The the ive always viewed this particular project as a commission that began with mission bay. This is when willie cut the deals back in 2003 to get that project to move forward. This is plot of land that functioned under different requirements and restrictions as you are well aware and those required a different sort of work that your staff has put in to overcome. I think in some ways it will represent an improvement as well as a completion upon what has gone before it in mission bay. And we look forward to it going forward. Thank you. Thank you, mike. Diana parsons. Thank you. Maybe i didnt pronounce your name right. Hello. From spur. Good afternoon, commissioners. My name is susan a na parsons from spur. Purchase is a membersupported nonprofit working to make the city a better place and the reason a better place through research, education and advocacy. Im here on behalf of spur to support approval of the mission rock project. Mission rock will create a special place for San Francis
The first one, its tough. Obama lost 63 seats in 2010. Clinton lost 54 house seats in 1994. Even reagan in 1982 lost 28 seats answered started from a minority position. Theyre challenging. A good economy which were starting to see alleviates the dangers but its still a challenging environment, no oubt about it. You have 40 republicans stepping down or seeking other office . We saw one from new jersey just this week. So it is a challenging environment. In some ways having folks not tied to washington in the antid. C. Sentiment out there could be a good thing in some of these districts because theyre not tied to whats happening in washington. They could run as their first person. What race worries the most in terms of the house and senate, which one are you keeping a close eye on which could be the barometer for the mid term elections . If you look at some of the democrats up in the senate, we will find out if heitkamp and donnelly and mccaskill can be so partisan, vote against the tax c
Yeah. A good economy, which we are starting to see, it alleviates the dangers. But it is still a challenging environment for republicans. There is no doubt about that. And you now have more than 40 House Republicans who are either seeking another office or stepping down this year . Mr. Phillips right. Those are high numbers. You saw another one in from new jersey just this past week. It is a challenging environment. In some ways, having folks not tied to washington and the antid. C. Sentiment that is out there right now could be a good thing in some of these districts, actually, because they are not tied to what is happening in washington and they can run as their own person. Host what race worries you the most in terms of the house or the senate . Which one are you keeping a close eye on . It could be the barometer for the Midterm Elections. Mr. Phillips when you look at some of the democrats who are up in the senate, we will find out if heitkamp and donnelly and mccaskill can be so p
Position. They are challenging, but yeah. A good economy, which we are starting to see, alleviates the dangers. But it is still a challenging environment for republicans. There is no doubt about that. Steve and you now have more than 40 House Republicans who are either seeking another office or stepping down this year . Mr. Phillips right. Those are high numbers. You saw another one in from new jersey just this past week. It is a challenging environment. In some ways, having folks not tied to washington and the antid. C. Sentiment that is out there right now could be a good thing in some of these districts, actually, because they are not tied to what is happening in washington and they can run as their own person. Steve what race worries you the most in terms of the house or the senate . Which one are you keeping a close eye on . It could be the barometer for the Midterm Elections. Mr. Phillips i think when you look at some of the democrats who are up in the senate, we will find out if
Putting together the session. A great deal of interest to ge capital capital, and i think to any issuer who makes regular use of the bond markets. The whole question of liquidity and if it doesnt function as it should means the bond markets do not function efficiently. Representing issuers or the viewpoint, which is what im most familiar with, to the extent that the bond markets cease to be effective, more important, a source of capitol, which can be flexible in its form, and allows issuers like ge capitol to hedge its Balance Sheet risk. The reason i say that is concerns about liquidity, having impact on secondary Market Pricing and also on the new issue premium, which investors quite rightly and logically demand to take on in order to buy a new bond transaction. To the extent there is a disconnect in the market, and those issues are elevated. It translates 2krek9ly into a higher cost for funds. And by further extension it can affect what business is chosen to go into or not, and ulti