An Eagle Scout deserves a letter of congratulations, but not a proclamation, ... That's a normal process. It's not a heroic process.

We have not turned down anything, and that's just it, ... Almost everybody that has asked for a proclamation is getting a proclamation, and it's getting out of hand.

Just recently I got a request for a proclamation in Volusia County for a gentleman that became 80 years old, ... That is not appropriate because you are proclaiming the day because that person is 80 years old. So I sent a letter instead.

I went through scouting as a young man, and I also was an Eagle Scout. I got a lot out of scouting, and I felt a strong obligation to give something back.

He was a typical Eagle Scout that did his job properly. We go way back.

I'm not going to predict what I'm gonna do, but I'm gonna come out of there the winner.