Broadcasting todays hearing. And item two, please . Item two, chairs report, this is an information item. Thank you. Colleagues, this has been an exciting month for the Transportation Authority. Last friday i was very happy to join with commissioner kims office to to the cal tran and the chp, and the federal highway administration, and the metropolitan commission, and this was the first major capitol project delivered by the traness powertation authority. And the new ramps provide safe access, and are the first of many Infrastructure Projects planned for the Treasure Island and yerba buena island, i want to con gr congratulate the director, and for competing the 98 Million Dollar project on time and on budget. And i also would like to congratulate cal trans in the opening of the bike and the pedestrian an path, connect tg to the island on sunday. And this regional link was much anticipated on by many people. And a lot of people are going to benefit from this improved access. And so thi
Brought basic services to more than 123 Million People. Her background before joining acumen is a marvel. She founded and directed the rockefeller foundations philanthropy workshop and the next generation leadership program, she cofounded a Microfinance Institution in rwanda where you lived for three years, i believe, and she began her career at chase manhattan bank. Shes on the board of a number of great organizations such as the aspen institute, and if that were not all, she is also the author of the 2010 bestseller, the blue sweater bridging the gap between rich and poor in an interconnected world. If you havent read it, you should. There are a lot of key insights that have attracted me to jacquelines work, ive known about her for a long time, and im delighted to say weve become friends over the past few months. We had a terrific dinner the other night at jacquelines apartment in new york city where we talked about some of the Biggest Issues that are facing us in politics in america
Pennsylvania and new york pay their fair share. Thats one of the major problems with having clean up the bay. And to protecting our environment. The most important problem weve had is the omalleybrown administration. It. This administration has rated 1. 3 billion out of Environmental Trust fund. They took 460 million out of program open space. They took money out of the chesapeake restoration fund. They took money out of the Chesapeake Bay trust. When you buy the tags, they took the money out of there. 1. 3 billion was raided in one of these trust funds. One thing we wont do, we wont raid the trust fund will try to replenish all the money and focus on the real problem in the bay and the so we will do in our administration. The rain tax is universally hated by most people in the state. Thats the only solution theyve come up with. The rain that falls on your house, i can tell you ive been going from one end of the state to the other. People everywhere just are disgusted with that. Thats
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Who are freezing can admire your shorts and tshirts and silently curse you. Speaking of the tucson festival of books, we have bill minor here today, one of the visionaries. Give him a round of applause. Very much a volunteerdriven effort a group of people bill and many others who made a big impact on the community. If you want to be part of that, i hope you will consider becoming a friend of the festival. A tax deductible donation that impacts this event and were moting around the country. Let me introduce the panel. David maraniss author of many books, he was won several wards prince of tennessee about al gore books about sports in the 1960s, and other political books as well. So please welcome him. [applause] if you are political aware and not living under a rock you know about mark levitch and his book this town that caused a lot of stir and conversation. Number one New York Times best seller followed up with a collection of his fantastic articles over the years called sitcitizen ci