Present. We have the minutes of the march 28 meeting for any additions or corrections or comments . I move the minutes second. Any Public Comment . Seeing none, all those in favor say, aye. [chorus of ayes. ] opposed, nay. The item carries. Next is opportunity for general Public Comments. This a chance for people to talk to the commission about rings that are within our jurisdiction but dont have to be on the calendar for the i have one speaker car. Mr. Bowman, is it . Welcome. Mr. Pres. , commissioners, general manager, i am chris bowman. Im a neighborhood activists. Im speaking about the groundwater project which was addressed at the last meeting, and i know commissioner caen and peter had some questioning, which i thought was very much spot on. When the word came out that in the chronicle last february indeed the city was can be lending groundwater with hetch hetchy water for roughly 60 of the city, i was alarmed by a couple of things in the article. One, about the fact that nitrite
Commission about rings that are within our jurisdiction but dont have to be on the calendar for the i have one speaker car. Mr. Bowman, is it . Welcome. Mr. Pres. , commissioners, general manager, i am chris bowman. Im a neighborhood activists. Im speaking about the groundwater project which was addressed at the last meeting, and i know commissioner caen and peter had some questioning, which i thought was very much spot on. When the word came out that in the chronicle last february indeed the city was can be lending groundwater with hetch hetchy water for roughly 60 of the city, i was alarmed by a couple of things in the article. One, about the fact that nitrites above the state level were detected in some of the wells that will be feeding into the water system. Secondarily, the Economic Impact on certain industries, like beer and coffee [inaudible]. So i address the issue with the [inaudible] president of the coalition for San Francisco neighborhoods. We addressed it briefly at their
The american thanksgiving story is now m taught. It is often presented as thanking the indians. It is thanking god. The story gets twisted in a lot of ways but when George Washington gave us the first thanksgiving day, it was not to thank the wakanoa transitions. It was to thank god. I have spoken mostly here as an anthropologist and head of a Secular Organization devoted to reforming Higher Education. Let me speak at the end as a christian. I give thanks to god for his enter no entering into human history. Western civilization was here before christian took root. We have the great fusion of gospel revelation and classical eye deals. The old pagan order gave way to something better. Christian europe was not always the epitome of christian virtue, far from it but we now know that we can deal with that indelible stain. I suggested at the beginning of this talk there are complicated mixtures in the history between decline and progress but the christian world view that enters into civiliza
Once again, live coverage from capitol hill this morning. Theyre meeting to discuss the cable tv industry. And focusing on practices involving billing, fees, refunds, and the number of other Customer Service issues. We expect this to get under way in just a moment. This is live on cspan3. I should let you know that right now, House Democrats continuing their more than 20 hour sitin the House Chamber demanding that republicans bring up gun control legislation. The house officially in recess through the fourth of july but the protests continue in the House Chamber. House cameras have been turned off. But we still have been able to bring you coverage of what happening in the chamber. You can watch that live on our companion network cspan. Were leer today to discuss a topic that affects just about every american family. And often us from straits all of us as us from straitsfrustra American Families and that is cable or satellite tv service. We have taken an investigation of the cable and T
Mr. Portman we are here today to discuss a topic that affects just about every american family. And often frustrates us as American Families and that is cable or satellite tv service. For over a year now, we have undertaken an investigation of the cable and television, Satellite Television industry. As many of you know, weve been issued in this interested in this issue. We have a keen interest in making of the Satellite Companies do the right thing by their subscribers. The subcommittee reviewed literally thousands of documents and interviews countless witnesses to learn more about the Consumer Practices of the 5 largest paid tv providers. This includes comcast, charter, Time Warner Cable, dish network and directv. Together these companies serve more than half of all american households and nearly three quarters of those who pay for television programming. Todays hearing will focus on the companies billing and Consumer Service practices. Our joint report outlines troubling findings fro