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Is crime like in your community. Also send us a tweet or go to facebook. You can also email us. Phone lines are open. Start dialing in. What is crime like in your community . Take a look at some of the most common avenses in this country from offenders in federal prison. Us a take a look at federal offenders in prison. Federal offenders we want to get an idea of what crime is like in your community. U. S. A. Recently had this headline. So we turn to you this morning. Give us your thoughts. Thomas youre in an urban area. Whats crime like in your area . Caller most of the crime that makes the papers involves poor people getting shot. Poor people getting shot in poor neighborhoods and homeless people. Things like that. Drug crimes, typically dont make the paper. Its the crimes that just make you sick. Not that somebody getting robbed at 711 isnt a terrible thing but its poor people shooting each other essentially. Host is this smk that talk about your neighborhoods. Something that your lo
Standards, those are all in there as part of the budget process. For me, those are significant challenges that certainly the white house has weighed in on but for me the most important thing is, we have reduced our staff level from over 18,000 to 15,000. We did this knowing that epa would need to get leaner but also do its job more effectively. We have done everything we can to get to be a leaner and more effective agency, but you are adding time when state budget is hurting. We do not have the level of protections for clean air, clean water, clean up superfund sites and transforming those brownfield sites into economic opportunities. These are standard things of the agency has done forever. Taking away a core budget does not just impact clean power plans and problems of the future, it definitely impacts our ability, which i think the general public has relied on, to protect the direct Public Health and the environment. We are not talking about worrying just about the problems of the f
Second any discussion or comments from the public. All in favor, say i. I. Thank you that motion carries the reports thank you Director Director mcfadden. Good morning, commissioners happy new year im going to apologize for the fact that i just got back from two weeks of vacation and realize we didnt meet in december i wanted to start with a couple of announcements the first one is that cindy as you may know know from the institute on aging now with the department of aging Adult Services and started i think after ours is a last time we met i want to formally introduce cindy to everyone shes overseeing the Community Program side working with offense of aging, our dos intact our a long time go care operations and shell be a liaison with our folks that work with the longtime legislation stuff were happy im very, very happy to have cindy on board and sure youll be working closely with jill and cindy especially cindy she oversees our contract and report that michael who many of you this mik
Sorry im turning your microphone on. Commissioner president james commissioner itani commissioner loo commissioner ow commissioner roy commissioner sims and please note executive director sherry is present. Thank you may i have is a motion to approve the agenda missouri. 234i6z thank you. The motion carries may i have a motion to approve the november 2nd minutes moved second any discussion or comments from the public. All in favor, say i. I. Thank you that motion carries the reports thank you Director Director mcfadden. Good morning, commissioners happy new year im going to apologize for the fact that i just got back from two weeks of vacation and realize we didnt meet in december i wanted to start with a couple of announcements the first one is that cindy as you may know know from the institute on aging now with the department of aging Adult Services and started i think after ours is a last time we met i want to formally introduce cindy to everyone shes overseeing the Community Progra