Sheriff, and the sheriff said no, youre permitted to have a sign, and it cant be larger than a certain size. But no, you sat there with a straight face and set to his face, you cant have signs. Thats the rules. You talk a lot about stuff you absolutely no nothing about. You all took sunshine ordinance training . Ha i doubt if any of you has ever even read that law, and yet, you sign a statement every year saying you understand. Yeah, you understand it only to the point where you dont like it because it holds you accountable, and if theres one thing that nobody is able to do in this city is hold anybody accountable, and thats the way you like it. And thats why you dont bite the hand that feeds you; in other words, the body that appoints each and every one of you to this commission. President keane well go now to item 10, discussion of the executive directors report. I have a brief report for you, commissioners. We continue with our organizational or staffing updates. Well be working wit
Because here in San Francisco, were really fortunate, as the mayor said, to have some generous voters. Emwho say, you know, when we put something on the ballot, they support it. They know its the right thing to do. The infrastructure project, all of the things that we need to do to make sure not only that our city is working today. We need to make sure it is working for generations to come yes, were all upset over the congestion. Yes, we dont like van ness avenue right now and a couple of other places. But at the end of the day, its going to be even better. This is an example of what we can accomplish when we make these projects work for san franciscans. So thank you to each one of you. Thank you to the department of public works, thank you to clerk. Thanks for these folks who had the opportunity to work in their backyard. This is really amazing for the city today. Thank you so much. [ applause ] thank you, supervisor breed. Next were going to hear from city administrator, city adminis
All right. Good morning, everyone. I am mohammed nuru, the director of the San Francisco public works department. I want to gyp by just thanking all of you by joining us to celebrate the completion of our new office of chief medical examiners facility. [ applause ] just to acknowledge a couple of people that are joining us today i see the fire chief. His wife is here. I see commander laz is r is here, along with commander ewing from the police department. Of course, our sheriff, sheriff hennessee, who will be actually providing security at this facility, tom dewey, the director, and the office of occi. The office of Community Engagement and involvement. Yes. And, of course, all of you. I just again want to say thank you. What a tremendous project this is. It brings me great joy to welcome this new addition to the citys infrastructure to Hunters Point the neighborhood the prom has been in the works for a while. Were glad to have it in bayview. Not only is this facility a worldclass faci
For an extended list of ligs to 2012 notable book selections, visit booktvs web site, booktv. Org or our facebook page, facebook. Com booktv. Booktv continues now with diana furchtgottroth. She takes a look at president obamas Green Jobs Initiative and argues that it hurts the economy. This is about 40 minutes. Good afternoon. Im howard, Vice President for policy research at the Manhattan Institute. Thanks so much for joining us. The question of of whether and how government, particularly the federal government, directs tax dollars to specific industries was a discussion in last nights president ial debate, and can its become an important and ongoing theme in the current president ial campaign. The terms on which washington assisted the finance and Auto Industries have also been the focus of intense debate, but probably the most contentious example of all is the one on which diana furchtgottroth, Manhattan Institutes senior fellow and our speaker this afternoon, focuses in her timely a
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