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The other thing that weve started doing is we call it moral monday iowa. And i believe it started in one of the carolinas. By right. With the naacp. But we just stole the idea. So every monday at noon before we gavel in at 1 00, we have a gathering that draws a lot of press and a lot of advocates, and we talk about an issue that were not getting any legs on. So weve had moral monday iowas on date rape. Weve had moral monday iowas on disparities in education and prisons. Weve had moral monday iowa on education spending, and next week were having it on womens health. We get these huge crowds. We...

The number of people who turned 65 a day, and will for the next ten years, if you havent googled it, google it it will blow your mind how many of us there are. And im one of those. And they tell me all the time, we want transit because we want to age. Were not going to drive for much longer. Hopefully they will but many of them wont. They want to be able to take transit but they want to be technical savvy. They want to pull up the next bus locator and see when the bus comes. Texas is hot. Fort worth is 110 in july and august. And you dont want to stand on the corner looking for your bus. You w...

Chairman of the National Association of governors. Our state Senate Chairman of the National League of legislators. Our chamber of commerce lane beatty has become on the National Board of the chamber of commerce. And our mayor of Salt Lake City is now the president and the National League of cities. And so, we are looked at, i believe, as a state that is well run, knows how to get things done, but recognizes that investment in infrastructure are one of the key pillars to Economic Growth and vitality. So were here today with three incredible mayors that are going to talk to you about their stor...

Follows on individuals and families couldntntravenes the basic constitutional equivalent to dignity. Abiding purpose of the 14th amendment is to preclude relegating classes of persons to secondtier status. What do you do with the windsor case where the court stressed the federal government a stark deference to states when it comes to matter of domestic relations . States do have primecy over domestic relations except that their laws must respect the Constitutional Rights of persons. Windsor couldnt have been clearer about that. Here we have a whole class of people who are denied the equal righ...

Several motorcycles have shown up, and these motor psych ellers are going up and down the street, almost entertaining the crowd, but causing a feeling of somewhat unrest in this neighborhood. This neighborhood which today started out the day rebuilding their community, their businesses, and their lives. People have been gathering here at the intersection of pennsylvania and northwest avenues all day. Very peaceful gatherings. People singing praying, and even debating. All under the watchful eye of police in riot gear. On the ground as well as police and news helicopters overhead. Meanwhile, sh...