIRECTION I LIKE TO GO TOWARDS.

>> Brian Welch,Candidate: THANK YOU I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THEM PROUDLY ENDORSED BY THE POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION LOCALLY AND ARE SURE WHO I THINK IS DOING A FANTASTIC JOB I THINK PARTNERING WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WITH TBD AND THE CITY OF TASSIE WE'VE SEEN A REDUCTION IN GUN CRIMES AND LEON COUNTY WE CREATED AND FUNDED REAL-TIME TRENDSETTER WE'VE DONE ALL KINDS OF THINGS TO IMPROVE THE SALARIES OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS OUR DEPUTIES LEON COUNTY NOW MAKE $60,000 A YEAR STARTING SALARY.

OBVIOUSLY IT'S A COMMUNITYWIDE ISSUE WILL HAVE A RESPONSE ABILITY UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF THE GUNS USED IN OUR CRIMES ARE STOLEN OUT OF VEHICLES A LOT OF THOSE VEHICLES ARE UNLOCKED LOVE THOSE VEHICLES ARE LOCATED IN NORTHEAST TALLAHASSEE UNFORTUNATELY.

IT TAKES A COMMUNITYWIDE EFFORT ALL OF US ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE HAVE A RESPONSE ABILITY TO TRY TO HAS RIPPLE EFFECT ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OUR GROWTH OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM AND SO WE DEFTLY HAVE TO BE ALL IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS.

>> Moderator: MOVING ON TO THE TOPIC OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING BRIAN WELCH WE WILL BEGIN WITH YOU DURING THE FEBRUARY 2022 WORKSHOP ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING JOINTLY CONDUCTED BY OUR COUNTY AND CITY COMMISSIONS IT WAS ESTIMATED 11,500 NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS WOULD BE NEEDED IN LEON COUNTY BY THE YEAR 2045 WHAT ACTIONS MUST BE TAKEN TO ADDRESS THIS NEED TO HAVE ONE Welch,Candidate: THANK YOU DANIELLE WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB AT LEVERAGING FEDERAL DOLLARS COLUMBIA GARDENS SOUTH CITY HAS REDEVELOPED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 50 YEARS WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT RESPONSIBILITY TO TRY TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROVIDE MORE AFFORDABLE OBLIGATED ISSUE LIKE HOMELESSNESS AND CRIME IT WILL TAKE A COMPLICATED SOLUTION.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN DO IS LISTEN THE COST OF REGULATION UNDER BUILDERS.

EVERY DOLLAR THAT THEY SPEND ON PERMITTING OR BUILDING A RETENTION POND GETS PASSED ON TO RENTERS.

I HAD A CONVERSATION YESTERDAY WITH A GENTLEMAN WHO'S TRYING TO BUILD AND AFFORDABLE UNIT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TIME HE MENTIONED HIS LOT PRICES NOW GONE UP BY TWO OR $3000 PER LOT SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE ARE PUTTING ON THEM FROM A REGULATORY STANDPOINT.

I THINK THERE ARE MULTIFACETED THINGS WE CAN DO TO TRY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM I THINK THE FIRST STEP IS RECOGNIZING WE HAVE THAT PROBLEM WE HAD THAT BROUGHT TO US LAST YEAR BY SOME FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND IT'S RIGHT AT THE FRONT OF HER FOCUS RIGHT NOW, WE ARE COMMITTED TO TRYING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

>> Moderator: VACUUM MR. MONTILLA SAME QUESTION .

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: I APPRECIATE THAT THAT WAS MY ANSWER ON ONE OF THE FORMS I THINK THE PROCESS NEEDS TO BE REVISITED THINK WE'RE COMING UP FOR YOUR RECOLLECTION FOR THE CURRENT LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS IT'S THE QUESTION WHY HAVE WE WAITED THIS LONG TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

FOR ME IT IS GROUNDWORK IT IS HOW IS THE PROCESS BEING HANDLED HELP ME PROVE IT TO SHORE TO PASS THOSE SAVINGS ON.

>> Moderator: THANK YOU.

WE WILL CHANGE TEMPO A LITTLE BIT AND GO INTO OUR LIGHTNING ROUND THAT MEANS ONE SENTENCE ANSWERS YOU CAN EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER WITH AND OR BECAUSE NOT TOO MUCH RUN-ON SENTENCES.

ESPECIALLY WE HAVE TEACHERS HERE.

WE WILL START WITH YOU MR. MONTILLA YOU WILL SHARE THE BALLOT WITH WHAT CONSIDERED TO BE SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION IN HISTORY WHO WILL YOU BE VOTING FOR AT THE TOP OF THE BALLOT.

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: THE PERSON WHO IS GOING TO LEAD US IN A POSITIVE WAY FORWARD HELP US FINANCIALLY HELP US COME TOGETHER ANDLOOK OUT FOR OUR COUNTRY AS A WHOLE.

>> Moderator: WHO IS THAT .

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: I'M VOTING FOR DONALD TRUMP.

>> Moderator: THANK YOU.

>> Brian Welch,Candidate: I WILL NOT BE VOTING FOR DONALD TRUMP I'M VERY LIKELY TO VOTE FOR VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS BUT I AM LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE NOT DECIDED ON THAT YET.

I THINK IT'S VERY CONCERNING OVERALL THE LEVEL OF VITRIOL WE SEE THE NATIONAL LEVEL I HATE THAT IT LEADS INTO LOCAL POLITICS.

>> Moderator: SINGLE MOST PRIZED ENDORSEMENT AND WIPE.

>> Brian Welch,Candidate: SHERIFF McNEIL OBVIOUSLY VERY RESPECTED GENTLEMAN SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN A GREAT PARTNER TO LEON COUNTY IN OUR GOVERNMENT.

>>Moderator: THANK YOU .

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: MY FAMILY.

WHAT IS ONE PLACE.

>> Brian Welch,Candidate: YOU SAID TO BUY.

IT'S OKAY.

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: IT'S ALL RIGHT WE ARE GOOD.

>> Moderator: THAT IS LIGHTNING.

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: YOUR RIGHT MOVE ONTO THE NEXT ONE IS ALL RIGHT.

>> Moderator: WHAT IS ONE PLEDGE WOULD MAKE THE VOTERS RIGHT NOW THAT YOU WILL ACCOMPLISH IF ELECTED AND HELPFUL YOU ACHIEVE IT?

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: I WOULD LISTEN NOT JUST SPEAK TO THEM BUT SPEAK WITH THEM AND COME ALONGSIDE THEM TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION.

>> Brian Welch,Candidate: WE WILL GET ALL FOUR NE.

LEON COUNTY WILL .

PROJECTS BUILT IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

>> Moderator: ALL RIGHT COMMISSIONER BULGE AT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS YOUR WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN THE CITY COMMISSION TOWARD THAT END WOULD YOU ENDORSE IN THE PIVOTAL CITY COMMISSION RACE WITH CITY HALL CONTROL AT STAKE.

>> Brian Welch,Candidate: WOULD NOT MAKE AN ENDORSEMENT IN THAT RACE I THINK THATIS FOR FORM AFTER WORK WITH WHOEVER WINS THAT RAISED ONE OF US HAS TO WORK WITH WHOEVER WINS THE RACE.

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: I AGREE WITH HIM IT'S ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER .

>> Moderator: MR. MONTILLA HAPPY BICENTENNIAL FELT ONE PERSON IN LEON COUNTY HISTORY YOU ADMIRE AND WHY.

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: OH MY GOSH SOMEONE PRESENT OR DOES IT MATTER.

SOMEBODYIN TALLASSEE IN TERMS OF BICENTENNIAL .

[LISTING NAMES] SHE IS A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR HER COMMUNITY I RESPECT HER HARD WORK.

>> Moderator: OKAYTHANK YOU .

>> Brian Welch,Candidate: IN ALL FAIRNESS THAT'S A TOUGH QUESTION UNLESS I GET FED SECOND.

[LAUGHTER].

AS I SAT AND THOUGHT ABOUT IT WHICH IHAD THE BENEFIT OF ACUTE WHO IS A FORMER SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS COUNTY COMMISSIONER STATE SEN. AND ALL-AROUND SUPER RESPECTEDSTATESMAN .

>> Moderator: WHAT'SONE CHANGE WE NEED TO MAKE TO DEVELOPMENT CODE AND/OR PERMITTING PROCESS .

>> Brian Welch,Candidate: CURRENTLY OUR PERMITTING TIMELINE IS 2090 -30 DAY TURNAROUND ON A PERMIT THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE SHORTENED OFTENTIMES THE PERMITTING CYCLE GETS KIND OF PUSHEDDOWN THE ROAD .

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION.

>> Moderator: WAS ON CHANGE WE NEED TO MAKE TO THE DEPARTMENT CODE OFTHE PERMITTING PROCESS .

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: JUST THE STRUCTURE OF IT SOMEONE WAS BUILT IN TALLASSEE WHO WAS RENOVATED AND GOT TO THE WHOLE PERMITTING I WOULD TELL YOU JUST REVISIT THE PROCESS.

>> Moderator: TRUE OR FALSE PRESERVINGARTERIES IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT .

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: I WOULD SAY FOR SURE IT IS IMPORTANT.

>> Moderator: TRUE ORFALSE.

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: TRUE OR FALSE .

>> Moderator: PRESERVING OUR TREES IS EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT Isaac Montilla Candidate: YES.

>> Brian Welch,Candidate: TRUE .

>> Moderator: LASTLY COMMISSIONER BULGE WHAT IS THE SINGLE BIGGEST THING YOU'VE DONE TO MAKE A LIEN COUNTY A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE.

>> Brian Welch,Candidate: I FEEL I HAVE ADVOCATED VERY STRONGLY FOUR NE.

PARK WHICH CERTAINLY IS GOING TO HELP THE RESIDENT OF NORTHEAST TALLASSEE GET ON AN EQUAL PLAYING FIELD NO PUN INTENDED WITHREST OF THE COMMUNITY BUT ALSO ADVOCATING HARD FOR NORTHEAST TALLAHASSEE TO SEE IF THE STRUCTURE INVESTMENT SUCH AS ROAD WIDENING ALONG DISTRICT PARK .

>> Moderator: SINGLE BIGGEST THING YOU'VE DONE TO MAKE LEON COUNTY A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE.

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: I WOULD SAY ONE OF THE PROJECTS WE DON'T STEP INTO HER WE LED THE INITIATIVE OF OPENING TABS ONE OF THE MOST HARDEST TIMES CRUCIAL TIMES IN OUR CITY WHICH IS GOING TO SMALLBUSINESS INVESTMENT A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT VOTING FOR COMMITTEE TO PUMP INTO IT WE GENERATE OVER 15 , $20,000 IN THE ECONOMY.

>> Moderator: THANK YOU YOU MADE IT THROUGH THE LIGHTNING ROUND I'M TIRED WE'VE BEEN ASKING ALL THE QUESTIONS.

IT IS YOUR TURN WITH THE QUESTION YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOUR OPPONENT AND YOUR OPPONENT WILL APPOINTMENT TO ANSWER WILL STARTWITH YOU.

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: THE QUESTION I WANT TO FIND OUT YOU TALK ABOUT FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS DOOR VOTED TO INCREASE TAXES , YOU VOTE ON WASTE PRO TO DO OUR GARBAGE SERVICES.

