Base within this region and we convene the c. E. O. S of the major faithbased social service agencies. Each of these constituencies in some way touches our aging adults and people with disabilities, as well for the last six years and three months, i have served on the human rights commission, and in that capacity served for five of those years as chair and cochair of the lgbt advisory committee. And in my advisory committee, the lgbt senior task force was incubated, and i had the privilege of helping transition it to the task force and make some recommendations regarding the members of the task force. Im so thrilled to see my friend perry lang, commissioner lang here, who is very instrumental in that, and to see the good works that have come out of that. Thank you very much. And welcome to the commission. Im sure your expertise and experience will be very valuable. Very kind. Thank you. Next item is approval of the december 6, 2017 agenda. May i have a motion to approve . So moved. Sec
Child is living. He may know how to use it. Q we found out that chiles has a lengthy rap sheet going to 2003 including felony convictions. The child and the Family Service Agency Working with police. They told us the boy has siblings and the home is safe so the children wont be taken from guardian. Chiles faces years behind bars if convicted. I also contacted the school system. The Media Department told me it sent out that the safety and the security is the paramount concern. I have a copy of the letter now. A lot of parents i spoke to say they never received it. They are mad about that as well. In southeast, im q mccray, abc7 news. Jonathan scary. Thank you. Developing now the nicu unit at the Prince Georges Hospital center is shut down again. This time after two more infants tested positive for a dangerous bacteria known as pseudomonas. Five babies are transferred to the hospital closed the unit in august because of the same problem. They promised sanitation overhaul. There has been
Coming up next, two former republican members of congress sit down to talk about their time in washington d. C. And how things have changed in the u. S. House of representatives since the 1980s. We hear from Nancy Johnson and peter torqueleson. This is about 90 minutes. Id like to thank you all for coming this morning to our session on former members of congress, our donors and audience. Id like to introduce our moderator this morning, david cain, a senior lecturer and public policy, faculty chair and Public Administration programs in the john f. Kennedy schools of government at harvard university. Since joining the faculty in 1992, professor kings courses have focused on legislatures, Political Parties and Interest Groups. He is also a member of the core faculty within the car center for human rights policy and is a faculty affiliate of the toebman center for state and local government. In the wake of the 2000 president ial elections, professor king directed the task force on Election
Of government at harvard university. Since joining the faculty in 1992, profession so 1992, he is a member of the core faculty within the carr center frp human rights policy and is a faculty affiliate. In the wake of the 2000 president ial election bs, professor king directed the task force for the National Commission on election reform chaired by gerald ford and jimmy carter. That culminated in land marc Voting Rights in 2002. He later oversaw the evaluation and new Management Structure for the Boston Election Department and he served in the Advisory Board of americanelect. Org. In the past professor king chaired the Bipartisan Program for newly elected members of the u. S. Congress and he corrected the executive program for Senior Executives in state and local government. Professor king is the author of three books and published in a range of journals including the american Political Science review and the journal of politics. Please welcome david king. [ applause ] thank you. Is thi
Threat was. The scare yesterday didnt cancel classes today, activities. Social media posts are the reason this consultant, edwin javius , is no longer being paid by the cedar rapids javius heads a consulting compancalled, san jose california. The district hired him back in 2014 to help promote equity within schools. And was worth between 189,000 and 219,000, plus travel expenses. But the district says social media posts alleged javius lied about his credentials to past clients. A 2014 faceok post from a california a chool district javius had contracted with said it had discovered he misrepresente d himself. It said javius claimed to have a doctorate from usc, even though he did not. Javius responded the post, saying he completed his doctoral coursework, but not hh dissertation. Since, the Cedar Rapids School district is noting the importance of and procedures for hiring vendors and working with vendors in our district, and we do background checks that are required by the state of iowa