Just said we live in a fragile world today. And as a class as complex and difficult situation that we as a society have yet to figure out. At a personal level, i make decisions every day, i bought this car a while back, a hybrid but i tell you i have annoyed you if the co2 i get for my 70 Miles Per Hour gallon as a benefit to all of us outweighs the cost of creating the car and the potential pollution impact of the battery after get stored. And maybe if we had not done the battery we would export new technologies that have less of an impact, was it good for me too buy this car, i do not know. This is my mom, i bought her that scarf a couple years ago at christmas. If i had bought that 100 years ago fine, no problem. Today i dont know if that scarf was made in a sweatshop using cotton that had pesticides growing on it and there were huge amounts of co2 as the scarf traveled a long way away to the place were about it. My choices have actions at a distance and i have annoyed you what thos
A conversation on Political Parties now with lee trautman, senior fellow at new america, the author of the 2020 breaking the twoparty doom loop. His most recent paper entitled more parties, better parties, the case for pool Party Democracy reform. Why do we have Political Parties in first place and considering the state of politics right now, might it be better to do away with parties at the moment . I understand a lot of people are frustrated with the performance of our two Political Parties. But, basic reality of modern mass represented of democracy is that you cant do it without Political Parties. Political parties are inevitable and essential as institutions of Representative Democracy because something needs to organize politics. Something and if it is not a Political Parties, then, it will just be charismatic autocrats or chaos. Political parties structure elections, they build majorities in the legislature, they engage and mobilize voters, they build coalitions. Political partie
We have folks that have turned in speaker cards. The first one is brock prior followed by herbert winier and tom gilberty. If anyone wants to speak submit a speaker card. Two minutes please. Brock prior. Good afternoon. I am here specifically to speak about the color card red program, which is basically a sham and a rip off. Make sure you speak into the microphone. Its a sham and a rip off for the people. I will read to you specifically your rules for red zone. The red zone requires that you call the city and pay an application fee, nonrefundable. My first question is why do you have a nonrefundable application fee. Second of all, when the person comes out if you have an issue, how do you go about resolving that issue . Because i have an encroachment problem with my garage door does not match the curb cut. The curb cut is narrower than my garage door. Ive had an gres problem for 17 years. Ive contacted the city and tried to solve this problem by going through the Color Curb Program and
Only one lose her home to towing, but often, possessions are lost. Everything can be lost in a stroke. The issue is complex and multidimensional, to be sure. This agency asks us to address punt amount tally different questions about who we are as a city. We must address these questions if we are to become our vision of a truly great city. This city has charges regulating the curb, so i want to make it obvious. This is a transportation agency. The city charges the mta with regulations limiting parking, stopping, etcetera. This is our charge. Its not something we do as a hobby. We are responsible for managing the curb in a safe, equitiable and efficient manner. Lots and lots and lots of things pressing on the curb. Transitways, parkways, daylighting, and that is challenging enough. If all we were doing is refere refereeing the curb for parking and other uses, but some of what is parked are vehicles, and some of those vehicles have folks living in them. The Public Works Department has som
Are lost. Everything can be lost in a stroke. The issue is complex and multidimensional, to be sure. This agency asks us to address punt amount tally different questions about who we are as a city. We must address these questions if we are to become our vision of a truly great city. This city has charges regulating the curb, so i want to make it obvious. This is a transportation agency. The city charges the mta with regulations limiting parking, stopping, etcetera. This is our charge. Its not something we do as a hobby. We are responsible for managing the curb in a safe, equitiable and efficient manner. Lots and lots and lots of things pressing on the curb. Transitways, parkways, daylighting, and that is challenging enough. If all we were doing is refere refereeing the curb for parking and other uses, but some of what is parked are vehicles, and some of those vehicles have folks living in them. The Public Works Department has some enforcement responsibilities, the police department, of