bob was flattered. as he said, they can take celebrity away from you but who would take almost away from you? he was born in 1922 and grew up in long view, texas amid the oil fields in east texas, went to dallas in 1941, joined the army in 1943 and was based in reno for two years. he visited san francisco on a day remembered for being the initial run of the song of norway. after the army, bob returned to dallas, determined to live in california. the deciding factor in this relocation to san francisco in the summer of 1947 turned out to be the texan friends already in san francisco and california. bob started collecting photographs of movie stars and sheet music while still just a young man in long view. his first purchase being all my life from laughing irish eyes and that would lead to bob s compiling and cataloging over 32,000 pieces of sheet music. what distinguished bob s collection was not just his size and magnitude but his truly en psych low peedic knowledge and th
that we have held, the average voting turnout is approximately 35%, 36% of voter turnout from municipal-only elections in san francisco. yes, five of those states who had the highest voting turnout in 2008 were five states who adopted same day election voter registration. i think it s time that san francisco helps lead the state of california in adopting this particular element because technology has now enabled us to provide the service that i think a lot of people feel excluded from. for a city like ours that certainly likes to see itself as engaged and sophisticated on so many levels, having that level of deficiency of voter turnout belies that particular reputation. i believe that the rest of california will follow. i would like to thank the senator for his efforts in sacramento of trying to get same day voter registration. it s passed the state senate but it s very unlikely that governor schwarzenegger will sign this into law. this idea had been attempted in 2002 by stat