Taxes. The governor ended up vetoing the bill, that allows the commission through their guideline process to move forward with the perspective that they had shown the last time around. Looking forward, there were several items that i believe will be seeing early on in the year. First, the legislature has the first of several hearings, at least two hearings on new mobility and the facing the state. Last year legislation that was moving through, particularly the bill that we had concerns to try to work with her. I think this hearing was eyeopening for the members of the Assembly Transportation committee as well as the senate and local government committee. That was a joint hearing basis. Because they started looking at the need for data and why you need the data. There was a very robust conversation particularly with input from sfmta, a representative there, as well as la county. Why they need the data to develop the responses from the challenges that arise. I believe at the next hearing
We are joined as well by matt guaranteed you know a professor at st. Lawrence university. We frequently Work Together on forgot issues. It also runs an Excellent Program in nairobi to celebrate its 45th anniversary. Matt was there doing research and bringing some alumni along on the trip. They had a great Semester Program in africa. From Freedom House the Relief Program in africa. I also want to thank john for an outstanding article that he coauthored in the Current Issue of Foreign Affairs. On some of the new promising democratic movements and some of africas biggest countries which was largely the inspiration for this email. We modified it a little bit. South africa democratic republic of the congo where i was a peace corps volunteer hundred years ago when it was practically before building congo days and also that nigeria so between these kids six countries we have nearly half of africas rep ovulation represented. A fair amount of helpful notes as well. No one is going to say is goi
Brazil news is a musical that you look back at the legacy of the known as the father of. The web and sponsored by cattle. Welcomes another look at the international forecast of the weather pretty much as it should be across the middle east barely a cloud in the sky a little more cloud up towards the caspian sea i would towards the black sea might just catch wanted to share with them just around the caucuses 2930. 00 celsius there for jerusalem and also for beirut there we go with those showers elsewhere hot sunshine 47. 00 celsius in kuwait city and 46. 00 there for baghdad those showers that we have up towards armenia georgia maybe just easing as we go on into monday so just see things drying up pretty dry as per usual across the Arabian Peninsula maybe a little more cloud over towards the red sea you know just to see that cloud you might just catch a sport or 2 rain western parts of yemen certainly with a chance of the the old shower over the next day or 2 showers diminishing as we g
Rally his supporters but its difficult to understand what they what they do now what path they take. Well most obviously the opposition has lost momentum in the past month we remember very early in january this year when y. Though nobody really knew who he was and then he did challenge the government of unequal of motherhood of saying it was illegitimate then he proclaimed himself in to remain a leader as the president of the National Assembly saying that mother would or was elected illegitimately and weve seen very violent protests on the streets and him saying that model is and super that he needs to leave the country because of the enormous crisis that venezuela is in today what the opposition is saying is that minister needs to implement measures in order to get the country out of an economic crisis and that model cannot do exactly that and what weve seen in the past few months is why the new seeing some of that momentum well hes trying to regain it hes asking people to take to the
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