But in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Chair now recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Shimkus, for five minutes. Shimkus thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, another group that to pause and thank is my Campaign Team and supporters. How diverse this group is. They are young and old, they are live in poor, they towns, villages, and isolated country roads. Ideology, rvative in they identify as republicans, libertarians, and even independents. These are the people who walked parades. They helped pass out balloons, political signs. Hey took down signs of all sizes. They organized fundraisers both big and small. Manned booths at county fairs. What causes people to give up talent, and heir their possessions to a candidate, party, or cause . T is at the heart of a representative democracy, our constitutional republic. Going to cast a vote for you, shouldnt you know their beliefs . About an l strongly issue, wouldnt you want to help a kind red spirit . Started to run fo
[roll call] clerk we have a quorum. Madam president , i want to make a couple of announcements. First, i want to let everybody know that closed session will not be heard today. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and given the Public Health recommendation issued by the San Francisco department of Public Health and that Governor Newsom and mayor breed have lifted on teleconference, this meeting is being televised on sfgovtv. Please note that there is a delay between live and what is being viewed on sfgtv. If you wish to make Public Comment on an item, dial 14156550001, meeting i. D. 1467101398, pound, pound. To raise your hand to speak, press star, three. Please limit your Public Comment to the item that is under consideration. Im going to ask the commission and staff to mute their microphones if they have not already done so. Madam president , your first order of business is to approve the minutes of the meeting of october 27, 2020. Commissioners, do i have any questions or discussion
Emergency and given the Public Health recommendations issued by the San Francisco department of Public Health, governor Gavin Newsome and mayor breed have lifted restrictions on teleconference. This meeting is being held virtually with all members and staff participating via teleconference. This will ensure the safety of sfers board, sfers staff, and members of the public. While this allows us to hold meetings via teleconference, it may not be as seamless as it normally would be. A reminder to the public to mute your microphones to minimize background noise. Madam secretary, roll call, please. [roll call] clerk we do have a quorum. President bridges . Thank you, madam secretary. At this time, the board will be going into closed session. The board will begin with general Public Comment, but no earlier than 2 00 p. M. Well take Public Comment ongoing into closed session at this time. Madam secretary, please open the phone lines. Clerk members of the public who wish to provide Public Comm
Lets break it down with mike mckee. Is a it is michael it little bit odd. On the headline, 100. 9 is lower than it was in the month of august or september, rather, when it was 101. 8. You would expect that maybe the present situation would be causing people concern because of the coming closures of some businesses as covid cases spike but the number comes in at 98. 9 at up from 104. 6, up from 98. 9. Turnabouting quite a in the way people are looking at the economy. The interesting thing here is this bemay see is reasonably good news for donald trump because if you are looking at the economy, stupid, as the old saying goes, you are looking at the economy as it is right now, and the economy as it is right now is better. The employment number is something Everyone Wants to look at in the set up to next week. Jobs number is an improvement, so those who think we are going to have a dismal jobs report next week might be in for a surprise, at least according to the underlying Consumer Sentim
They are suspending trading in hong kong. We dont know the reason for that but we will bring you the reasons when we get it. Backdrop, the hang seng up by half of 1 . The authority spending a lot of money to defend the dollar peg. That is something on peoples. Inds as people make a rush 0. 5 toi composite, about the downside. Of what istrends going on as far as Market Action in this part of the world. Lets look at some of the first word news. President trump seems to have abandoned any hope of a virus package before the election next hek, telling supporters that sees a deal coming after the votes. Package covid19 continues to soar in the u. S. In newlizations jumped , ando, 50 in wyoming elsewhere in connecticut. France is planning a nationwide lockdown bid one in four airports in europe are collapsed as the virus europe face collapse as the virus stifles travel. Kar inion people in kash were said toince have undergone checks over the weekend. Authorities found five confirmed asymptoma