THEN TURN AROUND AND TAKE MAXIMUM CONTRIBUTION FROM WASTE PRO WOULD WANT TO KNOW IS THAT NOT CONFLICT OF INTEREST?

>> Brian Welch,Candidate: NO THAT IS NOT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST WASTE PRO IS A VOLUNTARY SERVICE WE PROVIDE MECHANIC THEY WERE THE LOWEST BIDDER MR. MONTILLA HAD WE NOT CHOSEN WASTE PRO WOULD HAVE A MORE EXPENSIVE TRASH SERVICE I THINK IS VERY UNFAIR TO SUGGEST THAT WE RAISE TAXES IN LEON COUNTY THE FACT OF THE MATTER WILL NOT RAISE THE MILLAGE RATE LEON COUNTY IN 13 YEARS LET ME REPEAT THAT WILL NOT RAISE THE MILLAGE RATE IN LEON COUNTY IN 13 YEARS THAT IS UNPRECEDENTED IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET WHICH PAYS OUT DEPUTIES WOULD PROVIDE US WITH EMERGENCY RESPONDERS AND AMBULANCES AND GIVES US THE ABILITY TO HELP PEOPLE DURING STORMS THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE PARKS AND RECREATION SERVICES I'M PROUD OF THE FACT THAT OUR BUDGETS ARE BALANCED WITHOUT RAISING THE MILLAGE RATE.

>> Moderator: YOURTURN BRIAN WELCH WITH THE QUESTION YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK MR. MONTILLA.

>> Brian Welch,Candidate: I'M STILL CURIOUS AS TO WHAT EXACTLY MR. MONTILLA DISAGREES WITH ME ON IN ANY SPECIFIC VOTE OR STATEMENT I'VE MADE .

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: THAT'S A BIG QUESTION.

IT'S HOW EVERYTHING HAS BEEN DONE SINCE HE'S BEEN IN OFFICE IN TERMS OF THE BIG BOATS.

I SAID IT EARLIER OUTSIDE INFLUENCE ON HIS DECISION MAKING ON BILL CAMPBELL STADIUM IS HOW HE DEALT WITH THE PART OF HOW WE LOST MONEY IN THE PARK.

LACK OF PROACTIVITY AND CREATING PUBLIC SAFETY I WITNESSED ONE OF THEM ON THE WAY TO CHILD'S HIGH SCHOOL INTERVIEW TO YOUR TERM LOOKED ALL BUT STILL NOT SAID WE HAVE TO DO BETTER THAT IS THE REASON WHY PUT MY NAME IN THE HAT.

>> Moderator: OKAY WILL TALK ABOUT SO MANY OF THESE ISSUES MORE RIGHTNOW WILL TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET.

THE BUDGET I AM .

>> Moderator: WE ARE BOUNCING BACKWARDS I MESSED US ALL UP NEVERMIND.

FLEX THE QUESTION IS ON HOMELESSNESS IF ELECTED WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS?

ONE MINUTE WILL START WITH .

>> Brian Welch,Candidate: WE HAVE DONE A GREAT DEAL TO TRY AND STEM THE TIDE OF HOMELESSNESS I THINK YOU HAVE TO ISSUES THERE YOU HAVE FOLKS WHO ARE IN NEED OF RAPID REHOUSING YOU LOSE A JOB OR SOMETHING HAPPENS THEN YOU'VE A CHRONIC HOMELESS POPULATION OF PEOPLE WHO REALLY WANT TO LIVE OUTSIDE WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF COMMITTING RESOURCES TO PROVIDING MORE BEDS FOR RAPID REHOUSING.

OBVIOUSLY NOW WERE GOING TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT AND REALLY UNFUNDED MANDATE BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM CAPPING ON SIDEWALKS.

I TRIED TO GET AN ORDINANCE TO THE LEON COUNTY COMMISSION IN MY FIRST YEAR THAT WOULD HAVE MIRRORED ESSENTIALLY WITH THE STATE LEGISLATION HAS NOW MANDATED ON US WHICH IS I FEEL WE NEED TO CREATE A STANDARD OF LIVING THAT IS ACCEPTABLE .

WE NEED TO SORT OF PUT A LINE IN THE SENATE SAY WE NOT GOING TO LET YOU SLEEP ON THE SIDEWALK BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU MORE THAN THAT.

UNTIL WE HAVE THE WILLINGNESS TO DO THAT WE WILL GET INTO TO THOSE PROBLEMS WE AFFORDED $500,000 FOR HOST DEPUTIES DEDICATED DEPUTIES TO REACH OUT TO OUR HOMELESS POPULATION TO TRY AND PERSUADE THEM TO RECEIVE THE SERVICES THAT WE WANT TO PROVIDE THEM.

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: YOU FOR THE QUESTION I DISSECTED DIFFERENT WAYS TO BUILD ADDRESS THIS NO ONE IS HOME TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM BUT HOW CAN WE MAKE BETTER PROGRESS FORWARD?

DIVERSITIES WERE NOT THERE DOING THEIR TAKING EXCELLENT STEPS IN HELPING HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS MOVE FORWARD.

ALSO TAPPING INTO THE RESOURCES FOR ME HOW DO WE TAP INTO OTHER AREAS AND LEARN WHAT IS WORKING THAT CAN HELP US MOVE FORWARD QUICKER IN THE MOST RESPONSIBLE AND COST-EFFECTIVE WAY EASY THING IS TO CONTINUE TO PUT MONEY INTO IT BUT WITH DITZY GET IN THE OFFICE AND WORK WITH OTHERS WHO CAN MAKE SURE WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE RIGHT WAY.

