Im so excited interviewing kevin williamson. Can you talk about how you came up with the name . The name comes from an essay i wrote years about about poverty in Eastern Kentucky, gives a lot of journalists visiting, the poorest place in america and every ten years the census comes out and its the poorest place in america. They get journalists like me and others, the media to come, its kind of funny, some of the people that we talk about there, people from the New York Times and washington post, theyve been down here to talk about it. What i came to believe is that the sort of really spread out overwhelming white, overwhelmingly poor places in parts Rural America are in many ways socially and economically and to a less extent politically similar to poor urban communities. So its a kind of way of life that we dont write about because its dispersed that its not concentrated invisible and not a way of life thats lived in the places where major newspapers and Media Companies and things lik
Good evening. Good evening. Thank you and good evening. [ applause ] thank you and good evening. Good evening rhode island. Mr. Speaker and Senate President , members of the house and the senate. Members of the judiciary to my cabinet and my wonderful family. Thank you for being here tonight. And my fellow Rhode Islanders. Tonight i stand with all of you filled with optimism for our future. We work hard together digging our way out of the deep economic hole. And now we are prepared for Rhode Islanders for success in a fast changing economy. Right now in rhode island. We have more than half a million jobs in our state. Thats more jobs than we ever have in our states history. [ applause ] our unemployment is the lowest it has been in three decades now i want you to think about that. That means that our economy is as strong today as it has been in a generation. Whats going on . We know it has not always been that way. Actually just a few years ago, it was not that way. Whats different . W
You have any announcements . Be sure to sign all cell phones and electronic devices. Any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. Items will appear on the octobef supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Thank you. Could you please read the first item. Item one, 190810. Ordinance amending the administrative code and public works code to require that any resolution approving a jurisdictional transfer of Real Property a transfer of the authority over cityowned Real Property between city departments be recorded in the office of the recorder together with a legal description and map of the Real Property; to require that any petition to the board of supervisors for a street vacation include a legal description and county surveyorapproved map, and that the clerk of the board record in the office of the recorder a copy of the adopted ordinance together with the legal description and map; and affirming the Planning Departments determination under the Ca
The toledo strip was actually formed by two different surveys. And the differences a wedge shaped strip that was five miles wide at the indiana border and eight miles wide by the time it reached lake erie. So its a pie shaped 450 square mile wedge which became the toledo strip that ohio and michigan really started to wrangle over. The whole point that ohio and michigan were focused on would be what was referred to as the port of miami, miami being the indian term from the mommy mommy river. Everybody knew it would eventually become an important port. Michigan and ohio wanted to be a part of that. On top of that you have the eerie canal opening in 1825, people start flooding down across lake erie into this area. People recognize the value of the canal system. And by the 1830s, people see that as a reality, and they realize that a terminus has to be built in this area. Michigan and ohio wanted that. Whats legend is that if her trapper familiar with the area came down to the legislature a
Expanders. Continue the tour and learn more about world war ii battalion eight stations. Unday at 6 00. N american artifacts tv and American History tv on the road, with the support of the buckeye broadband cable partners. Visit notable locations. In about 15 minutes, the battle of Fallen Timbers and its native american removal in the west. Later, we learn how toledo became known as the glass capital of the world. We begin with the toledo war. The toledo war goes back to 1787 and a northwest ordinance that established the area that by state andcame establish in order that started at the bottom of Lake Michigan iran east to lake erie. The strip of land formed was called the toledo strip. It was formed by two different surveys and that was a wedgeshaped strip five miles knows theat we indiana border today. Eight miles wide by the time it reaches lake erie. It is a pie shaped, 454 square mile edge that became the toledo strip that ohio and michigan really started to wrangle over. Point bo