First, we appointed former United States ascender to lead to the effort and he has incredible skill and produced phenomenal results. [applause]. Think about this. Tax appeals were weighing down the city. 303 million is owed just to the casinos in tax rebates. Set the senator using the authority we gave him, negotiated that number down by more than 50 , just over 138 million and in 2017 we announced glad you are all seated for this one 1140 11. 4 decrease in property taxes in Atlantic City which means average property tax reduction of 621. This was the result of budgetcutting measures that reduced city spending by 66 million over the 2015 budget and with a jeff in charge the budget will stay level in 2018 as well. He also reached a settlement with the police union, a settlement leading to now there will be 12 hour shifts in Atlantic City, reduced salaries, reduced term lease payments and reduced workforce of 252 officers, all agreements that would not have occurred without the senators
People with cancer. And our panel of guests examine uk french relations, and why roger has upset iran. That is in half an hour. Rusher. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Many federal Government Services across the United States have shut down after politicians in washington failed to pass a spending bill. Hundreds of thousands of workers employed by federal agencies are being sent home until a compromise can be found. However, essential Services Including National Security and air Traffic Control will continue. The last Government Shutdown in 2013 lasted 16 days. Sarah corker reports. Its a Government Shutdown nobody wanted. It went to the wire but there was no last minute deal. As democrats rallied on capitol hill, inside the senate, Republican Leaders couldnt secure enough votes to pass a spending bill to extend the funding of federal agencies. On this vote, the ayes are 50, nays are 49. The motion is not agreed. Three fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted
Coolidge not blocking lanes or slowing anyone down. Toward the bay bridge toll plaza, starting to see the backup in the cash lanes. 10 minutes to San Francisco. The senate will reconvene this morning with less than 24 hours until the federal government runs out of money. Yesterday, the house approved a measure to fund the government until midfebruary when this debate would play out again. Without a stopgap measure, the government will start shutting down at midnight. As kpix 5s Katie Nielsen explains, a number of programs across the state will run out of money. We stand ready at the department of finance to work with state agencies to determine any short term or long term impacts. Reporter the state of california is getting ready for what seems to be inevitable, a complete federal shutdown, the First Time Since 2013. Democrats if they are going to shut down the government can do that. Frankly, a lot of the current mess is a mess of the president s making. Reporter the war of words is o
Torques the majority of the staff here, im reaping that sometimes. But again, i have an investment to give the kids, what was given to me. As a former beacon student, i had many, many different Staff Members continue to invest their time in me, treat me like a little brother and even like a cousin. However they wanted to do me, but though, sometimes i was being rude, sometimes i was an obnoxious student, they still loved on me. And i decided that, ok, i have to go ahead and give back. I never thought i would be in this position im in now, but im honored to give them what was given to me. To hear were going to be receiving 377 million over the next five years, to invest in our children, the youth and their families . It literally touches my heart. Because now i know for a fact that San Francisco is definitely invested in our young people. And want to see them grow. Its a beautiful into beautiful young adult. So again, i would love to give honor to everyone else in the rightful places an
Secretary will call the roll. [roll call] actually, commissioner, please turn on your microphone. Thank you. Ok. Great. [roll call] and i believe commissioner chow has an announcement. Yes. As many of you may know, but others may not, i want to just acknowledge all the work that commissioner [inaudible]. He had resigned for personal reasons as of the beginning of this month. For that reason we have made adjustments until we have election of officers. As you know, he was Vice President and with the concurrence of the commission, we will not vote for a new Vice President until we reach march. And meanwhile, however, dr. Patings assignments, i would like to publicly make the following assignments in place of where he was. As he was chair of community and Public Health committee, ive appointed commissioner loyce to be chair of that committee. He is currently a member. And commissioner bernal will join him as a member of that committee. Dr. Pating was also on laguna honda and i will take hi