Demand driven. We dont train widget makers. The commune to College System has worked so remarkably well. One of the biggest differences between 10 years ago and now and why this is working well is the level of business engagement. If you go to Front Range Community college in colorado, he will see they have an advanced manufacturing partnership, a partnership between the federal, state and local government, the Business Community and others. Look and see the curriculum is being devised within industry. There are businesses whose workers are professors. One of the reasons they love teaching is they cherry pick the best students. That tiny build your talent pipeline. That is how you build your talent pipeline. Thank you for your leadership on behalf of comedic colleges. We had four years of desk cap grants. Community colleges. It stands for using comedic colleges to catalyze change. What i learned from these grants is that oftentimes, businesses were not talking enough to educators. In l
Because, you know what . I can look around this table and some of you have come in with innovative ideas that i had not thought about. I dont know if it will work, but there is enough evidence and logic to indicate we should try it. Trying to create a space for that is what we are working to do. Governor mccrory, governor walker. Governor mccrory madam, thank you. I have enjoyed your visit and your cookies and your lemonade at the executive mansion, i hope you enjoyed it. A really good time. First of all, i want to congratulate you on your comments on your focus on Mental Health and i include that in addiction because i think that is one of the most serious issues we are facing, as i have found out in my 2. Ive years in my 2. 5 years. The addiction is ending up in our prisons, emergency rooms, and our state prisons and that is not the solution. We have got to come up with a longterm partnership with the federal government, local government, and everyone involved to deal with this very
You could buy that car, and it wouldnt have to be fixed. And we think thats a loophole that needs to be closed. There are also pieces of legislation we wish the senate would consider like giving nhtsa Imminent Hazard Authority. We were criticized last year for having too cozy a relationship with industry, but the reality is, is that when a recall occurs, if the company that has been recalled disagrees with our assessment our recourse so go to court and spend years trying to to litigate that issue while dangerous stuff is on the streets. The alternative is to develop some kind of settlement with the automaker or the oem and, you know usually weve been able to get favorable results that way. But if Congress Wants us to have more teeth, give us the tools so that we can fight those battles directly. And, you know, these are the kinds of things that weve proposed previously, and itd be nice for those issues to be addressed through this legislation. Dave shepardson. East one of those be eith
Level of business engagement. If you go to Front Range Community college where ive been in colorado you will see they have an advanced manufacturing partnership. Its a partnership between the federal state and local government. You see that the curriculum is being devised in partnership with industry. You actually see that there are businesses whose workers are professors. And what they tell me is one of the reasons they love teaching is they cherry pick the best students. And thats fine. Thats how you build your talent pipeline. And so we need to continue the efforts. And, again governor fallin thank you for your leadership on behalf of Community Colleges. We had four years worth of what we call tax grants. We have since dismissed our acronym director because its a clumsy acronym. What it stands for is using Community Colleges to catalyze change in the work force system. What i learned from these grants is that oftentimes businesses werent talking enough to educators. And so in los an
Verydangerous situation. These days there is a lot of brown to go around. But there is a fear about fires and how quickly they can spread. Any kind of fire, we stand potential of a large fire within the bay area as well as other places in california. That is our concern now. Reporter with lightning in the forecast, by little rain expected throughout the bay cal fire crews are bracing for what could come. If we look at the current number of fires we have a long road ahead of us. Reporter this wildfire was caused by lightning a prime example of how high the flames can get. Cal fire has brought in additional equipment and support in the event if needed. The agency has called its available firefighters back to work meaning if theyre not on vacation theyre on the schedule. Of concern fires flaring up in remote areas. There are not a lot of people around to call 911. So seeing that report we can get resources out there quicker. Reporter a young fire season and challenging times ahead given t