Not share that desire so former Governor John Hickenlooper is back running for the senate, the job he said he didnt want and wouldnt be good at. Two men coloradans know well with clear disagreements on healthcare, the economy, immigration, the supremecourt and how to handle the pandemic. Now all thats left is for them to debate and you to decide. In association with colorado politics and broadcast statewide by stations in every corner of colorado is a live from the campus of Colorado State university in fort collins, next presents race for the senate, here are your moderators, kyle clark and marshall bellinger. Next expands to a commercial free our statewide this evening. For this u. S. Senate debate. We are following Public Health guidelines as well as guidance from our host set Colorado State university we are holding this debate with an without an audience, with social distancing and Health Checks for everyone here including our candidates for u. S. Senate, republican Senator Cory G
Carroll, and id like to thank sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any an announcements . Clerk in order to protect the public, Board Members and the City Employees during the covid19 health emergency, the legislative chamber and the Committee Room are closed. This is taken pursuant to all local, state and federal orders and declarations and directives. The Committee Members are attending through Video Conference and will participate to the same extent as if physically present. Public comment is available for each item on the agenda. San francisco cable channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org are streaming the callin number across the screen. The opportunity to speak and to provide comments during each Public Comment period on todays agenda is available via phone by calling 1 415 6550001. Once youre connected and prompted to enter the meeting i. D. For todays meeting, that is 1467042839. Then press pound twice to be connected to the meeting. When you are connected you will hea
Madame clerk, are there any other things any other agenda . That is all, chair. Chair yee the meeting is adjourned. Thank you, everybody. Really going to miss you two on this committee. [laughter]. Good morning, the meeting will come to order. Welcome to the thursday october 1 meeting of the government audit and oversight committee. Supervisor gordon mar, im the chair of this committee, and im joined by vicechair, supervisor aaron peskin and supervisor matt haney. Thank you to the clerk, john carroll, and id like to thank sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any an announcements . Clerk in order to protect the public, Board Members and the City Employees during the covid19 health emergency, the legislative chamber and the Committee Room are closed. This is taken pursuant to all local, state and federal orders and declarations and directives. The Committee Members are attending through Video Conference and will participate to the same extent as if physically present
Following all coronavirus protocols. Yes both are being tested regularly and quick reminder about the rules for two nights debate. Candidates will have 60 seconds to answer most questions, 30 seconds to answer followup questions. We also ask specific yes or no questions throughout the debate and this goes without saying but were asking both candidates to please refrain from interrupting one another. We have a lot ofus territory to get through tonight so we must start with the pandemic and weve seen the consequences, economic devastation especially for the lowest wage workers, people of color hit disproportionately, kids andnd adults struggle with mental health, suicide climbing. Monday the president tweeted dont be afraid of covid. Dont let it dominate your life. 2000 coloradans have died and another 75,000 been diagnosed with coronavirus during the pandemic senator gardner lets start with you. As a member of the senate are you proud of the way republican majority is handling the pande
And John Hickenlooper participate in a televised debate, hosted by denver7, the denver post and cpr news. This is live coverage on cspan. The radio and of of the denver post. We want to think the candidates for being with us tonight. Yes, they are socially distanced and following all protocols. Both are being tested regularly. A quick reminder about the rules for the debate. Candidates will have 60 seconds to answer most questions, 30 seconds to answer followup questions. We will ask specific yes and no questions throughout the debate. And we are asking that both candidates please refrain from interrupting one another. We have a lot of territory to get through tonight, so we must start with the pandemic. We have seen the consequences, economic devastation, especially for the lowest wage workers, people of color hit disproportionately, people struggling with Mental Health and suicides climbing. On monday, the president tweeted do not be afraid of covid, do not let it dominate your life.