Candidacy but havent release books. Next up a Panel Discussion on new orleans, ten years after hurricane katrina. Thank you all everyone for coming this evening. Its my pleasure to welcome you to this wonderful public launch of robertas new new book. It is how the people of new orleans rebuilt the city. On behalf of the new school and nation books, its my pleasure to welcome everyone. Before we get started i just wanted to say a couple things about some people would have helped helped make the series possible. They are mary watson and pamela tellis from the executive deans office and they are wonderful partners. I also want to think cspan. Its so great that you are here filming us and the cspan audience. Thank you. It is such a pleasure to get to publicly introduce roberta gratz, someone who has been a hero has been a hero of mine for a long time. She is an amazing writer and thinker. She is an acclaimed urbanist and has published for previous book including the battle for gotham. Her
The Council Has Spoken!! Our Watcherâs Council Results
June 14, 2015
The Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and the results are in for this weekâs Watcherâs Council match up.
âNo manâs life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.â â Mark Twain
âPolitics, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.â â Ambrose Bierce,âThe Devilâs Dictionaryâ
âThis is the Most Transparent Administration in History.â â President Barack Obama
This weekâs winning essay,The Right Planetâs â The Trans-Pacific Partnership and the March Toward âGlobal Governanceâ â #StopFastTrack is a great run down of the secret treaties and protocols the Obama Administration is trying to shove through congress. Hereâs a slice: