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Applause so, id like im going to get back up and introduce some other speakers and we have some gifts were going to present in a little bit. But im going to start im going to kick the program off by bringing up our state senator. Everybody here knows mark leno. But what you may not know is how committed and how tireless mark is to fighting for kids and families and parks and open spaces. Its not always on the front page of the paper. Hes often doing it behind the scenes in ways that not everybody knows. Mark is a true advocate for families. He is a true advocate for parks. A true advocate for ...

Believe in in our neighborhood. Thank you for all that you do. And i really in particular today want to single out two folks. Phil mentioned the friends of Lafayette Park and we have certificates of honor for them. But this playground behind us would not have happened without one of the best friends of parks groups in our city of San Francisco, and thats the friends of Lafayette Park. They raised hundreds of thousands of dollars. The plaques are around here and all the people that contributed to it, but there are two people that had the biggest leadership in this, and i want to bring them up. ...

This off, jose cisneros. applause ~ but its the passion of all of us. And i also want to give a big shout out to the entire city family for their role, Mohammed Nuru and folks at department of public works had a role, lindsay hirsch. applause with all due respect to dpw and everybody else who is here, the hardest working staff in government is rec and park. Gk, construction manager, mary hobson, project manager. [cheering and applauding] director of capital planning, don. Our great operations staff, zach taylor, judy auberry who is here, and everyone else who has contributed to this incredible...

Dallas voters overwhelmingly approved all 10 propositions in the city's $1.25 billion bond package. But there's a gut check coming.

 The majority of Dallas residents surveyed ranked infrastructure maintenance among their top concerns.