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Page 2 is moving heavil into primary care, as that is a great need in those four counties. Lamenting what would have been and what that might have cost if Orange County would have stayed with the District is not a productive exercise, as the Old District, in many respects , des not exist anymore. 'Kany citizens of these five counties have Orange to thank -or causing the Old District to change. A better question than just how much would be: "What is the taxpayer getting for this investi Tent?" This is a better giestion because the allocation to the Distri was buying a passive, hold-the-line, outdated service. I become completely incensed at implication t- at things were just fine under the District. l become incensed be- cause 1 am the o�e uerson in this County who has absolute knowledge of the vast range of past:,negli.gen e. It has been my task since last October 17th to struggle to overcoi these problems. I have worked too many hours each week since then with little break time with these problems I have inherited. The uninformed person simply can not make such statements *n my presence and expect me not to react,as my life since October ha been comprehensi' ely ruled by solving these problems from the past. Secondly, we have struggled to put together all the procedures and practices o a modern department. Thirdly, we have only had a highly inadequate staffing level to work with and many of those persons are new, and have ,just recently joined us and lac experience. We ave had to invent everything new, as the District stripped the offic when they left. We inherited equipment that was so ancient as to be genuine antiques Our :automobiles are hazardous even sitting still. It is unfair to bring tap a new bat with two strik and the third sure strike pitch already on the way to the plate. It is indecent to as how :much more have you accomplished for the extra money --- consid ing the situation. However, even with the situation , this staff has made significant gains and they tLave a great deal. to be proud of. I wish to inform you about this Ste and its accomplishments up through this date. w First, wd will submit ourselves to any independent qualified judging or ratinE process on any activity we now perform to prove my belief that in terms of quality we rank v ry high and that the improvement in a few months has just been out- standing. As of this date we do not have our annual accomplishments collected and the & for the District accomplishments are not available to us ,except in bits and pieces. Therefore, I have put together what little knowledge of what the District was doing that we have an compared to the same activity in the same time frame under this de- partment. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH With an average of 3.65 men , some of whom were new and had to be trained to wt here, compared �o 3.25 men in the District we increased the work load by 311%. In th area we have mo ed in terms of work quality (for instance, from perk holes to soil a ysis) very far.. We have become an aggressive, progressive unit. The chart folleiwin, gives more det '1: