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I did just that. Thats why it came back. And i also felt that because of the expenditure involved, it would be their judgment, their call and policy determination to do that. So, i felt that was, again, doing Due Diligence in having a full public hearing on that matter and they did that. And, again, it was a 60 vote not to do it because they felt they were not in violation and they got some attorney, City Attorney advice and also i mean, the brown act and sunshine ordinance did not prescribe a s...

The only way now they can do it is come in with hard copy or something and hold it up and put it in the record. And it would seem to me that if you invite somebody in support and somebody comes to you and says, we would like to be invited even though were not going to support you, no, we wont invite you because you arent going to be supporting us. I understand what youre saying, commissioner. Its not a matter of supporting. Its not taking a stance on any given issue. Its simply providing the inf...

Put it in the record. And it would seem to me that if you invite somebody in support and somebody comes to you and says, we would like to be invited even though were not going to support you, no, we wont invite you because you arent going to be supporting us. I understand what youre saying, commissioner. Its not a matter of supporting. Its not taking a stance on any given issue. Its simply providing the information that then the commission lib rates on. So, can i ask well, first of all, i want t...

On wall street today, investors bought up stocks on high hopes of deal after president obama said this afternoon a deal is in sight, and positive comments from Republican Leaders in the senate. Heres how the major averages closed on this last trading day of 2012. The dow surged 166 points, the nasdaq jumped about 60, and the s p rose almost 24 points. While wall street has already closed the books on 2012, washington still has a few hours to go before its new years day fiscal cliff deadline. Dar...

To in response to what theyre going to say, we would like to show how the drawing should be different. The only way now they can do it is come in with hard copy or something and hold it up and put it in the record. And it would seem to me that if you invite somebody in support and somebody comes to you and says, we would like to be invited even though were not going to support you, no, we wont invite you because you arent going to be supporting us. I understand what youre saying, commissioner. I...

20, says the human rights watch. A syrian wedding is taking place at the venice film festival. Its not quite what it seems. Find out shortly. Well, we begin in ukraine. The president petro porashenko says that a peace deal could be agreed to bring to an end months of fighting in the country. Peace talks will be held in minsk in belarus, involving ukraine, russia and the prorussian rebels. Also will be members of the o. S. C. E. Speaking on thursday, petro porashenko said he would order a ceasefi...

Thanks to the supreme court. Kurdish and Iraqi Forces Push forward in tikrit. Im phil lavelle at tvenice Film Festival where a wedding is taking place. In a moment well be looking at that major announcement by nato. High on its priority list is of course ukraine. There are peace talks in the belarus capitol minsk. A ceasefire was supposed to have been implemented now, but there is still fighting going on in mariupol. And the advance from russia into that country, appears still to be going on. Ha...

On a recent trip to new york city, booktv visited the New York Public Library where we spoke with the librarys president and ceo, anthony marx, but the history of the institution as well as its Current Operations and future. Lets start with some numbers. How big is the New York Public Library . How many employees, budget, et cetera . New York Public Library combines the largest circulating Branch Library system in america, 88 branches, in every neighborhood in the boroughs we serve, as well as f...

Presenters just doing a presentation about something. And as far as friends of the library, friends of the library are a part of the daytoday business at the library in terms of their support for the library and all of the cooperative projects which they have with the library. So, that stands to reason that there is a need for presentations. But aside from that, i have a question about what other commissions do and what kind of a precedent its going to set if we feel that the Library Commission ...

Be at the National Press club. , formerernoon counterterrorism officials outline terrorist threats to the u. S. And whether the u. S. Efforts to fight extremists can only lead to more attacks. Cspans campaign 2014 coverage continues tonight. We will be taking you live to california for a debate in the governors race. Jerry brown is facing off against his republican counterpart neil cash kari kashkari. Firstights debate is the and likely only debate between the two in this general election. Is an...