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And for independents and others, 202 7488002. You can also join us on twitter. Welcomed onare facebook. Comments are welcomed on facebook. We want to start with a series again yesterday in the lookingn post called for america. The headline of yesterdays piece was the great unsettling. The first of four pieces. They travel for three months talking to voters about the political situation in the country, particularly on the president ial situation. The headline in the Washington Post. They write that each president ial campaign has its own rhythm and meeting meaning, but this one has an exaggeration of everything that came before it. Of so the culmination many longemerging trends in american life. The decomposition of traditional institutions. The dissent of political desk politics into reality tv entertainment. Demographic and economic shift quickening the impulses of inclusion and exclusion. And us versus them all of it leading to ....
His commendation. Thank you president chiu. Today i am honoring a special person, michelle rutherford, a friend and advocate of the children of Family Services of San Francisco. Would you like to come up . I met michelle in 1997 when she was asked by our Human Services agency to lead the child Care Planning department. This was created as a offshoot of the welfare reform act, also known as tanf and it was amazing to have phetd met her at that time. As the program manager, michelle had an impressive record of bringing forth Innovative Solutions to whatever shes done. Her experience as a public schoolteacher, which i didnt know about, and social worker and public advocate add tremendous depth in her perspect ....
Mandatory composting recycling policy to move our city to a city of zero waste. She helped advance us to be the electric vehicle capital. Shes someone who helped to encourage expansion of our citys outreach efforts to our immigrant populations when it comes to environmental public information. She helped to implement the existing commercial building ordinance with an 82 percent compliance rate. She initiated our citys first Drug Take Back Program which has collected over 16,000 pounds of unwanted medicine. Helped to plan our 2012 Green Economy forum where we are making sure were putting people to work and doing well by the economy. And she helped to support the citys bio initiative. We have known me melanie before she even joined. She has been a long time democratic activist and community leader. We know hopefully why you are leaving the department. We know you will co ....