The potential to opt out and with mr. Blazer i just felt we had other things to do that could help build our sport as well and there was some concern that if i brought it to mr. Blazers attention i may feel a level of discomfort in other ways. Did you see peers feel discomfort in other ways in order to confront mr. Blazer . It would be hard to categorize it that way. When we reached out to talk to other National Associations, other federations once again we were one of 41 or 35 voting members and there wasnt anybody else that had the same level i did as an organization. Once again were in concacaf by virtue of being a member of fifa. We felt we had to find a way to participate and work our way through. Fortunately by a close vote, 18 to 17 he was elected to the seat in april of 2013 and we think that was a step in the right direction and a step ward reform. And that is the model that we felt was in the best interest of moving our sport forward in a very difficult and tricky environment
Were supposed to measure those things, set those goals and have people hold us accountable. Not run away from bad news, not cherry pick for the press, hey, i reduced crime by 1 , isnt that amazing . Its better than zero, but own the bad news, fix it, and share the good things that are happening together. And in los angeles, my philosophy has been a very simple one, to get back to the basics. To do those things that people depend on government to do. To pave streets, to help businesses create jobs. To make sure that city hall works for you and not against you. To show up when were usually missing and to get out of the way when were an impediment and rebuild the public trust and breathe life back into american democracy from the local level back up. And why shouldnt people expect that from government . Nobody does, but why shouldnt they . Our customers our constituents are the same folks that get automatic twoday shipping from amazon get uber in three minutes on their smartphone. They ex
Emotion. I would just like to see people like carson, who get into the get into the Health Professions or the social programs be conservative so there would be more balance in peoples thoughts. You agree with kirstin powers . Caller yeah, i do. Thank you. Front page of the Washington Post also focusing on china and its currency as the country putting its credibility on the line with its move of the chinese currency. Donna is the last call from columbus, ohio. Quick comment from you, donna . Caller yeah. Theres i really havent been im not knowledgeable on that. Thanks for being with us. Today on cspan3, programs about immigration policy. Next, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti talks about how mayors can address National Issues such as immigration and a minimum wage increase with local initiatives. After that, fill an throw pistol mike bazos talks about his experiences immigrating from cuba as a boy and finding american freedom. Then a look at a report released by ucla earlier this year ab
The question of who has authorization, who doesnt have authorization. The symbolic apparatus that animates the ethos, the iedos of the current anxiety over immigration is fundamentally channeling, echoes what has been a story in our country for over 150 years. Today its not the irish, its not the italians, its not the Eastern European jews. Today its the unauthorized. Okay. A few more questions. Yes, the middle of the middle table. Okay, hi. My name is gaby. Im a thirdyear philosophy student here. And im on the nyu dream team. Excuse me, gaby, can you hold the microphone a little closer . Yes. Thank you. I know nyu just this past fall decided that they were going to begin to offer institutional aid to undocumented students. But all that is for undocumented students is opening up on the same footing being able to apply to nyu as a u. S. Rather than as an international student. But even so, it doesnt mean that theyre going to receive full financial aid, just that they are open to receivi
Affiliation, so we have very interesting orderly process and, you know, i asked each person what they wanted to do and i gave them one minute each . Each. I wasnt interested in anyones life history, and it was really sort of what do you want to do, and we had a few options and virtually Anyone Running a Public Company was on that group could nod and deal with the pressure from their constituents and so i basically said, well, it seems pretty clear, you know, that i really didnt want to have a melting ice cube type of thing. People were under legitimate astonishing pressure you should have seen some of the emails that i got tell me you know i was accused by people of being a nazi i mean, im jewish struck you as absurd, right it was absurd and i got hundreds of these things and so it was pretty clear that the country itself felt like it was going out of control we had a logical meeting, and decided that there was just too much pressure for too many people all running public companies. An