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MARY CLEVERLY also spoke in favor of establishing the agency on aging. She noted that she had “professional background” in this area, after working as a nurse at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Washington, and she is aware of the “tremendous need” for a program of this type.
“No one here is against humanitarian need,” Pete Luke said. “But you have to realize, we’re really getting pushed on taxes.”
Mrs. Buntin said the agency would help “pull down federal dollars. This is a complex subject, you have to know how to get those federal funds. Our agency now is a hodge-podge; we’re trying to do too much.” She cited the transportation program started by the welfare office. “You’re paying us at a professional level to do the job a taxi could do. An agency for aging could take over some of what we’re doing and do it more efficiently.”
Pryde said he and other members of the advisory council on aging spent nine months working on the “comprehensive plan” which recommends the agency. “These people are worth considering,” he said. “If they went on relief, think what that would cost the county.”
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