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Reject that. We have seen kids quite literally take their own lives as a result of Cyber Bullying and that is why i did a Remarkable Partnership in south florida with local Law Enforcement who had gone into schools talking about bullying, including Cyber Bullying and giving people concrete examples of things of situations they saw, it was remarkable. And that is why we will continue to do that work. So i hope today as we move forward you will understand that we are in this together with you at the department of justice. This is an all hands on deck enterprise. There is so much to do. I hope at...

Putting this on in june or in november of 2015. When we can do a lot bigger focus and a lot more support around it in order to make this make peace and Childrens Fund come through 100 percent as well as the sugary tax, 100 percent. Thank you. Student delegates . Cooper . Thank you. So, i would first like to thank everyone who came out to speak. Or more specifically to support this resolution tonight. And again, i just want to make it really clear that i dont want to try to refute any of the evidence that has been presented and i do recognize that the issues of the diabetes and obesity are very...

Around this issue, again, you know with all due respect to my colleagues, i think that, i think that our endorsement is something that is going to be extremely valuable and we should just be thinking about some of the things that are really extremely valuable for all of our children in San Francisco. So in terms of issues, the impact of the tax, im still not completely clear about. And in terms of you know, will this prevent people from actually buying, verses the amount of education that i think that we need to be providing to our students, and you know, i have heard, you know, part of the ot...

With this timing. And now, is the time to be really building and building, and building, our coalition. When you are facing an industry that has unlimited resources, because people in this country and our kids are giving them a lot of money, for these beverages, you dont wait until june to build your coalition. You do it early and the one final thing that i want to say. And i dont agree, that this is a quote unquote, regressive tax. Frankly diabetes is much more of a regressive tax than a two pennies per ounce sugary beverage tax and as vargus said to me and that it is not progressive to sugge...

When we can do a lot bigger focus and a lot more support around it in order to make this make peace and Childrens Fund come through 100 percent as well as the sugary tax, 100 percent. Thank you. Student delegates . Cooper . Thank you. So, i would first like to thank everyone who came out to speak. Or more specifically to support this resolution tonight. And again, i just want to make it really clear that i dont want to try to refute any of the evidence that has been presented and i do recognize that the issues of the diabetes and obesity are very significant, and do need to be addressed, but, ...