Even James Baldwin cant beat the coronavirus we need to step back and just saddles up and rides into the sunset because theres no work in halt. And im terry martin welcome to the program the opposition candidate in belarus his president ial election has fled to neighboring lithuania thats according to the foreign minister there taken off sky ahead admitted she felt scared after president Alexander Lukashenko claimed a landslide victory in belarus germany has called on the European Union to consider imposing sanctions on the country u. S. Secretary of state my pump a. O. Said the boat was not free and fair but in most scope president putin congratulated president lukashenko on his win in the battle russian capital minsk protesters have been out on the streets again. A 2nd night of protests in bellerose. The streets of minsk once again filled with thousands of people. The protesters were met by Security Forces who deployed stun grenades rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse them demons
Good morning. I want to welcome everybody to this hearing today. Today, our select subcommittee is a hybrid hearing as some members will appear in person and others may appear remotely via webex. Since members are appearing in person, let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physician, all individuals attending this and other hearings in person should be wearing face masks. Now, i did not make these rules. Thats the attending physician rules. And after this meeting i will consult with the attending physician and other authorities, and will make a determination as to whether or not we should recognize people in the hearing who do not wear facemasks. I happen to have been born and raised as the 21st of next month, will have spent all 80 of my years in south carolina. So i know a little bit about rules and i know about and mores. So i will consult with them. As of today i will share with the authorities in the attending physician the exper
Latecomers and please make room for them as they rave. In fact, i think this marks more than 50 soldout programs since the start of 2017 here the Commonwealth Club. [applause] yeah. It is something to be proud of. Even after 114 years how old we are the Commonwealth Club still serves a very vital purpose, promoting nonpartisan public dialogue, bringing us together to speak civilly about issues that then to divide us. Sometimes like tonight, with humor. I want to thank our dedicated members, our donors, volunteers, all of you, who helped make this important work possible. Thank you. If youd like to do more for the club, take a look the poster on the all on your way out. A generous family of members the Commonwealth Club pledged a Million Dollars matching grants. All gifts made onsite will be matched twice. Meaning 5 decide turns into 15. 20 turns into 60. So this support will go to finish our Capital Campaign for the new billing which is new building which will be opened this year. Cont
Member may address up to 3 minutes. Any member wish to make comment not on our agenda today . Seeing and hearing none, well close general Public Comment. Very good commissioners place under Department Matters mpt tim fry department staff, the director report was included in the packet and happy to answer question. If no question we can move to item 2. Planning commission, staff report. Commissioners just one item to report back to or actually two items. One is monday the budget and Land Use Committee heard the lands mark designation for 3545 amine doga and forwarded a positive recommendation. There should be one more reading and to the mayor for signature. Second item is remind you that the government audit and Oversight Committee tomorrow is having a hearing regarding the legacy business registry. We have been in contact with the Mayors Office and invest in Neighborhood Program to help prepare for that hearing. We will not be in attendance but that have all the information including t