Meeting. And the. And is july 21st special joint meeting. Okay motion to approve pursue any further discussion . The is have it. Thank you very much. Item 5 communications. Please note we have asked members of the public to ask that certain items are severed from the agenda item 10. 2 and 4, 10. 5 a there c and 10. 6. Thank you. Item 6 introduction of new or Unfinished Business by Board Members. I felt remiss a at the last meeting a geary bart and in our Newport Beach we neglected to mention how much work has been done on that corridor in terms of red transit and the lower superintendent gerrero transit priority signals and what improvements on that for running time i didnt want to leave it is a of with the expression were not aware of the work in our enthusiasm to discuss the work yet to come and bring that up i take that line back and forth and this morning coming from carrie had 38 rs within a minute ever each other. Seeing none. Item 6 drorts report. Director reiskin. There is an o
What happened is we rescued the School Systems. That is not an exaggeration. We did it. What ended up happening . Not totally because of that but now we have the highest Graduation Rate of over 80 for the First Time Ever and we have a dropout rate among blacks and hispanics that has dropped over 25 since you guys started running the show. Nobody knows that. It is like a tree falling in the forest. Anybody come up to you and say lately, thank you, you did a great job on the dropout rate . Thank you, you rescued my school . We upgraded our infrastructure. The largest public works project contained within a recovery act in history. Bigger than eisenhowers interstate highway program. 15,000 new projects, 42,000 miles of new roads, and 7700 bridges. 700 Drinking Water systems upgraded. I could go on and on. Providing broadband across america and in the process, we created hundreds of thousands of jobs just doing the project and it created a virtuous cycle. When youre building the bridge in
Here is mitt romney announcing his decision. Good morning. This is mitt. Let me let you know who was on the call. Theres a large number people who signed on to be leaders of our 2016 finance effort. In addition, state political leaders here for several of the primary states on the line. Here in new york city and on the phone are people who have been helping me think through how to build a new team, as well as supporters from the past who have all been kind enough to volunteer their time during the celebration stage. Welcome, and thank you. Your loyalty and friendship, and your desire to see the country with new conservative leadership does in fact warm my heart. After putting considerable thought into making another run for president , ive decided its best to give other leaders in the party the opportunity to be our next nominee. Let me give you my thinking. First, im convinced that with the health of the people on this call, we could win the nomination. We would have enough funding to
To encourage them in their official tasks. Be with them and with all who labor here to serve this great nation and its people. Assure them that whatever their responsibilities, you provide the grace to enable them to be faithful to their duties and the wisdom to be conscious of their obligations and fulfill them with integrity. Remind us all of the dignity of work and teach us to use our talents and abilities in ways that are honorable and just and are of benefit to those we serve. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from North Carolina, ms. Foxx. Ms. Foxx please join in the pledge to our wonderful flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it
Effective Public Policy its not enough. Were pleased today to open the lecture series and have present the man for whom it was named, were delighted to have fred here. [applause] im going to start about 30 minutes on explaining what the American Action forum is. Its my pleasure to introduce scott. Before i do that i would like to compliment doug. Just a word on them. I founded this with the idea that we needed to bring together the policy ideas from the right to the moderate and is compelling to the American People. I must say, doug, its far exceeded any expectations i had. Its been a phenomenal success thanks to you and thanks to your team. As i like to say, you fought which above your weight and had a powerful unflew powerful invitation powerful influence i think on policy formation in this country. Now im not going to talk too much about scott walkers accomplishments as governor or his biographical background because you all have that in your handouts or have it in your knowledge. L