The thrilling story of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad will come to life upon the stage of Clarksville’s oldest professional theatre this month.
documentation, nothing to support that number, and it was likely overstated. well, that s not correct. that s what it says. no, that s not what it says. mayor, that s what the audit says. it says the $650 million number was unsupported and likely overstated. by unsupported, i mean, there was no formula given to them to do a calculation. but, in fact, it was supported by the professional staff. that s how the number was arrived at. that s because the number came from russell crosby, retirement services director at the time. this is what he told us in january. that was the number off the top of my head. and the mayor was told not to use that number. crosby said the same thing during his interview with the state. did anyone ever tell you not to use that number? only you, i think. what the audit shows is there was a continued pattern of exaggeration. the numbers game has created public distrust. we know we need to sit town. but that wasn t good enough.
good evening. i m diane dwyer. two high-profile families have joined the search for a missing 15-year-old girl in the south bay. sierra lamar has been missing over a we can and two families who have both experienced the pain of a kidnapping are helping with the search and left-hand side their expertise to the family. nbc bay area s kimberly terry is in morgan hill at the site of a new search center with the latest for us. reporter: diane, the shut-down burnett elementary school in morgan hill will reopen tuesday as the official search center for sierra lamar. her family spent time getting things ready as they refocus their energy toward more organized searches. in gilroy, a south valley community church sunday morning services dedicated to sierra lamar. the 15-year-old was last seen on march 16th in her morgan hill home before heading to school. it gets harder and harder but we re hanging in there. we re hopeful. we re not giving up. reporter: for the first time since s
time you have to make a decision, and that you can t undo. you know, we re the undo generation, we re used to hitting the back space or undoing, and you don t have that opportunity when with you re talking about human life. the new oversight team as a result of the deadly new year s eve killing of oscar grant at the hands of a bart police officer. and last july s deadly shooting of a knife wielding homeless man has made the team s mission even more important. i hope we re going to continue to train new police officers in a new way of policing. one that s based more on compassion on communications rather than the taser. it s really crucial for both parts of that oversight system to learn asp as we can about bart s training, the practices, the culture. so we can make sure to open to the highest standard. bart says it has already implemented some changes. it now requires more than double the hours of training necessary for bart police officers. the independent auditor al
do the calculations or the numbers. so whether or not we can get to 650 is a guesstimate for people who do this work? 650 was a possibility of what could happen. this internal e-mail from one of his staff members states, if we don t act, costs will reach $650 million. the mayors office says that was an oversight. meanwhile, the city come tends that number was never used for official business or while negotiating with unions. take a look at these e-mails sent to unions by the city manager about retirement reform negotiations. they all reference a memo dated may 13th as the city s only actual proposal for a ballot measure. the number 650 million used multiple times. i had no idea that that number was simply made up out of thin air, and if that s the case, we need to know that. if it s not, we need to know that as well. councilmembers are expected to discuss the memo with the sitpy manager next week. hoping to see the math that solves the $650 million question at city hall