It is still very much a work in progress. I havent figured out everything about this man the white house. Perhaps that is an impossibility. Some of the things i will be saying today are tentative in nature, shall we say. We do not have the time to go through an entire chronology of the events of grants very busy two terms in the white house. Instead i would like to raise a few points to how to look at the grant presidency. First to historiography. How he has been treated in the past. I will be very brief about that. Then we will look at some of the problems in the country during his presidency. Then i would like to discuss some of the assets that he brought to the office that help him succeed. Not only personal assets, but assets in the culture in which he was operating. And then i would like to talk about some of the liabilities. And then i will talk about grants achievements in the white house and a little bit about the impact on the evolution of the presidency. First to historiograp
For today and cspan 2 booktv so make it all proud just to give a brief sense of how we do things in the next 15 minutes. Im going to introduce just an art. Make sure thereve book will have a discussion. I think the title of this panel is rebuilding or evolution informally in my mind. It is detroit and austin that the beginning and end of all things. That appeals more to my grammatic sense. So jeff kerr is the author of austin texas history. The first was austin, texas then and now. The next was republic of austin. On the most recent one of the reason we are here this morning is seat of empire the embattled birth of austin, texas, which is a history of the founding of boston and the battle in the republic of texas over by this capital would need. Jeff also raised a regular history and he is practicing pediatric urologist at the same time. If we have and the emergence sees. The author will take care of them. Mark binelli is the author of vincennes msi, contributing editor to relate to an
Thank you, emily, and good evening. It is a great pleasure to introduce William Seale. I have known william for a very long time because he married my good friend and college classmate, lucinda smith. I married a brilliant historian, and so did she. [laughter] William Seale is a charming and witty texas gentleman whose interest in history and buildings has fueled a long career in both. He is a native of beaumont, texas, holds a ba from southwestern university, an ma and a ph. D. From duke. He left texas in 1969 and spent two years in columbia, south carolina, restoring the home of wade hampton. He then came to washington in 1972 to write a history of state capitols with Henry Russell hitchcock. He, lucinda and their two sons settled in lucindas native alexandria. At this point in his career, he focused on two things; Historic Restoration and writing. His twovolume history of the white house was published by the White House Historical society in 1986 with the second edition in 1996. He
This person would put a Million Dollars in one of the most befouled areas there is. I went and took pictures and i saw the residue of what was coming up out of the water and that the representative of the sewage plant admitted they had a broken seal that had not been fished but near fishermans wharf, they dont smell that, this is genocide in this community, and were asking for a faout ral person to do the Environmental Impact. Were requesting that the Environmental Commission do this impact, we dont agree, we think its i know its foul play because if any of you go and walk near third and evans, you wouldnt have any of your children there and too bad we only have three minutes because im going to tell you, out of 28 years, i do whatever it takes to make sure this facility wont stand. Thank you. Good afternoon. My name is robert woods, and you know, over 35 years ago, i worked for the city Planning Department. Its been a few years and i thought we did a pretty good job in recognizing wha
Greater San Francisco would exist, and so we ask again, commissioners, that you focus something on not just the structures that are San Francisco but the members of our community that need your assistance. The developers would be more than happy to do that, we ask that the majority of those would be san franciscans. This is where you can make a difference. Happy new year, commissioners, i wish you well in your deliberations. Thank you. calling speakers . Linda chapman, im going to bring you again a prayer from the methodist congregation and inherited assisted st. Johns whose administrator you heard from and for months, theyve been remembering you in their prayers, from the methodist emission, from activists working for compassionate youth, for conference leaders as they seek a positive solution, and i think that their prayers are beginning to be answered, some is being revitalized right now and the woman whom you met is apparently a candidate to be added to that board that actually is