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This is about an hour and 20 minutes. Lets see if this mic is hot. It is. Good evening. Right on cue. I am jake reese with alabama booksmith and on behalf of our dedicated staff of awesome booksellers and this entire crew at the magnificent alabama theater and the geniuses at Penguin Press who have published the book the literary world has anticipated for half a century. It is my privilege and pleasure to welcome you to a mockingbird tribute. We also say a big hi yall to the viewers on cspan. The theater audience has enjoyed watching and hearing catherine check in with them on the big screen tell personal harper lee stories before the start of the main event. Each attendee has received a signed First Edition of the mockingbird next door with their ticket. Many of you wanted extra copies for friends and for gifts. They are available at alabama booksmith. Com. The folks sitting h ....
Is this microphone hunt . It is. I am with the alabama book smith on behalf of our dedicated staff and also book sellers in the entire crew in the geniuses that Penguin Press who publish the book the literary world has anticipated for half a century. It is my privilege and pleasure to show you a mockingbird interview. Also high all to the viewers on cspan. Listening to the big screen to talk about the stories each attendee has received a signed First Edition of the mockingbird next door with their ticket. If you would like extra copies for friends and forgives they are available at alabama books. Com. To soak up the ambiance of the early 20th century book that has been lovingly restored to its original charm. The final perk for one lucky patron to walk away tonight with the 50th Anniversary Edition to kill a mockingbi ....
Question i have regards accountability. You were saying before someone in the private sector has a certain job description. They are hired to do a job. They dont do the job come under fire. If youre in the government and you dont do the job you move to another division. Plus i learned in college there are games played with the budget. So youve got a certain amount of budget and youve only used 70 of that, you better figure out how to spend 30 next week. Exact way. Youre voting on a bill that will cost 200 million. You need to see the feasibility of the money youre spending and how it will affect your constituents. That people need to see the exact same thing. Pure accountability. Let it be posted for a month before you can vote, online for every citizen. Thats one example of accountability or let me give you second one i think hold people accountable. They are not accountable because there in washington and you were here. I wouldnt care about gfi 3000 miles away. Its human nature. I do ....
In 88, you may recall that jesse did better than any other second place candidate. Those persons that we got registered voted for me in 1989. It was a fourway race. The metropolitan transit authority. The most articulate and knowledgeable person i have ever encountered. The conventional wisdom was that we would not win. You have to get 40 to avoid a runoff. Election, general 9 11 has not yet occurred. A margin of only 50,000. To what do you attribute that . My response was always, why do you ask . The answer, i believe, is racism. We lost by about the same margin in 1990. In the book i mentioned racism, but that is not the total reason. In 1989 if have one a lot of white folks had not voted or me. Laterainly did not lose of the solely because black that did not vote for me. Well insm is alive and our country and certainly new york. It is not as bad as it once was. Dr. Kingsy that dream has not yet been realized and things are not what they need to be. But thank god would they are not w ....