And the bayview area dealing with the Hunters Point, i believe he is a wellseasoned individual and im sure youve heard plenty of the same thing but im standing before this group to say the sank thing. Good afternoon, supervisors, my nais is chris moscone. Im here to support mara rosales. Ill be brief, everyone has said a mouthful and very he will eloquently, including the nominees. Mara and i have been working together for many years and i think what she brings to this commission will be a plus. She knows a lot about city process, city law, public law. I think its a great choice and i look forward to this whole commission. Im really happy to be here. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Moscone. Good afternoon, supervisors, my name is robert woods and i would like to say this, that its not the candidates that i speak towards, the candidates are very much so qualified. I speak to the process in terms of how those names was developed. When the commission, the successor commission, have a meeting an
Successor commission, have a meeting and no one shows up in the meeting is canceled and then you come here and you see people being nominated and the community have not been involved in it other than within their little close circles and i say to you that we look forward to them being on board but we question, we will question the decisions that they make because the decisions that they make will affect the community and since we did not have any input up front, we will question them and we will want to know why and who developed, who there in the car with in terms of who they make these decisions for. And thats what we have been missing in the community. We have not been missing representatives but weve been missing some type of tangibles that give the community some type of hope. Right now, like i said before, you have been whistling past the graveyard for so long that the community have not been, the communitys not dead yet. And i say to you watch the decisions that are made and how
Later version of the Higher Education act help more than nine million lowincome students gain access to Higher Education. The Higher Education act has swung open the doors to college to countless americans creating new opportunities and access to terd. The American Dream. Again, i suppose some see this as another failure another government handout that prevents people from standing on their own two feet. Well, you can decide for yourself. If vastly expanding access to Higher Education constitutes a failure. But before you do, talk to a lowerincome student striving, say, to become a doctor. The first in her family to go to college. Thanks to the trio program upward bound. Thanks to pell grants. Thanks to low Interest College loans. Ask her if she feels like shes an undeserving taker unwilling to stand on her own two feet. In august of 1964, again just a few months after declaring the war on poverty Lyndon Johnson signed into law the food stamp act. Prior to that act hunger and malnutrit
He served as chancellor of our twoyear college system. He can bring some insight to educational reform. He succeeds one of our closest friends, all of us on both sides, jo bonner. And although we miss jo, we welcome bradley. And that makes up for some of the loss of jo. And i think youre going to, youre going to get to where you know and appreciate this gentleman that has joined us today. Thank you. Prison [applause] at in this time i yield the flo. As a lawyer, former Alabama State senator and as a former chancellor of alabamas twoyear college system, bradley has a proven record as a principled servant leader. I know bradley as a man of strong character who has dedicated his public life to strengthening his community and improving our state. I believe bradley will ably toll in the tradition of his predecessors in rowdily representing alabamas first congressional district. I look forward to working with you, bradley, especially on our shared constituents in clark county. Recently, a lo
About the date of this press conference. My wife betty had scheduled her First Press Conference for the same day. And obviously, i had scheduled my First Press Conference for this occasion. So, bettys was postponed. We worked this out between us in a calm and orderly way. [laughter] she will postpone her press conference until next week. And until then, i will be making my own breakfast, my own lunch, and my own dinner. [laughter] helen . Mr. President , aside from the special prosecutors role, do you agree with the Bar Association that the law applies equally to all men, or do you agree with governor rockefeller that former president nixon should have immunity from prosecution . And specifically, would you use your pardon authority, if necessary . Well, let me say at the outset that i made a statement in this room a few moments after the swearing in. And on that occasion i said the following. That i had hoped that our former president , who brought peace to millions, would find it for