Allegations of corruption, and indictments and guilty pleas swirling around city Hall Contracting the city family is plugging along with another enormous bond for this november, much of it which will go to d. P. W. The ethics budget is not an expense. Its an investment that pays dividends and in cost savings and honest government. Thank you very much. If you are joining by the webex Browser Extension, if you wish to raise your hand for this Public Comment and other Public Comments, you may do so by clicking on the raise hand icon. Its located in the participants panel on the lowerright corner. To access that panel, you can click on the navigation bar located in the video screen by clicking on the participants icon. I do not see any additional callers concerning Public Comment. Im going to close Public Comment first, i want to say in response to the Public Comment, to the first specificker who had substantive points of information concerning City Contracting i do hope that the whistlebl
Anytime that im looking at the labor request for the commission is that the commission exercises the power sparingly, and useds a balancing approach where you balance the need for the labor on the one hand with any danger of unfair advantage or undue influence on the other hand. And in cases where you find that the need for the labor outweighs the danger of impropriety, thats when the waiver is proper. Otherwise, the balance of equities is not there and the waiver is probably inappropriate. So in this particular instance, i do recommend a waiver to be granted along the lines of what was requested and what is requested is that mr. Eske be allowed as he sits on the Arts Commission to continue to engage in compensated advocacy, limited to a specific list of city commissions but not all city commissions and City Employees, but the set of commissions that he interacts with now. And to that i would add that he only be allowed to engage in compensated advocacy for clients of his architecture
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Filed for initial Unemployment Benefits as the coronavirus slammed the u. S. Economy. A total of 38. 6 Million People have filed since midmarch when lockdowns began all across the country you know if theres any relatively positive news here. Its that firsttime claims have declined for 7 straight weeks. They peaked at 6. 9 million in the final week of march. And while layoffs and furloughs have taken hold of the labor market President Trump is optimistic the economy. Well bounce back nadia romero explains from washington. Its a tale of 2 perspectives economy will recover it will take time clearly the economy is not going to snap back come july jobless claims released thursday showed 2. 4 million americans filed for Unemployment Benefits last week bringing the total nationwide to more than 38 million since midmarch. But the president believes the jobs are only temporarily lost. Thursday touring a ford plant in michigan, heres my mask great. Very much wearing a face mask for parts of his