will step down on august second. it comes after days of protests following a scandal over chat messages. ricardo rossello and male members of his staff, made homophobic and sexist comments in group chat messages which were obtained by the puerto rico center for investigative journalism and they include more than 900 pages of messages including one that joked about the bodies of hurricane maria victims of the morgue. the governor apologized for the messages. but puerto ricans say the latest scandal was just the final straw after suffering through years of fiscal mismanagement, severe cuts to public education, and the aftermath of maria. that frustration was evident when i traveled to puerto rico earlier this year. i sat down with the rossello and he acknowledged the tough road puerto rico s been on. let s talk about debt. debt has long been an issue for this island and i think the numbers around 70 billion is what that s an accurate number. so what s the strategy now to mana
well, i ve been going to the nihonmachi street fair for years and it never ceases to amaze me how it remains a traditional event of fun while constantly evolving. being called the original melting pot of street fairs really fits. and joining me to explain how is long-time friend of the show, richard jue, the board chairman of the nihonmachi street fair. and also with us is a committee member, justin butac. welcome to the show. melting pot is a good description, right? richard jue: absolutely. robert: give us an idea, first of all, a little history for people who don t know it, when the nihonmachi street fair started, what it kind of started out as, and how it s evolved. richard: well, it started out initially in 1973 with we had a cherry blossom that just displayed the businesses. so, nihonmachi street fair developed from that way to display the nonprofit organizations of the city. so, steve and his group of students from the asian american studies from sf state came up with
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