>> Moderator: THIS NEXT QUESTION IS ON THE SAME TOPIC IT WILL BE 30 SECONDS AS OF OCTOBER 1 A NEW LAW BARS COUNTIES AND CITIES FROM ALLOWING A PERSON TO REGULARLY CAMP OR SLEEP ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.

ALSO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE AUTHORIZED TO DESIGNATE A PUBLIC SPACE FOR CAMPING AND SLEEPING WITH APPROVAL FROM THE STATE.

HOW IS THE COUNTY ENFORCING DISTANT NEW STATELAW DOES A PUBLIC SPACE NEED TO BE DESIGNATED BY THE COUNTY FOR CAMPING AND FLIPPING AND IF SO WHERE THIS IS 30 SECONDS WE WILL START WITH MR. MONTILLA .

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION NOT IN THE SEAT I DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS I'M SURE THERE IS PROPERTY THAT'S ONE OF THE PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH IN HOUSTON THEY DESIGNATED LOCATION FROM WHAT'S BUT IT'S A GREAT PLACE THERE CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS THAT THEY HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE LOUT THEM TO BE ABLE TO BE PART OF THAT.

I WILL ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS THAT WORKING WITH THE HOMELESS THERE IS MULTIPLE FACETS THERE IS A METAL COMPONENT TO IT THERE'S A CIRCUMSTANCE (THERE'S MULTIPLE LEVELS OF WHY THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE OUT THERE.

FINDING OUT THE REASON HOW CAN WE COME ALONGSIDE THEM AND CREATE THIS I THINK ALLOCATING IN THE AREA OF WORKING AND GETTING THE OPPORTUNITY ONE OF MANY WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP THEM.

>> Brian Welch,Candidate: AS I MENTIONED BEFORE THIS IS GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL BURDEN ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOLKS WERE SUFFERING FROM SIGNIFICANT MENTAL ILLNESS IN MANY CASES SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES.

I'M TALKING ABOUT THE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS POPULATION.

THEY DON'T WANT TO BE HOUSED .

AT WHAT POINT CAN YOU COMPEL THEM LEGALLY TO RECEIVE SERVICES TO GET A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD I THINK UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS GOING TO BE AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THAT LAW FROM THE STATE WHICH IS GOING TO HAVE CRIMINAL IMPACTS PUT ON HOMELESS POPULATIONS.

RIGHT NOW THAT PRESSURE WILL BE APPLIED TO OUR JAIL WHICH ALREADY PAUSES ABOUT A 63% POPULATION Moderator: THESE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE FOCUSED ON BLUEPRINT BRIAN WELCH WILL BEGIN WHAT YOU LOCAL VOTERS APPROVED THE BLUEPRINT 1989 IT IS FUNDED THROUGH A 1% SALES TAX THE BLUEPRINT BOARD MADE UP OF CITY AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAS TWO FUNCTIONS, SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

MICKEY ELEVATOR PITCH TO VOTERS THAT OUR MONEY IS BEING SPENT WISELY OR NOT?

ONE MINUTE.

>> Brian Welch,Candidate: WOULD SAY THE FIRST THING I WOULD DO IS GET OFF THE ELEVATOR AND GO TO CASCADES PARK.

I WOULD GO OUT AND SEE THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE IN FRONT OF THE AIRPORT I THINK IT IS A QUESTION ALL THE BLUEPRINT HAS BEEN A SUCCESS AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY ANYMORE TO PROVIDE INFRA-STRUCTURE.

LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX HAVE BECOME THE MECHANISM BY WHICH WE BUILD ROADS AND BRIDGES AND PARKS AND QUALITY-OF-LIFE IMPROVEMENTS TO LESSEN OUR TIME IN TRAFFIC AND GIVE US A LIFESTYLE THAT IMPROVES OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.

BLUEPRINT HAS BEEN UNQUESTIONABLE SUCCESS THE ECONOMIC DEBARMENT COMPONENT OF THE CURRENT BLUEPRINTPLAN WHICH IS THE 2016 TO 2020- 2040 PLAN PROVIDES A GREAT TALK WE BEEN ABLE TO LEVERAGE THE TOOL TO BRING AMAZON HERE TO GET .

[LISTING NAMES] TO EXPAND ITS ABILITY GREAT TOOL.

UNFORTUNATELY AS YOU CAN SEE AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER IT BECOMES A BIT OF A FEEDING FRENZY AND EVERYBODY KIND OF ONCE THEIR LITTLE PIECE OF THE PIE.

WHEN START GIVING MONEY TO STADIUM UPGRADES AND THINGS LIKE THAT IT CREATES MORE PROBLEMS.

I THINK ALL IN ALL THE BLUEPRINT PROJECT THE BLUEPRINT TAXES BEEN A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE.

>> Moderator: ISAACMONTILLA YOUR ELEVATOR PITCH.

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: I'M NOT IN THE SEAT I'M NOT A POLITICIAN I DON'T HAVE TO USE THESE BIG WORDS I WILL KEEP IT REALLY SIMPLE PERTAINING TO DISTRICT 4 , IF ANYBODY LIVES AND RESIDES IN DISTRICT 4 I THINK YOU CAN TELL IF IT IS REALLY HELPING US IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I WOULD SAY IT IS NOT IS NOT BEING EFFECTIVE IN OUR SIDE OF TOWN THAT IS WHAT WE ARE RUNNING FOR THE RUNNING TO REPRESENT DISTRICT 4 WITH A LOT OF PROBLEMS IN DISTRICT 4 HOW WE WORK TOGETHER TO HELP US MOVEFORWARD THAT BUT MY FOCUS IS ON?

>> Moderator: THIS NEXT SECTION WILL BE 32ND THOUGHTS ON SOME PARTICULAR BLUEPRINT PROJECTS.

THE QUESTION IS WAS IT WORTH IT?

