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Excited i am about the opportunity and i am not doing this for an election any time, and i am doing this because i love this city, like all of you, and i feel like i have something to offer, and i would gladly step aside if somebody more qualified was able to offer something more effective but for now, i am happy to step up in and do the job if you will have me. So, thank you all so much for your own service. Thank you, i want to thank you for your service on the board of directors and mta and i...

Getting less expensive to live in where we can help the people stay in the city, i think that we are doing something that would be most appreciated by everyone. And that particular, and those actions along with what we have been able to do with the muni forward, we are seeing the dedicated transit lawns lanes and a little bit of the adjustments to the system and the adjustments that have not been made in the generations all working to improve not just the corridor routes and the computer lines b...

That we need for the vision zero and i think that if any, or if the past election, and ballot measures are any indication of the measures that we are making and i think that we have been doing a good job, i feel as though one of the primary challenges that we are looking at with my next four years is this question of the, all of the transit systems that are showing up that are quite within our jurisdiction of regulation, and it has been, something that we or i have not been to a meeting in the p...

The transit systems and thes really a full time around the clock effort. And looking at various parts of the system in terms of the infrastructure and the streets and our buses and the light rail vehicles and the whole works and that is something that i see really being fully attended to by the mta and it is in the past way and the past week, how, the mta has been taking some strange hits because of the new i would say, premium private system that is in place, and there is all of this discussion...

Ride muni every day and some of us ride it in businesses, and we dont mind you know, it is not a system that needs another level of elite, care, and it is something that we need to on tend to and i appreciate your voice in that effort, and i for one will be supporting you, of course and much of the colleagues have much to add. Thank you very much and i think that director ramos, you hit upon a lot of issues that are really, really that i was going to ask you about any way and i think that based ...

Are now seeing, the mta and in a place that has not been in 25, 26 years, and to live in San Francisco and they were called back in the 90 and what to talk about 100 days that is not the kind of approach to really how we make a long term changes and the investments in the transit systems and thes really a full time around the clock effort. And looking at various parts of the system in terms of the infrastructure and the streets and our buses and the light rail vehicles and the whole works and th...

Nowadays the Vice President does not do that unless his vote is needed to break a tie. Truman never learned anything from zero fdr or his staff. It was a transition zero knowledge that this not happen anymore. Got a phone call from the white house. It to the phone right away. I pick up the phone. At the other and they said to the white house as soon as you can. He grabbed his hat. Heout. He dashed out. They had a car for him. He went to the white house. He was taken to the second floor, which wa...

Engaged can have an impact. Just really make sure that everyone that isnt paying attention that goes out and votes has at least some information and im always pushing people to try and get that extra knowledge so they can have an informed vote, whichever party they vote for. Another thing i wanted to say is with the state of the union address, i was listening to the last couple of guests you had on the constitution. I just want to say that i think it is important to recognize that the congress a...

Tax exempt status. Our phone lines you can also join in on facebook and social media. You can also email us at journal cspan. Org. Lets take a look at the headlines from the super bowl cities. Post denver and this from the Seattle Times from the Richmond Times dispatch you login to espn. Com, there is a story about the tax exempt status for the nfl. Tom coburn has proposed an amendment to the marketplace fairness act that would end the nfls exemption from Tax Exemption. Before you start comparin...

Both sides of the aisle who have gone out of their way to make me feel welcome, to help me navigate the sometimes confusing rules and traditions of the senate, and for assisting me in making the most of my time here. One thing that i did note for certain when i arrived here in june was that i wanted to use my time as effectively as possible. To the extent that i have, i have so many of my colleagues to thank. The senior senator from new jersey, who will soon have to break in another new senator ...