may i have your attention, please? we want to get started in just a moment please move to your seats. let s get this thing going real soon. in just a moment. thank you. this is cedar rapids, iowa, the republican party fundraising dinner, their lincoln day dinner, and the main speaker this evening, senator rand paul of kentucky. our road to the white house coverage 2016 here on spann spann c-span. others you ll hear from, include senator kruk grassley and congressman steve king. we will reair later the speech by bobby jindal from early this evening, speaking in new hampshire. this is live coverage on c-span. may i have your attention, please? may i have your attention, ladies and gentlemen. sorry to interrupt but we re ready to get the program started. if you can find your seat and we ll get things started right now. i m david fisher. i m the chairman of the republican party of iowa. i was born in cedar rasmeds and it s great to be with you tonight and bring you a fir
if the people want to line up so that there is less transition time? thank you, supervisors. and it was this morning we are supportive of this housing. and it would be something with a 55 foot height limit, this is it. you would have more projects with more people and the money involved. the young folks that will live there will he will continue to live in those units over the years as others transitioned out. for the message that you will send and now i have some fun and a spirited discussion on facebook. i tell you, that is small in comparison to what you say it is about kids that have nowhere to go. we all seen someone deaf and in the area of the of alfalfa i would like to let people to many since 1983 have lived in the neighborhood for almost 30 years. by by alone a duplex with my wife. i m around the block. i own a duplex with my wife. today we heard words like massing. the building would be mom illicit monolithic. we heard about 110 units and other compromis
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supervisor mirkarimi: we are trying to be somewhat reserved in asking the questions that we are. we will ask people to navigate as best we can. let s begin. i have cards that have been handed to me. [inaudible] supervisor mirkarimi: i do not think you are on microphone. there you go? can you hear me now? fantastic. they have a history of multi as generational and the senator s efforts that historic plea responded to segregation, discrimination, and the uprooting of black families through urban renewal. in recent years we have served a diverse population. always a potential component of our support oand nurturing environment. the majority of youths often return at 18 with no system only fractured family ties. once they do, there is no help for them. we are determined to at a component of housing. booker t. washington center offers the support of a community with education and recreation programs. use radio, the winner of the peabody award broadcasting this year will have t
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