Sign up. Sunday night on q and e. Founder and ceo of open the books. On how taxpayer dollars are spent and the need for transparency. Last summer, we found that during a period where up to a thousand sick veterans died while waiting to see a doctor. The va spent 20 million on a high end art fort portfolio. 27 fo 27 foot Christmas Trees costing like cars. Sculptures cost like homes. By a va center that serves behind veterans. It was a cubed rock sculpture with landscaping for 1. 2 million. This is the type of waste thats in our government. Sunday night at 8 eastern. On cspan q and a. Cspan, where history unfolds daily. In 1979, cspan was as a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. On the phone with us here on American History tv is lynn smith, who is an audiovisual archivist at the Herbert Hoover president ial library and museum in west branch, iowa. You made an interesting discovery recently while working w
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Commissioner ferrigno it expend commissioner makras commissioner meiberger commissioner paskinjordan commissioner stansbury will not be present we have quorum thank you very much ladies and gentlemen, the first one on the genocide a closed session for item 3 mr. Clerk, call item 3 for me and action item closed session. Any Public Comment . Were going to take Public Comment now before closed session no, no Public Comment okay. Thats because we started on time and our Public Comment didnt get the memo okay. Thats the secret everyone were going to go into closed session. Okay weve come out of closed session he united a vote or need to take a motion not to disclose what weve talked about in closed session so moved well take that without objection. Lets the house rehabilitate that commissioner paskinjordan is not here well take that without objection. The motion passed unanimously thank you, everyone at this time, id like to do something to accommodate the number of folks that are here the
Item 3 mr. Clerk, call item 3 for me and action item closed session. Any Public Comment . Were going to take Public Comment now before closed session no, no Public Comment okay. Thats because we started on time and our Public Comment didnt get the memo okay. Thats the secret everyone were going to go into closed session. Okay weve come out of closed session he united a vote or need to take a motion not to disclose what weve talked about in closed session so moved well take that without objection. Lets the house rehabilitate that commissioner paskinjordan is not here well take that without objection. The motion passed unanimously thank you, everyone at this time, id like to do something to accommodate the number of folks that are here the pob welcomed id like to have director huhuh irrational not here i was going to invite director huhuh i wish to make a presentation to accommodate the great number of folks to you wont have to wait until the end of the agenda to make your comments fair