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Today Marvin Lansky is a prolific writer we are welcoming him back the author of more than 25 books including the latest which he will discuss with us today his political journey is unique he became an atheist and marxist in high school joining the communist party in the seventies at the university working on his phd with a spiritual awakening then joined the church in 1976 the founder of the Presbyterian Church in austin texas 1992 after college he taught journalism for more than 25 years and b...

Good afternoon and welcome to the Heritage Foundation, my name is rob bluey, Vice President of communications at heritage and executive editor of the daily said no. As a courtesy to the speaker spo become a habit to ask you silence your cell phone although dont turn them off, because we do encourage you to share on social media about todays program and to help us spread the word we are streaming on twitter and youtube and you can find it on the heritage beyond both of those channels and platform...

This block. So this is not a normal air and light situation. This is one where the building was specifically designed with purpose and access. It talks to the design intent and design characteristics that makes coxhead such a significant architect. And i believe that requires more deference, and it disturbs me that i have not heard that addressed in the pmnd as a historic character issue. Its not just the views out, it is how the light comes into the house and plays with the interior design, whi...

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The internet is our guest today, marvin olasky, were proud to welcome him back to its heritage where hes a visiting fellow in somebody whos a close friend of our organization. The author of 25 books including his latest, reforming journalism which he will talk about today. Marvin, his political journey is quite unique. As he became an atheistand a marxist in high school and went on to join the communist party in the 1970s. It was at the university of michigan when he had his phd when hehad a spi...

Up. And muni metro in areas just where ridership is tracked was down. Goal 3 was to improve the environment and quality of life in San Francisco. Here we can see that the overall daily ridership for the system was down. However, cost per revenue hour was also down. Which is a good thing. However, i want to point out that a lot of times what that means, when that goes down, is that usually a decrease in service when ridership is low will gilaurentiu givelichiagive. Last performance metric is to c...

Approve the minutes . All those in favor say aye . Any opposed . Item 5. Communications, i have none. Item 6, introduction of new or unfinished business. Board members, a new year, perhaps new business . Dire director heminger happy new year. We all received a copy of the review last month i believe. One thing i noticed, i think it does matter in the real world, the fta is hitting us on the question of how many buses we have spare. This is an issue that im sure many operators struggle with aroun...

Year. Another was interrelated but sort of a distinct issue that we saw starting over the summer with vaping related illnesses that were beginning to emerge. We have now seen thousands injured and dozens dead from this. Thats related to illicit vaping from the use of ecigarettes. Beards and sea of those illnesses really prompted policymakers to want to respond more broadly to the vaping issues weird dealing with in the u. S. They will have to take their flavors off of the market. The other dive ...

Will not respond to any questions during Public Comment. The commission may ask questions of staff after Public Comment is closed. If there is an item of interest that is under the subject matter jurisdiction, you may speak under general Public Comment. That is item four. If the fire alarms activate, you must evacuate the building in an orderly fashion. Elevators will immediately return to the first floor and are not available for use. If you need assistance out of the building, please make your...

Meeting. Okay. Board members. We have the minutes in front of us. I assume there is no Public Comment on this item. Seeing none, comment is closed. Ill entertain a moment to approve the minutes . All those in favor say aye . Any opposed . Item 5. Communications, i have none. Item 6, introduction of new or unfinished business. Board members, a new year, perhaps new business . Dire director heminger happy new year. We all received a copy of the review last month i believe. One thing i noticed, i t...