We are going to hold now until we can get this resolved. Thank you for your patience. Good afternoon and welcome to the Mayors Disability Council this friday july 18, 2014, in room 400 of San Francisco city hall. City hall is accessible to persons using wheelchair and other persons with mobility devices. Access at the polk street carlton b. Assistive listening devices are available and our meeting is open captioned and sign language interpreted. Our agendas are also available in large print and braille. Please ask staff for any extra assistance. To prevent interference and for everyone to focus, please silence all mobile phones. Your cooperation is appreciated. We welcome the publics participation during Public Comment. You may complete a speakers card in the front of the room or call our bridge line. 415. 554. 9632. Where a staff member will handle request to speak at the appropriate time. The Mayors Disability Council meetings are held on the third friday of the month. Our next regul
Post . This is an outreach to the liberal base. Picking up big issues like the keystone pop line. There are a lot of democrats who dont want this to go through. Democratic senator Mary Landrieu and republican congressman bill cassidy, both candidates for the Louisiana State runoff brought the issue to the top of the agenda. Landrieu angered both republicans and democrats in doing this. Even if president obama may veto any action the congress may take. Ive gotten Legal Authority to make improvements on the system. There have been some concerned expressed by republicans in congress. He is going to poison the well. Big mistake. You play with matches, you take the risk of burning yourself. People want to see this city work. Americans have trusted republicans with both control of the house and the senate. This means there will be more republicans than ever making government smaller by working fulltime in washington. Both parties in the senate and the republicans in the house held elections
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