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Thank you. Next speaker, please good morning for once supervisors. Eric [inaudible] with various groups including San Francisco clean energy advocates. The other problem with i [inaudible] measure is it will set different standards for pge so it can get away with calling [inaudible] when we couldntit was silly. On what is happening today, advocates want to make very clear that ibw made an agreement that after you vote on this in the hearing and send it forward they will send out a press release immediately announcing their intention tooz campaign against their measure and for our measure including putting a ballot statement saying dont vote for this, vote for the other one. Advocates need to see that happened before you all at the board in about a halfhour vote to send it forward. If doesnt happen i know it is drag to be here friday, but you need to hold that vote until the press release goes out or we feel we dont have a deal and if we lose quorum and have to go to a pal balt misher f
Of america. Brian what is it . Sherman i empower veterans who have suffered catastrophic disabilities, to help them find their way back into life. It reflects my own experience. Thats what i get up and do everyday, empower people to help us carry out our mission. Brian how many paralyzed veterans are there that you serve . Sherman we estimate about 60,000 in this country, most have spinal injuries, but a number have multiple sclerosis, lou gehrigs disease, there is spinal cord dysfunction. The common experience is the that spinal cord dysfunction has on just about every bodily system. We are bonded by that experience. Unique in terms of the impact it has on our lives. There sort of a core within veterans population. Brian i read that the veterans that paralyzed veterans of america was established after world war ii. His of the Government Organization is it a Government Organization . Sherman it was started as a club, a membership organization. But he was about advocacy. You had other b
Brian sherman gillums, jr. , what is your job . Sherman i am the executive director of paralyzed veterans of america. Brian what is it . Sherman i empower veterans who have suffered catastrophic disabilities, to help them find their way back into life. Him it is great work because it reflects my own experience. Thats what i get up and do everyday, empower people to help us carry out our mission. Brian how many paralyzed veterans are there that you serve . Sherman we estimate about 60,000 in this country, most have spinal cord injuries, but a number have multiple sclerosis, lou gehrigs disease, there is spinal cord dysfunction. The common experience is the profound effect that spinal cord dysfunction has on just about every bodily system. We are bonded by that experience. It is pretty unique in terms of the impact it has on our lives. We are sort of a core within the veterans population. As brian i read that the veterans that paralyzed veterans of america was established after world war
Because you had other bigger Veterans Service organizations of for a while that they were not advocating for the unique needs of veterans in that era. We are talking about things like equal access in society, research. You would die in 18 months if you had a spinal cord injury back then. In fact, George Patton was a war hero, but he died of a spinal cord injury in 1946 because the medicine and research have not caught up with the desire to live with that injury. Over time, that band of paralyzed veterans grew into what is now a 76yearold organization, member led advocates who look for other paralyzed veterans and pulled them in and take care of them. Brian where does the money come from . Sherman 100 from individual donors and corporations. We dont take government funding. Him that is a struggle. Him we have to deliver results. We have to have impact, and we are proud of that because we do have impact. Because we are free from government funding, we are not bound by those relationships