Immediate recovery needs. In looking at that, we begin to identify critical capabilities and gaps in that. Part of this was to address the it adds not only hoping up to national capability, but actually driving some of the bigger risks and threats as an Overall National response and how you build the capability and direct that funding. Part of this will remain to Grant Funding based on the division between states. The other has to be competitive so that we can see where sponsorship by one state or community to provide resources to an area races each jurisdiction. Is concern about the jurisdiction of funds and my jurisdiction giving what we need. Theres not a lot of trust out there. That concerns me because in these types of largescale events come if we cant agree upon our response abilities to Work Together as a team, how is that going to work with a real disaster that requires all of our capabilities . Not just the local jurisdictions, but multiple states and will will jurisdictions r
Had been 17 years at that point. I got out and i went into the private sector. I actually had three jobs in the private sector. Started out with United Technologies corporation, did a couple years there. I went on to Business Executives for National Security which is a nonprofit organization. And then i went to saic wishes science applications international. At a variety of jobs there, in the as being the president of the technical and engineering sector. So i was actually running a segment of our business and saic. Saic does it solutions and Technology Services and solutions for the government. Mostly the military. So you see the thread thread tht always links my career together has always been military issues. Its our national the fans. I have always been a civilian, never served in uniform, always been a civilian in support of defense, but i served as well is the way i look at it, including my time industry because we cant get our work done in government without our industry partner
Their active businesses in the space and you said the galleria is 20 percent or less than 80. Yes. Thats a pointed question it it stems from feedback from our tenant have you refused to represent new leases for the building other than the first floor. We have month to month leases and spoken and addressed many of those concerns about what is this transition looking like we cant have a to my left because it continues to have all those approvals but we have and will continue to work with each one and ideally its across the street and at the same time keep the ground floor very viable and the continued with ouroint of view that ground floor pdr be really active space so again, were not seeing the building switch to office and that pedestrian experience be lost those show rooms they do everything to make sure thats viable so were working with each and every tenant those contraction and those that are have already vablthd and those who need future space. Okay. So i understand youve made the
Department what is the need for pdr certainly theres a lot of pdr spates its going to stay empty when our asking spaces for pdr they have to contract theres a loopholes now i ask you to stop did madness and ask the Planning Department to do their job. Thank you thank you, sir. Supervisors mike pecuniary trades council ive been a long supporter of pdr under an understanding it has two aspects one passenger door either produces something that produces the needs of the city or the other aspect is that it employes a imply collar wells fargo like supervisor kims. This building whatever its supposed pdr function if house that function right now and it may support that or enhance f it in the city i think its telling in the Planning Departments description of the building that it did service the function at the beginning of the last density but a preforklift type of building. I think then upper left with choosing between biz businesses that serves as one of the proponent testified highend weal
Need to keep our expectations low. His wife is saying that she suspects he may have been poisoned. Thank you, matt. It is a new hour. First up on msnbc, we have breaking news from california. It continues to burn. More help arriving as crews fight the biggest fires in the states history. Rare saturday session on capitol hill. All about your mail. The question today, will lawmakers be the one delivering for the Postal Service . On the heels of the convention, joe biden and Kamala Harris and how they handle the covid19 crisis. And father son doctors trying to save those battling covid. They share their story ahead. Good morning. It is saturday, august 22nd. Im kendis gibson. Im cori coffin. Here is a live look to you. Sun starting to rise. Beautiful light in the sky. Quiet in grand rapids as it should be at 6 00 in the morning. 7 00. We say good morning. We have a lot to get to. Including the development over the showdown over the Postal Service which heads to capitol hill. House members