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PLEASE advocate for this acquisition as the majority of voters expressed on the 2020 referendum for the County to buy and protect lands for preserves and environmental protection. Read more detail in the Suncoast Waterkeepers link https://www.suncoastwaterkeeper.org/emerson_point_expansion . PLEASE do not JUST call or email the Commissioners, also SHOW UP. They can ignore an email and a voice message. which they often do. It is much harder to ignore human beings staring at them live during a meeting. We must maintain decorum, even though the Commissioners typically do not do so during public meetings. If you only view the live stream or the YouTube after the meeting, what you do NOT see is a blatant disregard to the public comment speakers by most Commissioners on an ongoing basis. I witness chatting and laughing between Commissioners DURING public comments (which is a violation of Sunshine laws). I see Commissioners looking at their cell phones, their computers and getting up for snacks and eating them WHILE citizens are making their very limited 3 minute public comments. Or worse, just staring out into space, as Satcher often does. We can silently shake our heads no, do an affirmation nod or a silent clap. Body language is POWERFUL, if we use it! Come join me Tuesday and sit up front to look them in the eye! I've had them squirm on occasion, more of us could make a difference. Ruth Lawler