everything devoted to politics right here. this is a special event, we are pleased that you could come out and make it. we have some special guests here today, the deputy secretary of state of new hampshire is here with us. also, one of the all-time greats of new hampshire, the person who has protected our primary and brought forth a real democracy in new hampshire and brought forth a lot of the wonderful aspects of this primary data so that so many people celebrate, especially us here at the institute of politics. without further ado, i would like to introduce secretary of state bill gardner. [applause] sec. gardner: thank you. every four years, this is a special night in new hampshire. it is a reflection of the primary and what it all about. the new hampshire primary from the beginning has been about the little guy. it gives an opportunity for any person who meets the qualifications to be able to have a chance to run for president, get on the ballot here, and we have had
Calcification galore and the enormity of the situation needs to be perhaps graphically shared. Under the city of albany, the capital of new york, which is part of the 20th Congressional District i represent, happens to lie 317 miles of pipe. Drinking water infrastructure. You know, you could travel from albany, new york, to baltimore, maryland, thats the sort of linear responsibility associated with that system. Should we anticipate rightfully, that there may be some bumps along the road of that 317 mile stretch in any given year . Absolutely. Lets think of it in those sorts of terms, so that we can have a better understanding and awareness of an aged infrastructure, which by the way is also accompanied by a discontinued inventory in many cases. Valves that are required are no longer manufactured. And so we have to come up with some innovative response when there is a break. And while weve talked a lot about capital improvements, capital infrastructure, physical infrastructure thats re