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And so one of the things at the very basic level we need to do is just get more people participating. Its hard to run a good democracy with less than one in five people participating. And what that tends to do is bring out the people who are the most focused and organized and generally the most ideological. And its going to take a while to shift that around. The political scientists will tell you thing that is dont make sense to me but theyre pretty consistent on it that moving to more early voting doesnt actually show an increase in turnout. Which again i thought it would. But do you know why...

The week ahead will task you with thinking about many of these challenges and considerations that Face Congress and the president every day. With your faculty director, you will explore these issues and attempt to find some Bipartisan Solutions. This seminar is a unique spacebased experiential learning opportunity that very few College Students will ever have. Being here in d. C. Together as a group and engaged in the seminar will allow us to do a deep dive into and to remain focused on the issues at hand. With the help of your faculty director, you are able to tie the remarks of one speaker t...

I am, of course, a resident of the city and county of San Francisco and a participant of local government for 56 years. And counting. I serve for 2 and a half years as the grand jury presiding judge of the San Mateo County civil grand juries 11, 12, 2013 years ago i brought a lot of grand jury reports the first point this is probably as well written the court well, analyzed as my grand Jury Committee report and grand jury report as ive ever seen if you havent read it, its understandable reading dont be deferred by the length. Secondly, i oppose the creation of this commission has history recor...

Unproductive way to address Something Like the civil grand juries effort in my efforts in this situation thats not how im going to address it. In regard to some of the comments that were made preliminary related to our proposed draft i agree with the comments the draft itself im going to ask it be substantially modified there is in the draft some of the semidoctrine ive talked to be defensive and take on the grand jury about seismic things the grand jury is said thats totally unhelpful im sure youll agree much of your recommendations are things that we can agree and should agree on others well...

Worth examining. Finally going back to our response to finding one f you say the budget process is the primary told them of the Ethics Commission to the city. Maybe it is but there is also the appointment time process your appointed by someone in the city an elected city official whos activities your duty bound to oversee theres an attachment. Any other Public Comment . Hearing none i will commissioner keane you made some strong comments you disagreed with some of the staff recommendations so i guess well start with the recommendation in response to the finding and recommendation number one. D...