Yes, sir. The number of the population. In part because people are springing back and forth between the sides. There is a famous john adams statement a third were loyalist and a third were in the middle. I think that is almost certainly on the loyalist too high. And probably too low on the patriots. And too low on the people in the middle. My best sense, i would say about a fifth of the American People are willing to make a pretty strong commitment to the union of the empire. Two fifths are willing to make a strong commitment to military resistance and ultimately to independence and that leads another two fifths of the population that are in the middle. Those proportions well have an flow over the course of the war but that loyalist fit will keep shrinking over time. They are so frustrated with british treatment and they are so often experienced being subject to severe punishment when they fail to protect them that they make the quite rational decision that if order is ever going to be
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The security plan is far from ready in their their violent and we get a lot of our seas tend to be a lot more troublesome for the Police Departments as a matter of politics but as a matter of historical facts with anywhere from a few thousand to over 100,000 demonstrators potentially coming to cleveland for the Republican National convention in july. We need to be prepared for you prepare the best thing you can do is prepare for the worst and hope for the best the Cleveland Police patrolmens Association President has serious doubts of the city will be ready or that the officers were even have the proper gear of the crackers and show bids for equipment and a plan to purchase rain gear using millions of dollars in federal grant money but loomis says time is running out. Theres no when one Police Officer since been measured 90 days turnaround to order the equipment that we needed 90 deliver it does with the manufacturers are telling me directly he says theyre also not being told about log
And we get a lot of our seas tend to be a lot more troublesome for the Police Departments as a matter of politics but as a matter of historical facts with anywhere from a few thousand to over 100,000 demonstrators potentially coming to cleveland for the Republican National convention in july. We need to be prepared for you prepare the best thing you can do is prepare for the worst and hope for the best the Cleveland Police patrolmens Association President has serious doubts of the city will be ready or that the officers were even have the proper gear of the crackers and show bids for equipment and a plan to purchase rain gear using millions of dollars in federal grant money but loomis says time is running out. Theres no when one Police Officer since been measured 90 days turnaround to order the equipment that we needed 90 days and then another month to deliver it does with the manufacturers are telling me directly he says theyre also logistical issues including access to water in restr
Please wait outside if you care to speak submit a speaker card to make sure youre aware your name has been called for a particular item okay. As soon as an overflow room is made available ill let you all know where that is id like to call roll at this time. Commissioner president fong commissioner wu commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore and commissioner richards thank you, commissioners commissioners, the first item on your agenda is item for continuance item one the go affordable unit general plan amendment and two Affordable Housing bonus planning Code Amendment and next Affordable Housing and public Zoning District are proposed for that continuance until december 3rd, 2015, item 4 at 1126 irving street has been withdrawn i have a number of speakers commissioners. Okay. Opening it up for Public Comment for continuances Katherine Howard calling names and if you all want to line up on that side of the room pent. For those members of the publ