FOOTBALL STADIUM?

Montilla Candidate: WAS IT WORTH IT?

THERE ARE TWO SIDES OF ME RIGHT NOW THE RUSSELL THROUGH THAT SITUATION I'M A BOOSTER I'M A FAN BY MUSCLE A BUSINESS OWNER.

FOR ME AS IT'S BEEN 44 I THINK THERE IS WORK IN SMALL BUSINESS BUT I THOUGHT ABOUT WAS THERE WERE 15,000 FANS NO LONGER BEING IN THE STANDS HOW CAN WE WORK WITH FOR THE STATE ABLE TO GENERATE THE SMALL BUSINESS AND CREATE SOMETHING AROUND THE STATE THAT WILL HELP I THINK ALSO WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT IT WAS NOTONLY THE FLORIDA STATE THEY GOT AN OPPORTUNITY WE ALSO NOTE THE.

[LISTING NAMES] AN OPPORTUNITY .

>> Moderator: IN TERMS OF YES OR NO WAS IT WORTH IT.

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: WAS IT WORTH IT IT WAS A YES OR NO QUESTION.

WHICH SIDE DO YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER SIDE MY BUSINESS OUT ON MY PERSONAL SIDE.

>> Moderator: IS IT TWO DIFFERENT SIDES.

>> IsaacMontilla Candidate: THERE IS MY BUSINESS SIDE SAYS BUSINESSWISE IT WAS A BUSINESS DECISION BY PERSONAL SIDE NO I DIDN'T LIKE IT.

>> Moderator: OKAY THANK YOU .

>> Brian Welch,Candidate: THANK YOU I'VE VOTED AGAINST THE ALLOCATION FOR FSU STADIUM FUNDING I WOULD'VE VOTED AGAINST THE WAY THINK IT WAS WORTH THAT I THINK THOSE INVESTMENTS ARE WORTHWHILE ABSOLUTELY THERE WORTHWHILE IT'S A QUESTION OF SHOULD THAT INVESTMENT BE BORNE BY TAXPAYERS OFFERED A $10 MILLION COMPROMISE TO FSU THAT WAS TURNED DOWN IN THE MEETING OFFERED A $15 MILLION COMPROMISE TO FSU THAT WAS TURNED DOWN .

UNFORTUNATELY IN ANY CASE LIKE THAT I TRY TO FIND THE COMMON GROUND I DO MY DUE DILIGENCE OPEN OUTLOOK THAT THE STADIUMS THEY ARE OUR NUTRITIONAL ECONOMIC DRIVER IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IMPORTANCE WAS THE QUESTION YOU HAVE LIMITED FUNDS ARE ABLE TO TAP THOSE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE SINGLE ISSUES.

>> Moderator: STAYING WITH YOU BRIAN WELCH WHATABOUT THE 2.56 MILLION IN INCENTIVES FOR AMAZON WAS IT WORTH IT .

>> Brian Welch,Candidate: NO QUESTION THE $2.56 MILLION IN INCENTIVES FOR AMAZON WAS WORTHWHILE AND PROUD THAT THAT IS IN MY DISTRICT WE'VE ALREADY SEEN IT 3.0 RETURN WE'VE MADE BACK THE MONEY THAT WE GAVE AMAZON IN ONE YEAR THAT A $200 MILLION CAPITAL INVESTMENT THEY GRADED 2000JOBS ONE OF MY CRITICISM OF .

[LISTING NAMES] CAMPBELL STADIUM WAS ALLOCATION YOU COULD'VE DONE 15 AMAZON'S FOR THAT ALLOCATION.

THERE IS OPPORTUNITY COST EVERYTHING BUT $2.5 MILLION FOR $309 TOTAL ECONOMIC IMPACT ABSOLUTELY WORTH IT .

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: YES WAS IT WORTH IT IT'S A SIMPLE YES FOR ME.

SPEAKING OF THOSE TWO PROJECTS AND THOSE TWO BOTH IN THE BUSINESS SIDE OF IT PRODUCTION WAS WITH INCOME IT GENERATES TO OUR INCOME YES WAS THE RIGHT DECISION TO VOTE FOR.

BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE DON'T SEE IT NOW BUT WHAT IS TO COME IN THE FUTURE ABSOLUTE WORKING WITH THE PROGRAM CLOSE I CAN TELL YOU YES LONG-TERM IT'S A GREAT POSITION TO HELP OUR ECONOMY AMAZON GREAT DECISION TO HELP US NOW IN OUR ECONOMY.

SAME QUESTION WAS IT WORTH IT IS MINE ONE .8 MILLION AND ESPECIALLY GREAT FOR THE.

[LISTING NAMES] 32ND.

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: WAS IT WORTH IT I SEE RIGHT NOW I SEE THE BENEFITS OF IT I TOOK MY DAUGHTER MY WIFE ON A DATE THERE I CAN TELL YOU I'M EXPERIENCING THE BENEFIT FROM YES IT IS WORTH IT FROM THAT Welch,Candidate: ANOTHER ITEM I VOTED AGAINST JUST BECAUSE ON PRINCIPLE I DON'T FEEL LIKE THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE PICKING WINNERS AND LOSERS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

I'M SURE MR. MONTILLA WOULD'VE LIKED TO GET ONE $0.8 MILLION FOR HIS PRACTICE EXPRESSION AS WELL BUT INJURIES UP WHETHER IT'S IN A GOOD INVESTMENT OFFERED A COMPROMISE OF $1 MILLION REJECTED BY THE BOARD WITH THE CITY REDEVELOPMENT ON THIS OUTSIDE WHAT THEY'VE DONE THERE IS BEAUTIFUL THEY DONE A GREAT JOB OF LATE THAT CREATES A RIPPLE EFFECT ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO OUR BLUEPRINT PROJECT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS ULTIMATELY I DON'T THINK GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE PICKING WINNERS AND LOSERS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

>> Moderator: FINAL ONE ON THIS TOPIC WAS IT WORTH IT THE RISING COSTS OF THE $134 MILLION AIRPORT GATE WAIT 30 SECONDS.

