For support but the families of choice are not friends similar in age who may have relocated passed away or in need of services themselves. This difficult as it is, there are chronic illnesses that a person can manage at home on their own such as asthma. The older adults with alzheimers who are without benefits of the formal support system are vulnerable to receiving little or no care to assist them to remain in their homes, if you dont have a place and a plan and some understanding of the disease in its progression, it is too easy to become isolated and forced from your home. It has been well documented that seniors are less likely to access Long Term Services and discrimination keeps the seniors with depen shall in the care giverers from coming out, it is imperative that the board of supervisors address this crisis, now. And the city needs to fund an educational program, resource tools and a Community Awareness campaign to assist the Lgbt Community in meeting this crisis. And the Tas
Place for businesses want to be an ad jobs and grow jobs but we also have to make Smart Investments in our future and infrastructure, education, workforce training and we need to support her workers by raising the minimum wage. Im running for governor to rebuild Rhode Islands middle class and create tens of thousands of goodpaying jobs and i have experience to do that. Prior to becoming treasurer ran a business and we helped to create over 1000 jobs. I am running for governor to rebuild the state can get rhode island back to work. Moderator thank you ms. Raimondo and now Robert Healey an attorney and businessman a partial owner of a Liquor Import Company called peaceville. Mr. Healey has run for statewide office six times. He attended Rhode Island College Boston University and Northeastern University and the new England School of law. Mr. Healey. Healey thank you. I would like to thank you and thank my opponents for being here tonight. I need you to look at me and the reason for that i
Rhode island. Caught my tax plan probusiness, pro Economic Development , and a pro job creation. That is what we need, a leader who is willing to tackle the problems of our state with a sense of urgency, and that is what my plan will do. In my experience, and cutting through red tape and building a Better Business environment, it is evident. Take a look at that part of the city. It is thriving, and this should happen in every city and town across the state. And that is what i intend to do. Moderator a question. You recently sent a platform document saying if you read no other document produced by my campaign, please read this one. Well, i read it and noticed that you said you believe that the largescale entry of women into the American Workforce has caused a detriment to the society that may be beyond repair. Can you explain what you meant. Healey it sounds a misogynist. What we forgot to do when we allowed women to enter into the workforce, we forgot to say that, hey, the extra labor
When you look at the they have the h1 b visa which means allowing both people can go to singapore and go to the u. S. To work and they never have a problem and they can stay here for long. Why is there an exception toxu. Okay. I dont have a gavel but lets pretend i banged the gavel. I am tommi mecca and i am the chair for the lgbt aging policy task force and the First Business is roll call of the members. Jazzy collins. Present. Jorge rodriquez. Present. Stu smith. Present. And myself present. Are there Public Comment for items not on the agenda . Whats on the agenda is senior lgbt Housing Needs and concerns, so if anybody has comments on anything other than lgbt Senior Housing concerns and needs they should come up to the podium now. Okay. Seeing no comments we will proceed to regular business, and there is only one item on the jernd and if anybody would like an agenda. Why dont you pass them out craig if you could and also if you could bring a couple up here as well, so the discuss
Span. And for a while, they even threatened to postpone its opening. This is a serious issue and its being taken seriously. Reporter but its not over. Our snapped bolt will now be cut up into pieces and taken to a lab for more tests. The fact that they broke after nearly 5 days at the highest possible tension means that at least initially these bolts could last a very, very long time. Reporter still, not everyone is slapping high fives at least not yet. I think were still looking at, oh, i would say several months worth of additional testing to have an absolutely clear picture of where were at and again, thats the long term. On the short term basis i think we know where were at. Reporter wheres that . Were into good place. Reporter and that place may be the opening one week from today. On treasure island, phil matier, kpix 5. With no traffic going over the bay bridge, officials expect more activity certainly on the Golden Gate Bridge. Theres concern those drivers may not be up to speed