Here in New Hampshire, this event [indiscernible] andoderate todays debate, governor patrick to the stage. [applause] thanks a lot. Professor, thank you for moderating this. Thank you all for being here. Thank you to open democracy for the invitation to be here. I could make it as plain as possible by taking that card and reading aloud. I actually wrote that sentence. Look, we have a handful of big ideas, and when i say we, i mean we americans, on which there are broad consensus. And theydont happen, dont happen because we have been treating our democracy for a long time as it it would tolerate limitless abuse without breaking. The things like the amount of money, much of it dark, the gerrymandering of districts so that, as the phrase goes, representatives choose the voters and not the other way around, the influence of lobbyists, especially lobbyists for money interests. Frankly,ression, and how hard we make it to register to vote. All of these things conspire to prevent us from getti
[ applause ] thank you. Mr. President , madam speaker, mr. Chief justice, members of the General Assembly, honored guests, today i welcome the opening of the legislative session with the same optimism i had as a freshman senator of Washington County nearly two decades ago. I come before you to report on the state of the state, to reflect on the work weve done and to share a vision and priorities for our future. As elected officials, its our duty to distinguish what must be done from what we might like to do, and to Work Together, pulling in the same direction to make a difference for those we serve. We meet at a time in our history when too many elected officials on both sides are choosing confrontation and partisan politics over collaboration. [ voices speaking ]. We call on everyone to help. For the people. Young people for the Climate Crisis destroying the economy they will be escorted out by Capitol Police and security. Listen to the people everyone must tell the truth the climate
[inaudible conversations] first of all professor thank you for moderating this and for being here. And also for the invitation to be here. And then to read it aloud i actually wrote that sentence. Look. And a handful of big ideas i mean we americans. And they dont happen in treating democracy for a long time. And then the amount of money and the jeremy it on gerrymandering that they choose their voters not the other way around, the influence of lobbyists for money and interest and frankly how hard we make it. All these things conspire from getting those outcomes. We have to go right at that and call it out with that legislation that makes the democracy function if we are to have a fighting chance on health care or immigration or criminal justice reform. And the strategy we will propos propose. So the first time today. Eyes did 24 hours now i promise 24 seconds. [laughter] i apologize but as soon as i am done we will go to a focus group. I think what you did was push pull. [laughter] an
On commissioner lopezs comments. Talk about in terms of utilizing the partnership with sfpd, when are we at the point, okay, this is not something we can do or are we short on t10s . First, the sfpd does not supervisor oversee at all. We want to be clear with that. Some have misunderstooding over the years. Our t10s call them so the only calls to dispatch should come from the school administrator. Not from security. I wanted to clear that up. We have a high turnover in security. We are trying to get the security guards trained. We have had extra trainings. We had trainings on Crisis Response including how to respond to emergency situations. Certainly i think our security guards. Some are highly skilled in part of that community and absolutely worth a tremendous asset to the school. We have a high turnover and it is difficult to bring everyone up to training. The Security Force is inconsistent from school to school. If we had the security t10 staff, are we calling sfpd because we dont h
Nice to see you. Mr. Patrick thank you for doing this. Oh, my gosh, so grateful [indiscernible] here in New Hampshire, this event [indiscernible] to moderate todays debate, and governor patrick to the stage. [applause] thanks a lot. Professor, thank you for moderating this. Thank you all for being here. Thank you to open democracy for the invitation to be here. I could make it as plain as possible by taking that card and reading it aloud. I actually wrote that sentence. Look, we have a handful of big ideas, and when i say we, i mean we americans, on which there is a broad consensus. But they dont happen, and they dont happen because we have been treating our democracy for a long time as if it would tolerate limitless abuse without breaking. So the things like the amount of money, much of it dark, the gerrymandering of districts so that, as the phrase goes, representatives choose the voters and not the other way around, the influence of lobbyists, especially lobbyists for money interest