Good evening, thanks for joining us. Im joie chen. Tonight more attendance is focused on a National Crisis weve covered extensively on america tonight, the vicious spread of open yet drugs. Earlier today, a just released drug became the target of a sharp debate on capitol hill and the senators demand that the f. D. A. Be forced to recall it. Addiction experts warn these become gateways to the exploding heroin addiction problem in places like in rutland vermont, which has a stunning level of heroin addiction and addicts caught in a vicious cycle. Kim, how long have you been clean now . 16 months today. Today is 16 months. Yeah. Congratulations. Thanks. How does it feel to say that, that youve been clean for 16 months. Its surreal. I never thought id ever say that. 25yearold Kimberly Jones says she was one of the busiest heroin dealers in this vermont neighborhood. Its basically an openair market. We witnessed children playing, as drivers pulled in to make a quick deal. I used to buy dru
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The staff, the overall staff in livable streets and traffic engineers are paid for by capital projects. They charge to projects and that is op how their salary is paid. Thats not always included in that amount. I know people look specifically at our operationses budget and see staffing. We have to realize a lot of staff time is paid for by capital and project related sources. When you say pcos, you mean parking meter . Yeah. Im not sure i would call that Pedestrian Safety, but i appreciate that. I think that and this will happen through the budget cycle because i know the twoyear budget is coming to the board of supervisors this year. I will be very interested in seeing what percentage of the budget goes towards bike and Pedestrian Safety improvement because, you know, and youve heard it already from members of the public we need to dedicate more dollars, it needs to come closer to the ped research which was 17 , ped mode. So, wed like to see more equity in that budget. You know, going
Emily flitter. How are you . Im great. Im really happy to be here. Well, its with the pleasure of reading the white wall. How big finance bankrupts black america. And i will tell you, i will never walk in a bank the same way again. I dont think anyone should. And i actually i really wanted first start off with the question that people usually end with. But who was this book for . Because i got mixed signals on that. Some of it was seemed to me for bank professionals, some of it for black consumers in general. Who is this book for . Well, i certainly didnt want it to be a warning for black consumers, because i dont think im surprising anyone whos black in this country. I think that and ive been hearing since the book came out that the book is describing experiences that are very common. And thats why i wrote it. So for people who have gone through this, i hope its validating. For people who havent gone through this and who either work in the Banking Industry or in the financial industry
The staff, the overall staff in livable streets and traffic engineers are paid for by capital projects. They charge to projects and that is op how their salary is paid. Thats not always included in that amount. I know people look specifically at our operationses budget and see staffing. We have to realize a lot of staff time is paid for by capital and project related sources. When you say pcos, you mean parking meter . Yeah. Im not sure i would call that Pedestrian Safety, but i appreciate that. I think that and this will happen through the budget cycle because i know the twoyear budget is coming to the board of supervisors this year. I will be very interested in seeing what percentage of the budget goes towards bike and Pedestrian Safety improvement because, you know, and youve heard it already from members of the public we need to dedicate more dollars, it needs to come closer to the ped research which was 17 , ped mode. So, wed like to see more equity in that budget. You know, going