>> Brian Welch,Candidate: YES ABSOLUTELY A BEEN A STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF THE AIRPORT THEY WAIT AS WELL AS ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS LATELY WITH SIMILAR COSTS GO UP ONLY BECAUSE THE COST TO BUILD THINGS HAS GONE UP HERMETICALLY.

EVERYTHING IS REVENUE NEUTRAL BUDGETS ARE BALANCED AND BLUEPRINT ONE PROJECT IS NOT TAKING FROM THE OTHER PARENT THE AIRPORT GATEWAY IS A PROJECT OF GREAT FORESIGHT WITH TREMENDOUS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL IN THE FUTURE BY LEVERAGING THESE VERY LOCATIONS IN INNOVATION PARK INTERNATIONAL HIGH NEAR FIELD LABORATORY IT WILL BE AN ABSOLUTE GAME CHANGER.

>> Moderator: RUNNING A SOFT ISAAC MONTILLA.

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: YES I THINK IT WAS WORTH IT SOMEBODY LOVES TO TRAVEL AND SOMEONE OFTENTIMES AS WELL THINGS WHY CAN'T TALLAHASSEE BE LIKE THIS OR WE CANNOT HAVE THESE AMENITIES I THINK IT WAS.

>> Moderator: THANK YOU THE NEXT QUESTION IS ON THE ISSUE OF DEVELOPMENT.

THE PUBLIC IS CONCERNED THAT DEVELOPERS OFTEN CLEAR-CUT LAND AND DESTROYED NATURAL FEATURES WITH LITTLE REGARD TO ITS IMPACT ON WILDLIFE.

THE ENVIRONMENT SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD AND TRAFFIC.

IF ELECTED WHAT IF ANY ACTIONS WILL YOU TAKE TO ADDRESS SUCH CONCERNS AND MITIGATE SUCH IMPACTS WILL START WITH MR.

Candidate: >> Moderator: YOU HAVE 45 SECONDS.

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: REPEAT THE QUESTION.

>> Moderator: THE PUBLIC'S CONCERN DEVELOPERS OFTEN CLEAR-CUT LAND AND DESTROYED NATURAL FEATURES WITH LITTLE REGARD TO ITS IMPACT ON WILDLIFE ENVIRONMENT SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND TRAFFIC.

IF ELECTED WHAT IF ANY ACTIONS WILL YOU TAKE TO ADDRESS SUCH CONCERNS AND MITIGATE SUCH IMPACTS.

45 SECONDS.

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE NOT JUST DEVELOPERS ARE TAKING OVER AND CLEARCUTTING I THINK THERE IS GREAT OPPORTUNITY AS I'VE SPOKEN TO SOME MAJOR WAYS IS HAVING THAT IN MIND HOW WE WORK TOGETHER .

THE GOAL IS NOT TO WORK FOR DEVELOPERS GOAL IS TO WORK WITH DEVELOPERS TO WORK WITH HR WAYS TO WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITIES TO PUT ALL OF THIS INTO CONTEXT TO PUT IT IN THE FOREFRONT OF IMPORTANCE THAT IS NOT GOING TO AND CLEARING AND DEAL WITH THE SIDE EFFECTS IS HOW WE PREPARE FOR THAT IN A RESPONSIBLE MANNER.

I'M ALL FOR RESPONSIBLE GROWTH WHICH INCLUDES EVERYBODY INVOLVED.

>> Brian Welch,Candidate: I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THERE IS A DISCONNECT IN THE COMMUNITY IF YOU TALK TO FOLKSTHEY THINK THE GOVERNMENT LETS DEVELOPERS DO WHATEVER THEY WANT BUT IF YOU TALK TO DEVELOPERS THE TELL YOU THIS THE HARDEST PL.

IN AMERICA TO GET A PERMIT TO BUILD ANYTHING.

I THINK THERE HAS TO BE A BALANCE.

OBVIOUSLY DEVELOPERS ARE OPERATING UNDER A VERY STRICT ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING PROGRAM IN LEON COUNTY THAT IS ONE OF THE STRICTEST OFTEN TIMES WHEN YOU SEE A CLEARCUTTING OPERATION THAT WILL BE PERMITTED BY STATE .

[LISTING NAMES] PERMIT NOBODY IS BREAKING THE RULES I THINK IT TAKES COORDINATION IT TAKES VERY ENGAGED ELECTED OFFICIAL.

WORKING WITH NEW BIRDS WORKING WITH IMPACTED PARTIES WORKING WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO TRY AND THAT MULTIPLE OCCASIONS I CAN GIVE YOU EXAMPLES OF WHICH WE HAVE HAD POSITIVE OUTCOMES BUT OBVIOUSLY WE WANT OUR DEVELOPMENT TO LOOK LIKE TALLAHASSEE WHEN YOU CUT IT DOWN AND MAKE IT LOOK LIKE MARS THAT CREATES A PROBLEM.

>> Moderator: WE ARE GETTING TO THE HOMESTRETCH LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET THIS YEAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OPTED TO KEEP THEIR PROPERTY TAX RATES THE SAME BUT BECAUSE OF RISING PROPERTY VALUES COUNTY REAPED AN ADDITIONAL $19MILLION IN REVENUE.

WHICH IS CONSIDERED A TAX INCREASE UNDER FLORIDA LAW.

SHOULD THE COUNTY DO MORE TO TIGHTEN ITS BELT AND OFFERED TAXPAYERS BELIEVE?

