Life night court event. Sterling bank, one of the great local banks we have here in San Francisco. Without further ado wed like to begin tonights program and were going to start off with a message from mayor ed lee. Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the fifth annual Neighborhood Empowerment Network awards. While im unable to attend this years event, i want to express my deep appreciation to tonights award recipients for the extraordinary work and service that they provide to our cities, neighborhoods every day. All of the award recipients share one common goal. And that is to ensure that San Francisco continues to be the best place to live, visit, and do business. I am proud to be the mayor of a city where residents and Civic Leaders are partners and Work Together to tackle challenges and find Innovative Solutions to keep our neighborhoods world class. Thank you for attending this important event, and thank you to the Neighborhood Empowerment Network for your dedication and commit
Christina palone, the new director for the Mayors Office for neighborhoods. Christina palone. applause good evening, everyone. Im happy to be a part of such a great ebit that celebrates the contributions made by residents and organizations throughout the city to make San Francisco one of the greatest places to live. The Mayors Office of Neighborhood Services also known as mons focuses on Neighborhood Outreach and engagement. It is an honor to be here with Community Leaders who are dedicated to the same principles and are positively changing our communities. The effect that one person can have in a community is truly inspiring. And its that inspiration that drives each one of us to go out there and be a part of something bigger. I congratulate every award winner here tonight and lets not forget that every person here has the power to make a difference. I want to especially thank daniel and his team for being such instrumental leaders here in city hall on behalf of all communities and ne
An honor to see you here. Many of the same faces for the fifth year for the men awards. Lets give you an a plays for coming back. applause and celebrating one of the most important things we have in San Francisco, which is our neighborhoods. Without further ado, id like to start the program off by introducing my colleague, christina palone, the new director for the Mayors Office for neighborhoods. Christina palone. applause good evening, everyone. Im happy to be a part of such a great ebit that celebrates the contributions made by residents and organizations throughout the city to make San Francisco one of the greatest places to live. The Mayors Office of Neighborhood Services also known as mons focuses on Neighborhood Outreach and engagement. It is an honor to be here with Community Leaders who are dedicated to the same principles and are positively changing our communities. The effect that one person can have in a community is truly inspiring. And its that inspiration that drives eac
On the fiscal cliff talks, now down to the wire. Here are our phone numbers you can join the conversation online. Host here are some of the friday morning headlines. A rare back to work for congress. Cliff talks down to the wi re is the headline in the wall street journal. Host that story from inside usa today. This is from the New York Times. Host there is this from roll call. Pessimistic asstima ever. The president summoning congressional leaders. We expect there will be a stakeout afterward. We may hear from the president and we will be following all of that as the day unfolds. Its begin with David Lightman. He covers capitol hill and the white house. The best sense of what you think the dynamics will be inside the room at the 3 00 p. M. Meeting. Guest for all this talk of pessimism and optimism, the only people that know are the five principles in that room and i think that is important. They are all seasoned negotiators. They went to the debt ceiling stuff a year and a half ago. I
Ago, whatever plan he had then is over with. This is a new election. The deal that he had a year ago, that does not count. For republicans and people to say they dont understand whats going on, i have a problem with that. The republicans deny anything he puts forward. The president left his vacation and came here. Theyre not being fair. Republicans say they are christians. Theyre not. They did this during his last term and now are causing and all of us to suffer because they dont like the president. This is personal. This has nothing to do with raising taxes. This is a personal attack and i think its a shame. We look like a third world country. We dont look like the United States. Host lets get a republican voice. Our next caller is calling from west bloomfield, michigan, on the republican line. Good morning. Caller i would like to get your thoughts on a balanced approach and have unbiased taxation by using a flat tax. That way you can calculate the amount of taxes we need for the defi