The richness of holiday celebrations is changing this year from sound to sight.
The pandemic has significantly limited how people can gather, so many local area traditions are taking on new forms, or replaced with new observances altogether.
The popular Smith River Singers, whose concerts bring in crowds topping 1,000, are silent this year, not even appearing in small groups. However, they have released last yearâs concert on video free, for anyone to watch at any time.
The town of Ridgeway and Patrick County canât hold their usual events, so both are having Christmas display contests for homes and businesses instead.
well as the people from the planning commission and the porch, and there was significant debate, not only at the labor council of butt out but at our executive board, so i want to be on record that we are for this particular project. there was a lot of debate. i will not go into all of the issues, but there are concerns about money going into the general fund and supporting the porch, that there is affordable money s not going in and also that we desperately need jobs in order to stimulate the economy, and i just want to say right now that there are three things on behalf of the entire labor counsel that happens, and one is that you for a firm the certification of the eir to move forward, secondly that you also accept the planning commission plan on the conditional use, and also that there is no continuance that takes place, to move this board, which could further endanger this project. thank you. good evening. my name is alan. i am president of the market company. a key
aquatic park. growing up, we cannot afford to join a country club membership, so i consider myself to be quite fortunate to now be a member of the golden gate swim club. it is amazing that they say this practice is for the 1%. it is a private tennis and swim club. it cost me an arm and a leg to join, and i paid over $300 per month. here is my latest bill, which i realize it just went to a $20. they spread rumors that the club is going away. it is my understanding that renovation of the club as always been a significant part of a washington. in fact, it will be improved, and it will better serve swimmers like me you have to wait for a swim lane and deal with outdated lockers under essentially in a high rise with no lockers. no windows. members of the opposition, $2.60 million. this is one example. the truth is, this will give back 30 times the amount of public space than currently exists. does that mean we have to lose some private tennis courts? yes. i respectfully ask you
certified the eir. good evening, supervisors. i am the executive director of the san francisco labor council, representing over 100 unions and san francisco and tens of thousands of union members, not just the construction workers and representatives you see behind me but also teachers and firefighters and janitors and maritime trade union workers, among others, every union in san francisco, and we support this project. we did, and the labor council, as you know, rarely ways and on development projects, but we did weigh in on this. there is great interest in this project. we have dedicated several different types of presentations that you have read from the people who are appellants as well as the people from the planning commission and the porch, and there was significant debate, not only at the labor council of butt out but at our executive board, so i want to be on record that we are for this particular project. there was a lot of debate. i will not go into all of the
ultimately did not approve a re- zone or that the situations with the seawall more different. the significant and unavoidable effects are intrinsic to any development on this side. they relate to the potential for flooding in the event of sea level rise, and they relate to a cumulative traffic impact at the intersection of the embarcadero and washington street. not by virtue of this project but by virtue of some recommendations that were made in the northeastern embarcaderos steady to narrow washington street and eliminates some lanes. do we know that is going to happen? no, we do not, but if it does happen, there will be significant impacts associated with that in the future, and there are also some impacts associated and tenants, which are a byproduct of the fact that there are diesel engines rumbling through the city. this is nothing unique to this side. this is just something that is part and parcel with urban development. eir consider whether there were alternative devel