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up right back at the starting line facing a government shutdown, but not facing the facts. neither party offering cuts that amount to anything more than a drop in the bucket. you just have to look at the numbers to see it. the house-passed gop bill cuts spending by a mere $61 billion. remember, we have trillion-dollar problems that amounts to 4.3% of our total debt. and the only more insulting plan when it comes to cutting comes from the democrats, who offer cuts amounting to, yes, 0.4%. meantime, neither tackles the trillion-dollar problems that are sucking money out of our country....

>> [roll call] thank you. commissioner mendoza: if you would like, us for the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] thank you. i need a motion and a second. >> i move the adoption of the minutes. commissioner mendoza: roll call, please. >> [roll call] thank you. that's five aye's. commissioner mendoza: we're a littl punchy tonight. superintendent garcia? >> this evening, i would like to remind the public that this coming monday will be first furlough day for the entire school district. due to the cheapness of our stake in the budget cuts, schools, child development centers and...

the bus stops at the old bus stop which is a quarter of a block away. this may sound trivial, but the parents lounge is in the office that is located by the head start staff two days a week. there is no available place for parents to wait. that is a legal requirement. many of the youngsters that received speech are only there for an hour. the parents do not have a place to wait. additional cabinets are needed. there is no storage provided for the speech room. and the ones that have been put in since the first complaint are already collapsing. i will try to go quickly. we need an addi...

commissioner norton: is mr. ghe available to talk about some of the issues? commissioner mendoza: w-7? any others? commissioner wynns: i wanted to sever k-8 and k- 12. i have another question about the consent calendar. i would like to ask the question about the administration of the current agenda for tonight goes the agenda. -- tonight's agenda. can i do that when we discuss the consent calendar? what would you suggest? >> we would need to find a procedure to be able to adequately agendize them. commissioner wynns: so i can't discuss them this evening? >> they were not posted on th...

like making as we adopted the budget. our children should be the most important investment, and unfortunately, the state did not find this as a priority. it will reopen on tuesday, november 1 -- november 2. we like to encourage everyone to get out and vote. the next thing i would like everybody to know, many of us were invited to go to the thirtieth anniversary of the richmond district center. we would like to salute them for all of the work they have done in the past. go, giants! [applause] let's go out and win the world series. commissioner mendoza: thank you, superintendent. recog...