Present. Vice chair chiu. Present. Commissioner kopp. Here. Commissioner lee. Here. All right, everyone is here, so lets go to Public Comment on matters appearing or not appearing on the agenda. Agenda. Yes. Go ahead and just in order. Hi, im [inaudible] i wanted to add something on behalf of mr. Bush for the record, he wanted me to read the editorial that appeared in the chronicle regarding the last meeting when the commission decided not to send the measure to the board of supervisors pending further work. The editorial was titled osf ethics board fays to tackle money and politics. It appeared september 27th in the conical. It chronicle. It realdz they had a chance to pass a common sense measure to curtail money and politics. It failed. It would have banned the practice of allowing political donors to contribute to the charitable causes of favorable candidates when they have a land decision in front of city officials. Such arrangements are common place and stink to high heaven. As cr
And chairman gowdy, were honored to be a part of the House Oversight and government reform committees efforts find Meaningful Solutions to the Opioid Epidemic. Thank youall for being here today. It is no secret that were in the throws throws of a crisis thats reached Epic Proportions throughout our country. Baltimore is no exception. In 2016 we average nearly two fatal opioid overdoses in this city per day. This is a problem in desperate need of thoughtful answers. As both an anchor institution and steward of health care for our local communities, hopkins takes this problem very seriously. We see firsthand the devastation that substands care at our sister hospital to the east, the number of opioid Overdose Patients seen in our Emergency Departments doubled last year. Doubled. This crisis is very much a part of our reality. What are we doing about it . As an academic medical center, were addressing the issue through the lens of our mission of research, clinical care, and education. Firs
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And your comments by phone, facebook, and twitter. Brought to you as a Public Service by your local cable or satellite provider. Last friday in cedar rapids, the Democratic Party held their hall of fame dinner with the five candidates to of announced they are running for the white house. This is the first time the Hillary Clinton, lincoln chafee, Martin Omalley, Bernie Sanders in jim webb have shared the same stage. This is an hour and a half. Thank you, dr. Mcguire. Thank you very much. Congratulations to all of the hall of fame inductees. A great group of people working to get democrats elected in iowa. Congratulations, inductees. And thank you for inviting me to this exciting night in cedar rapids. Tonight you will hear from five good candidates with a wide range of passions and experiences and it is good to be in iowa. I am a College Wrestler and i have long admired the many hot and cyclone champions. [applause] as you may know, i am the only residential candidate who has been a ma