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And we happen to have the person for the job, currently a professor of creative writing at uc river side and was craoe put to his post in 2012 and it is my pleasure to introduce him who has written a poem about our beautiful new bridge. Thank you, very much. It is a great pleasure to be here you look fabulous and this looks fabulous and i want to thank Governor Brown, for nominating me and confirming me as your poet laurit, and i would like to thank the arts council for doing the same and the University California river side and the department of transportation, and thank you so much. And i al...

Knoll let me introduce our tremendous leader in the California State Senate darryl stein beggar. Good afternoon to leaders from the bay area. When i hear people talk about this bridge and todays events the touchstone that is most often talked about is 1989 the earthquake. And this is, of course, appropriate. But as steven said earlier the touchstone for this great california event could be just as easily been 1936 the year the bridge was build. For in 193 of this country was in the midst of the Great Depression. A signal to renewed civic effort proved that the pioneer spirit still lives. And n...

The national anthem. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome steve hengineg executive director metropolitan transportation commission. Good afternoon, good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee and my committee colleagues, and the director of cal transand the executive director of the california transportation commission, it is my great pleasure to welcome you at long last, to the opening ceremonies for the new east band of the San Francisco oakland bay bridge. That is an applause line. [ applause ] i know that you joined me in than...

Eagerly awaited this day. Rest assured ill continue to be an advocate in Congress Even in this is this tough environment for transportation infrastructure. I wish you the best of lick and a very happy labor day. Thank you. Again clapping knoll let me introduce our tremendous leader in the California State Senate darryl stein beggar. Good afternoon to leaders from the bay area. When i hear people talk about this bridge and todays events the touchstone that is most often talked about is 1989 the earthquake. And this is, of course, appropriate. But as steven said earlier the touchstone for this g...

[ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome steve hengineg executive director metropolitan transportation commission. Good afternoon, good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee and my committee colleagues, and the director of cal transand the executive director of the california transportation commission, it is my great pleasure to welcome you at long last, to the opening ceremonies for the new east band of the San Francisco oakland bay bridge. That is an applause line. [ applause ] i know that you joined me in thanking the Oakland Inst...