>> Brian Welch,Candidate: THANK YOU AS I MENTIONED BEFORE LEON COUNTY HAS NOT RAISED ITS MILLAGE RATE IN 13 YEARS.

WE HAD A $19 MILLION REVENUE INCREASE THIS YEAR $3 MILLION OF THAT WAS FROM AMAZON ALONE.

ANOTHER $3 MILLION CAME FROM NEW CONSTRUCTION.

WE ARE GROWING AND ECONOMY EVERYTHING WE BUILT A NEW HOUSE THAT INSPIRED , SIX, EIGHT, $10,000 TO THE TACTUAL WE ARE SENSITIVE TO RISING TAX ROLES I THINK THAT DEFINITION BY THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE IS PATENTLY RIDICULOUS IF THEY FOLLOW THAT THEIR REVENUES ARE GOING UP YEAR-OVER-YEAR FOR 25 OR 30 YEARS ARE THEY RAISING TAXES?

CONFLATE LEON COUNTY FOR THE CITY OF TALLASSEE WHO DID RECENTLY RAISE THEIR MILLAGE RATE.

HALF OF OUR BUDGET GOES TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WE HAVE A JAIL THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RAISE OUR DEPUTY SALARIES TO $60,000 WE'VE ADDED TWO AMBULANCES TO DISTRICT 4 NORTHEAST TALLASSEE JUST IN MY TIME UNDER MY DIRECTION.

BECAUSE THOSE WERE $1 MILLION APIECE WHEN YOU DEPLOY A NEW AMBULANCE I THINK THAT WE HAVE BEEN VERY RESPONSIBLE WITH OUR BUDGET AT LEON COUNTY AND AGAIN I WOULD CHALLENGE YOU TO FIND ANY OF THE COUNTIES THAT ARE NOT RAISED THEIR MILLAGE RATE IN 13 YEARS THROUGH PANDEMICS RECESSIONS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: LISTEN THE COMMUNITY AT CERTAIN FOR ME I WOULD VOTE ON FOR THIS NEXT YEAR WE HAVE A SURPLUS WE SHOULD BUDGET IF WE HAVE A SURPLUS WE SHOULD BE OKAY WITH OUR BUDGET AS WE TALK ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT TO IMPROVE HUMAN HAVE A FIRE FACILITY IN THE NORTHEAST THAT IS NOT STORM HARDENED YOU HAVE ISSUE WHERE I HAD A PATIENT IS BECOMING DIFFICULT 911 BUT SOMEBODY WAS ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES WITH EXPENSING HEART ATTACK OUTSIDE FOR THEM CALLED 911 AND THEY CANNOT REACH ANYONE.

THEY HAD TO PUT THIS INDIVIDUAL THEIR EMPLOYEE IN THE CAR AND WASH THEM AND GET EMERGENCY HEART SURGERY.

I DO THINK IT IS LOOKING UP WITH THESE DOLLARS ARE BEING ALLOCATED AND BEING PROACTIVE ABOUT IT IT WILL SAVE US NOT ONLY TIME ENERGY AND EFFORT BUT MONEY IN THE FUTURE .

>> Moderator: A QUICK 32ND FOLLOW-UP IS A RIGHT TO GIVE COUNTY EMPLOYEES INCLUDING IRONING MANAGERS ACROSS THE BOARD NOT MERIT-BASED 5% RAISES EVERY YEAR WHERE MANY OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS DO NOT GET SUCH BRACES.

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: IT'S ALL CONTEXT IT IS TIME AND PLACE.

ALSO AS A BUSINESS OWNER I DON'T GIVE RAISES TO MY EMPLOYEES JUST BECAUSE.

WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE WHAT WORK HAS BEEN DONE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IT ALL HAS TO BE COMMONPLACE IS NOT THE RIGHT TIME TO GIVE ANYBODY A RAISE THEY CANNOT BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY.

>> Moderator: >> Brian Welch,Candidate: I VOTED AGAINSTACROSS-THE-BOARD PAY RAISES ISSUES BUDGET STRICTLY FOR THE REASON THAT I DID NOT FEEL LIKE AFTER TWO YEARS OF DOING 5% ACROSS-THE-BOARD PAY RAISES THAT GIVEN THE INCREASE IN OUR REVENUES THAT WE NEEDED TO DO THAT.

THAT WAS A ONE PIECE OF DISCRETIONARY OPTION THE BUDGET THAT I FELT WAS INAPPROPRIATE .

I THINK OBVIOUSLY COMING OUT OF THE PREVIOUS TWO BUDGETS WERE WE DID THAT YOU WERE COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC AND INFLATIONARY ISSUES FOR CAUSING PROBLEMS.

ULTIMATELY, A COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR DENIED A 5% ACROSS-THE-BOARD THAT HE WAS ENTITLED TO.

I THINK WE DO A GREAT JOB WE VALUE OUR EMPLOYEES AT LEON COUNTY WE WANT THEM TO BE PAID WELL.

>> Moderator: WE ARE REALLY IN THE HOMESTRETCH NOW WE HAVE SOME REALLY IMPORTANT PROPOSED AMENDMENTS FOR THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION THAT WILL BE ON WE WILL START WITH THE AMENDMENT FOR FLORIDA CONSTITUTION THAT WILL BE LIKE HIS RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA ADULTS AGE 21 AND OLDER STATE LICENSE ENTITIES WOULD BE AUTHORIZED TO DISTRIBUTE MARIJUANA AND RELATED PROJECTS WHY DO YOU SUPPORT OR OPPOSE AMENDMENT THREE TO ALLOW ADULT PERSONAL USE OF MARIJUANA AND IN YOUR OPINION HOW WOULD ITS Brian Welch,Candidate: 45 ?

