Eustis, FL, City Commission Meeting
1 June 2023
Gordon Brown (186 words)

Mayor Holland, commissioners and staff, thank you for this opportunity and your kind attention.

This evening we begin with a moment of gratitude and reflection; we live in a free society where myriad voices and beliefs are respected and even celebrated and we recognize the accomplishments of this body in concert with the citizens of Eustis.

Nevertheless, we find ourselves in uncertain times, therefore we look to all of our elected and appointed public servants to provide informed leadership, peaceful resolution, and fair directives.

May the deliberations you engage in now, and in the future, include a few guiding principles:

Decisions made with evidence and veracity,

Acceptance of those who grow-up, live, and love, differently,

Support of both bodily and introspective autonomy,

Abiding regard for the diversity and dignity of those who are served,

And keeping to the practices of logic, compassion, and justice.

Many of our brothers and sisters face their daily challenges with optimism, while many others remain in despair.  So, we remember these few words from Albert Camus,  “Where there is no hope, it is incumbent upon us to invent it.”

 Thank you.