It is headquartersed in china town. 75 of the annual budget comes through ala meeta county. Abc 7 news. Mandatory water use reductions set by the state may be lifted, but the governor wants us to keep up with conservation. An order issued today by the governor drops all Water Conservation targets imposed last june. Instead individual water districts will set their goals, but they require making water saving measures in place permanent. They include not hosing off driveways. Two drifters accused of a killing spree last october appeared in court today. They face murder charges in the killings of a tourist in San Francisco and a therapist in fair fax. It was the first appearance since a third defendant made a deal. Wayne. Reporter we all remember this case. Lila, shawn and moreson are of the drifters who led police on the chase. Originally all three faced murder charges, now only two of them off one pled guilty. That has left attorneys for the other two wondering what he told investigator
Sense, its also true that lawyers for the agencies that those responders work for also play a very, very Important Role. And were privileged today to have an outstanding panel of lawyers from various agencies at the federal and local level, some now in private practice, who have served in those Important Roles or do so today. And to give us some insights about the role of a lawyer in Emergency Preparedness and response. And with that id like to introduce the panel by having them introduce themselves to you and then well get right into it. Good afternoon, im adrian sevier. Im the chief county of the Emergency Management agency. Ive been with fema for 15 years. Ive had a variety of positions at the agency starting what we called then a field attorney. So i deployed to the joint field offices that fema sets up when the president declares a major disaster or emergency. Ive held a variety of positions at fema. And again ive been the chief council since for about a year now. Im dan connelly,
[ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] weve already announced more, already are doing more. But this isnt just a game of trying to up the numbers. Were trying to do things responsibly. Ive visited refugee camps in syria, in northern iraq. Ive visited with families we have accepted from these regions. I have met with leaders from those communities, not just in canada, but in the region itself. And i can certainly tell you, from my visits to the refugee camps in jordan and debriefings there, we cant pretend there are no security risks. Its important that we do screening. Those countries in the world that responded to these headlines as these others would have by just opening the doors and doing no checking have rapidly regretted that, and are now trying to put in place the very kind of system that canada has been pursuing all along. Its a generous response, its a responsible response. It is not based on the headlines. It is based on the right thing to do. [ applause ] [ speaking french
Really realistic for women at that line. The lifetime to have a commitment so she called up her fiance and got reengaged just after graduating college and got married. Needless to say say the marriage didnt last very long. Only a matter of months she said she would go out with her husband on a saturday night and if she saw two women together she would get jealous so she said to her husband look, you deserve to be loved the way you deserve to be loved and i need something else. She essentially came out to her husband and like so many other people, she decided to move to new york in order to be gay. To get to gay the bigger problem wasnt being speegle because anybody that was middleclass at that point was totally in the closet you could live your life any other way. The bigger issue she assumes that shes going to grow up and marry a guy. So she had been good at math and high school and was going to enter the graduate program at nyu. She became one of the firstever program to become progr
Comes marriage. This book is as much about the people and personalities behind the defense of marriage act is as it is about legal strategy. You write that as you were preparing to put a postit note on your computer that says its all about edith windsor. Poswas about her and the eventsn her life a letter to higher you. Guest i did have a postit on my computer everything the main Reason Company message i was trying to tell myself is a way to win this case is to focus on the facts of her life. They really are remarkable. Her life kind of tells a panoramic story story about life has been or was for gay and lesbian people in this country and the twins center. I thought that was are important to go to give a couple of anecdotes and you can tell me when you get bored. She grew up in philadelphia in the depression. She came from a middleclass jewish family. Her father lost everything during the depression and had to move in with relatives. She went to college at temple university. At college,