SECONDS YES I SUPPORT THE MOMENT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE LEON COUNTY WE ALREADY CIVIL MOST OF OUR MARIJUANA POSITIONS IS NOBODY IN THE YOUNG COUNTY JAIL THAT IS IN THERE ON THE MARIJUANA CHARGE I THINK ULTIMATELY THE TAX REVENUE THEY CAN BE REAPED FROM THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND THE COUNTRY AT THE OTHER STATES THAT HAVE PASSED RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IT CAN BE A SIGNIFICANT BOON TO FLORIDA'S ECONOMY WHICH WOULD THEN TRICKLE DOWN TO A LOCAL ECONOMY AND ULTIMATELY I WILL SUPPORT IT.

>> Moderator: THANK YOU.

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: I WILL LEAVE THAT ONE OPEN TO THE INDIVIDUAL TO DO THE RESEARCH AS IT STANDS IT IS STILL GENERAL IT IS BROAD.

I THINK EVERYBODY WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO DO WITH THE RESEARCH TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION FOR THEMSELVES AS A HOLISTIC PRACTITIONER THERE IS A SET OF MEAT THAT GOES ONE WAY LIKE YOU MENTIONED THERE ARE TWO SIDES.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE RESEARCH AND MAKE THEIR Moderator: ISAAC MONTILLA WE WILL STAY WITH YOU FOR THIS NEXT QUESTION VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REJECT OR APPROVE A PERMIT FOR WHICH STABLE IS NO LAW SHALL PRIVATE PENALIZE OR DELAYABORTION BEFORE VIABILITY OR WHEN NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE PATIENT'S HEALTH AS DETERMINED BY THE PATIENT'S HEALTHCARE PROVIDER WHEN YOU SUPPORT OR OPPOSE THIS AMENDMENT 30 SECONDS .

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: I'M PRO-LIFE I'M MORE PASSIONATE ABOUT THISAMENDMENT FOR THE NAME ABOUT AMENDMENT THREE.

I THINK AS WELL THAT IS TOO BROAD IT IS RECKLESS.

I'M UP AGAINST AMENDMENT FOUR.

>> Moderator: THANK YOU .

>> Brian Welch,Candidate: THANK YOU DANIELLE I THINK YOU SUPPORT FOR FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND THE NOTHING LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIAL DOES WILL IMPACT ABORTION POLICY THAT IS A STATE LEVEL AND A FEDERAL LEVEL ISSUE .

THAT BEING SAID I WILL SUPPORT AMENDMENT 4 AS THE FATHER OF HER DAUGHTERS I DON'T WANT THE GOVERNMENT TELLING THEM WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THEIR BODIES.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE WOULD EVER DO IN OUR FAMILY.

BUT THAT'S OUR DECISION TO MAKE I THINK THAT IS THE POINT.

>> Moderator: YOU MADE IT TO CLOSING ARGUMENTS THIS YOUR TIME TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE VOTERS WILL START WITH YOU MR. MONTILLA YOUR ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE VOTERS.

>> Isaac Montilla Candidate: WE ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE NOVEMBER 5 WE HAVE A CHANCE TO EITHER SELECT SOMEONE TO REPRESENT US OR CONTINUE TO GO IN THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING FOR ME ADMISSIONS FOR DISTRICT 4 TO ALLOW US TO COMB TOGETHER AND BE PROACTIVE AND LISTEN TO YOUR NEEDS AS I HAVE BEEN LISTENING AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO CONTINUE TO GROW EFFECTIVELY AND THERE IS ALREADY PLAN SET IN MOTION BUT I WANT TO COME ALONGSIDE ENSURE THAT THESE THINGS GET DONE IN A MORE APPROPRIATE MANNER AND ENSURE THAT WE GET THE MAXIMUM THAT WE CAN GET IN DISTRICT 4.

I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT I WILL SEEYOU AT THE POLLS.

>> Moderator: THANK YOU .

>> Brian Welch,Candidate: THANK YOU WILLIAM I'VE TRIED REALLY HARD OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS TO FINALLY GET SOME TRACTION FOR THE FOLKS IN NORTHEAST TALLAHASSEE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

BERKELEY THINK THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING IF YOU LOOK AT THE THINGS WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED WE ARE GOING TO BE DELIVERING $250 MILLION IN BLUEPRINT PROJECTS TO NORTHEAST TALLAHASSEE NEXT FOUR YEARS ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS WILL BE COMPLETED I AM NOT A POLITICIAN I'M JUST A REGULAR PERSON I SELDOM LEAVE DISTRICT 4.

I WORKED THERE EVERY DAY I PLAYED THERE EVERY DAY THAT'S WHERE RAISE MY FAMILY AND HAVE BEEN FOR 25-27 YEARS.

NORTHEAST TALLAHASSEE IS MY HOME DO NOT COME TO SEE ME IN THAT THE NEWS WILL NOT SEE ME ACTING CRAZY OR SEEKING THE SPOTLIGHT.

I JUST TRY TO DO A GOOD JOB EVERY DAY AND LIKE YOU SAID I THINK YOU LOOK AT OUR RECORD YOU WILL SEE WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME WE WHERE PREVIOUSLY WE DO NOT GET A LOT DONE A PART OF MY TERM IT'S A PRIVILEGE OF A LIFETIME TO SERVE ON THE LIEN COUNTY COMMISSION I WOULD ASK YOUR BLESSING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE WHAT WE ARE DOING AND FINISH SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.

>> Moderator: OKAY THAT IS IT THANK YOU TO THE CANDIDATES AND TO AUDIENCES FOR JOINING US THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF TALLASSEE WFSU AND THE TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT FOR THIS PROGRAM.

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