First time since october stocks look to close out the month in the red. April showers leaving the dow soaked and got them down 444 at the moment but for the month down 4. 6 followed by the s p 500 which looks to end the last 30 days with a loss of 3 , the nasdaq in a shower but on pace to get clipped by 3. 5 but it is the small and midcap that took the worst dunking, the russell 2000 on track to have lost 6. 6 on the month. Overall no one should be surprised or worried considering the runup by the bulls that theyve enjoyed since november with the backdrop of stubborn inflation which brings us to right now, Federal Reserves Committee Meeting huddled behind closed doors and while the fed is expected to leave borrowing rates to 5. 5 for the sixth meeting in a row, simmering inflation weighing heavily on chairman jay powell. Cutting rates would be a tool used to stimulate spending but with consumer demand sizzling the Central Banks original plan to cut 3 times, 6 times this year is on ice.
Saturday live coverage of president ial candidates at the iowa state fair continues. We will hear from Chris Christie at noon and bobby jindel and then on sunday Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker holds a meeting. And then we are live at the Minneapolis Book testival. On sunday morning at 10, author and columnist chairs her critical thoughts on the relationship with millennials. And helping improve relationships between the public after the king assassination and the riots. In his book, bibliotech john palfrey talks about some of the challenges libraries face. He is head of school at the Phillips Academy in massachusetts and the Founding Member of the digital Public Library. He talked at the free library in philadelphia earlier this year. Good evening, everyone. I would like to remind you no flash photography is presented during the event. Following the event a book signing will take place in the lobby and dont forget most of the author events are offered as podcast at freelibrary. Org. I
Members of the public may address the commission on matters that are within the commissions jurisdiction and are not on todays agenda please direct our remarks to the committee as a whole not to the audience. And speakers will be allowed twice the time to testify if you need an interpreter. Thank you ladies and gentlemen, why dont we start our Public Comment first speaker two minutes. Good afternoon, members of the board im the director of the libraries Users Association were concerned about whats coming at you in a short time which being a Library Spaces and services destruction funding thats a 3. 2 million for a teen center and a Library Learning Literacy Learning Center. Of course, we certainly falsify and does not oppose teens or literacy but those are unproven programs and will have a harmful and negative effect which the library has not discussed in its document yesterday nor to the Library Commission and those include the access to the fifth floor and the magazines to the brooks
Colleagues theyve made us and our community and neighborhoods their family instead through their telling them and participation. I first met joseph on my 2010 campaign and he was eager to serve and volunteer. He was a favorite on any team and everyone enjoyed seeing i am he was reliable and generally cared about those in the disabled community and particularly those who had mobility problems he was a resident since 2003 and lived a block from city hall. And i think many of my colleagues will agree that was one of the most engaged Community Members and he religiously came to our offenders office for every Program Community as well as the transportation Board Meeting on tuesday to provide his input and opinion and served as the chair of the committee of this committee. Before that he worked for the panama and worked and volunteered after she was elected to the state assembly. He was a former member of the state Advisory Council he represented both seniors with mental disabilities. He bui
In need of great renovation. A little of a month ago i joined the seniors and disability folks on the steps of city hall to talk about the serious situation faced by seniors and the people in our s r o hotels when theres a need for out of Service Elevator repair. An out of Service Elevator can make you not able to leave our place of residence for days along with extreme isolation with many of our tenants without an elevator to help them get up and down the stairs. In time have shared how costly it is and theyve tried to alleviate the negative impacts of having the elevators out of service. As important as it is to have a conversation with those folks its time to implement solutions when and where possibly thats why ive introducing a hearing request to identify possible answers for incentives for Property Owners or local and elective interests to make sure this is a real option for seniors to protect themselves. We also understand much of our old elevators can only be repaired by folks