Good morning. Welcome to the San Francisco county Transportation Authority meeting for tuesday september 10, 2019. The first meeting back since summer recess. Our clerk could you please call the role. roll call . Clerk we have a quorum. Could you please read the next item. Clerk Citizens Advisory Committee report. This is an information item. Mr. Larson, good morning. Good morning chair peskin and commissioners. I am chair of the Citizens Advisory Committee to report on last wednesdays meeting of the cac. They reviewed the motion of support for 26 million in prop k allocation and one 100,000 prop k appropriation request on item 5 on the agenda. They responded regarding undergrounding the k and m lines to the twin folks tunnel and out to stones town. This harkins back to a Feasibility Study for less extensive that was to proceed to preenvironmental design in 2015. It was expanded in scope in 2016. When sf m. T. A. Staff was asks if this was to proceed. They need priority against other m
[inaudible background conversations] [inaudible speaking] the panel is titled American History, renegades and sponsored by the Mississippi Library commission. Tracy carr, with the library commission, was in the room for the very first organizational meeting of the festival we couldnt do this without the Mississippi Library commission or libraries from all over the state so thank you very much for your support. We are in the room today courtesy of foreman watkins law firm, our gratitude to them. Our panelists are tom craven, eric j dolman and Peter Houlihan. You can purchase copies of their books from vendors outside and you can find the times are authors will be signing in your program. We will hear from our panelists for about 40 minutes then open the floor to questions. Please come to the podium in the center of the room to ask your questions. Help me welcome our moderator for this panel, kitty blunt director of Mississippi Department of archives and history. [applause] thank you. Im
[inaudible conversations] this panel American History sponsored by the Mississippi Library those who are with the Library Commission with the very first organizational meeting we could not do this from all over the state thank youmi for your support. We are in there today and the gratitude to them. You can purchase copies of their books and it would be signed in the program. Ced then open the floor to questions so help me welcome the moderator to the panel. [applause] i will tell you about these guys than me will start a conversation. Tom is a reporter from the New York Times and editor before turning to music on writing fulltime. Dodge city, the typhoon and wildas bill published by Saint Martins press and harpercollins will release. And the other 13 books and those by the l. A. Times and boston globe. And the john lyman award for a maritime history. And of the american my house including the impact of ptsd and First Responders in his number of book reviews and is a native of Southern
Normal. We cannot grow accustomed to this kind of disgraceful behavior. We cannot look at the poor behavior of already confirmed nominees and conclude that we should lower our standards when it comes to miss blanchards nomination. This is the United States senate, supposedly the worlds greatest deliberative body. We should examine the fitness and qualification of every single individual nominated to be the face of america in nations across the world. We should expect our ambassadors to represent the United States with dignity, respect, and sound judgment. And we should remember that americas role as a leader of nations rests on our moral standards and greatest values. Something is wrong if we willingly confirm people to these positions who repeatedly spread fake news, baseless slander, and the most despicable of conspiracy mongering. For these reasons, i will be opposing the nomination of Lynda Blanchard, and i urge my colleagues to do the same. With that, i yield the floor. The presid
Imagine that hundreds of thousands of miles away, to brave americans were sitting on the surface of the moon. Their comrades remained in lunar orbit. Above. I didnt quite understand what this development would mean for the future. I just remember thinking at that moment how proud i was to be an american. I looked up to these three men, and i still do, and i marvel add their courage, their intelligence, and their patriotism as well as that of tens of thousands of americans involved in getting them to the moon in the first place. We now know that this lunar trio had quite a sense of humor. Michael collins was once asked in an interview what he was thinking about in the moments leading up to the liftoff, and he joked, i was thinking of per deiem. We learned from buzz aldrin stepped off the ladder, he told them that he was being careful, not to lock the door behind him. When talked about the fact that most of the foes tows were of aldrin, Neal Armstrong joked, ive always said that buzz ald