No, thats mine. Angela we really miss you here. You have been such a force and i enjoy working we will get that done. I assure you. Thats a wonderful addition. Not just north beach and another attraction for visitors from around the world as part of the International Community and i honor that so thank you. Thank you for working with me on ending homelessness as well and thank you even for being your civil rights attorney and you are still representing people in need and i appreciate that. I know angela represents again the kind of contributions the Italian Community has made to our great city and continues to make and i am here to tonight to wish you a great year of Italian Culture but to kick start it. It was really just a few months ago that the ambassador ofity italy came through and talk about this wonderful thing they were to do to celebrate year of Italian Culture but transfer that to our country of the United States so i know theyre going to start those events in washington dc
Thank you. Thank you for working with me on ending homelessness as well and thank you even for being your civil rights attorney and you are still representing people in need and i appreciate that. I know angela represents again the kind of contributions the Italian Community has made to our great city and continues to make and i am here to tonight to wish you a great year of Italian Culture but to kick start it. It was really just a few months ago that the ambassador ofity italy came through and talk about this wonderful thing they were to do to celebrate year of Italian Culture but transfer that to our country of the United States so i know theyre going to start those events in washington dc with their celebrations but let Us San Francisco celebrate mayor aleato and our wonderful history here and allow us to do a preliminary launch and so thats what were attempting to do tonight and celebrate with you this launch of Italian Culture. Its very meaningful for us to did that year. We have
Beautiful. May our common history and sustained by our common values and common faith in the future continue to grow and flourish. With warmest regards, nancy pelosi. Thank you very much. [applause] so mayor lee, senator leno, state Assembly Member and leaders and ladies and gentlemen. Its a real honor for me to celebrate with you today the start of the Italian Culture in the United States. Nancy pelosi was with our foreign minister in washington dc, but San Francisco is the first major city after washington dc that follows suit, that follows washington dc, so again a little like the giants that want to be number one. Today is december, 12, 2012 which is 121212. Kind of scary. I would like to quote rem. Its the end of the world as we know it but were just fine. We are just fine because were beginning really 12 months that will be exciting and fun for all of us. As you all have mentioned italians have made a lasting contributions in building this city, and in making what it is, the city
Our great city and continues to make and i am here to tonight to wish you a great year of Italian Culture but to kick start it. It was really just a few months ago that the ambassador ofity italy came through and talk about this wonderful thing they were to do to celebrate year of Italian Culture but transfer that to our country of the United States so i know theyre going to start those events in washington dc with their celebrations but let Us San Francisco celebrate mayor aleato and our wonderful history here and allow us to do a preliminary launch and so thats what were attempting to do tonight and celebrate with you this launch of Italian Culture. Its very meaningful for us to did that year. We have a lot to celebrate. Let me just say that painters, scrptdures, poets, musicians, designers, mathematicians, great architects of the italian country have come here to San Francisco. We have experienced so much of the italian talent here in San Francisco. Thats why we wanted to be celebra
Thank you. Thank you for working with me on ending homelessness as well and thank you even for being your civil rights attorney and you are still representing people in need and i appreciate that. I know angela represents again the kind of contributions the Italian Community has made to our great city and continues to make and i am here to tonight to wish you a great year of Italian Culture but to kick start it. It was really just a few months ago that the ambassador ofity italy came through and talk about this wonderful thing they were to do to celebrate year of Italian Culture but transfer that to our country of the United States so i know theyre going to start those events in washington dc with their celebrations but let Us San Francisco celebrate mayor aleato and our wonderful history here and allow us to do a preliminary launch and so thats what were attempting to do tonight and celebrate with you this launch of Italian Culture. Its very meaningful for us to did that year. We have