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the hilton hadan occupacy rate... of 63-perceet. of the day. o you think the n - city oo baltimore .. should be.. in the hotel b? busiiess? hhad to our facebook page and let us know what you think. inside fox45 tab on the left side of the screen. nearly 2,0000 sparrows point steellmill workers will soon be out of jobs. will close the sparrows point plant next month. the announced this week that it's ssopping the baltimore county facclity and otherrassets to potential buyers. today we caught up with some employees at a popular place ffr workers near the plant.. the layoffs. 3 "oh yea, ii bothered me..expected to worr 4 or 5 more years, at least 62, 65. lots of us planned to wook.. pealthcare, big thing down there now. that's why a lot bought thh mill last year and also idding operations in ohio 3 layoffs will bbgin on june 4 and contiiue through june 18. after... two yeaas... of training.../ ix... very speciia... rescue dogs... are... readyyfor adoption adoption police... founddthe pit bulls... inside the basement... &p of... aabbltimmre couuty

will make the money to stay put. >> it's one of the nicer hiltons i've stayed in, and i stay in hiltons all the time. it would be a shame if they shut it down. >> reporter: developers admit, they have no idea if they might start making a profit. and if they don't start making enough to make a profit, they'll have to tap into city reserves. >> convention planners say baltimore is beating out cities like philadelphia and boston as a destination. >>> it's really starting to feel like summer. a live look outside now. plenty of sun. and things will continue to heat up as we head into the holiday weekend. wjz is live with first warning weather coverage. meteorologist tim williams takes a look at the hurricane season. but first, bob is tracking live doppler radar. >> we have three clusters of shower and thunderstorm activity in the region. the closest to our area is east of us, right along the mason- dixon line, between delaware. chestertown toward elkton. also, south of us, south of d.c., another batch of storms in northern virginia. they have been hit with like four days of storms. a third o

hilton convention hottl... now...as john rydell 3 &preports...the peoppe who &pbrokered the deal...and explaining whatthappened... happened... when the hilton opened nearly four years ago...it was hailed as a huge bbost for baltimore's convention trade. but then the recession hit. in &ptheepast year...the city-owne &philtto...lost mooe thann-&p11 2008...overall osses...have totaled...54-million. (rydell) million laat year, the hhd to wwthdraw nearly $4 million from a reserve bond to finance tte hotel.""everyone is affected byythe recession." but jay brodie...who headsof the baltimore evelopment corporation...is now responding. ((rodie) "is it a paper loss yes, t is a cash loss, no, ii is a loss to the pitizens of baltimore city, absolutely not."brodie...says alllbills relatee to operatinn the ilton have been paid on raising our game to the point collectively to market the city of baltimore to groups where we need to be."but a professor of public policy at the university of tteas...says there is simply tto much

marriott, hilton?> well, you know, the hotel companies take training very seriously and you know, these are issues that again, it was a very, you know, they needed a warm body to go into room service. she was never trained. all of their staff in food and beverage outlets are trained in it. but training is repetition. and if you don't see it on the continuing basis in room service, it's very, very few times that you see young people there. during this prom season, what we have done is we sent out a directive today as part of our e newsletter that goes out on the 15th of the month. 15th or 16th and we sent it out today with a paragraph about this reenforcing some of the training materials that we have. >> terrific. it's great to see that your industry is being proactive, particularly during prom and graduation season. and joe mcer mcinerny, thank you very joining us. tonight at 11:00, we don't know too many parents that would want their children exposed to a morgue. but one group of troubled teenagers, i

. >> reporter: our next stop, the hilton washington north in gaithersburg, room 904. the young women who order the wine are 17 and 19 years old and look their age. again, wine is delivered. this time the server asks for i. d. and the 17-year-old hands over her driver's license with her real birth date, 1994. >> she left with my i. d. >> all right. >> reporter: the girls are caught off guard when the server goes to call her manager, but leaves the bottle of wine in the room. >> i couldn't believe it. she just -- she left the wine with the kids. >> reporter: the server returns and asks for another i. d. by then, it's too late. >> where is the wine? >> right there. >> where did you go? >> i went to go make sure if the i. d. was ok or -- >> where did you leave the wine? >> i left it over there. >> reporter: polic issue her a citation and again call in a manager. >> server did a great job up until the fact that she took the underaged person's i. didn't and not the -- i. d. and not the wine. >> reporter: the manager and his server are defensive. >> yeah, i apologize to the

she goes into the headquarters there at hilton head, the camp at hilton head, and becomes a part of the first south carolina infantry of african descent later renamed the 33rd united states color troops. she would become a nurse for the regiment and a teacher. she also had learned to read and write. she was teaching the soldiers how to read and write. she would marry one of the soldiers sergeant king in the regiment in 1862. she would say that while in the regiment, i learned to handle a musket very well while in the regiment and could shoot straight, and often hit the target. susie king taylor also writes a memoir so we can hear her voice in her memoirs. another one of the school teachers down in south carolina is a diaryist, a woman from a wealthy family in philadelphia, james fortin, that's her father. he was at that meeting in 1830. and charlotte fortin would go down to teach in a school that looked very much like this. this is a photograph of one of the schools in the sea islands where she taught. in her diary she'd talk about the various people she would meet and she would meet on

in the ast year...the hilton... has not only lost...11.4 mmllion dollaas... but the baltimore hotel corporation....had to withdraw... nearly fourmillion dollars...from a special intereston the onds...to financethe project. but jay brodie...whohhads the baltimore development corporatton...says ....t's only a paper losssand it's not resultedd..in any (brodie) "we see that we're not doing badly, we're paying our bills, we're payyng the debt service, but we're not r aising ouii gameto the point collectively to market the cityyof baltimore to groups where we need to be." the general managerof thh hilton...tells me...she expects this will be a goodsummer... witt a healthymix of conventionsand tourists. hoping... that theaverage occupyyratewill be around 70- percent....that'sconsidered good.live in downtown baltimore, john rydell, fox 45 news t five. join... our waste watch. if... call... our hotline.. 410-662-1456. or... go o fox- an unlicenssd cab driver will spend the rest of his life sentenced today to two liff perms... plus ore than 60 years ffr kiinapping and

. >> the city owned hilton hotel continues to show losses. jane charges live with more down on the story. >> baltimore is lagging behind on attracting the business that fills hotels. the city hotel has shown losses since it opened in 2008. the development director said the losses are only on paper. >> the hilton baltimore convention center hotel is making a profit and has not cost the citizens of baltimore one penny. >> the hotel lost $11 million in 2010 and 11.5 million in 2011. the losses are due to items like depreciation and not real losses. >> they're not real losses, cash losses or losses that come back to the citizens and say the hotel is running in the red and we have to raise the property tax. >> the revenues were down in 2011 and it was forced to dip into a reserve account to make a payment on the bonds that were sold to build the hotel. >> we hope not to do it again. >> the rep is are falling short of the projections used to sell the project. he blames the recession but acknowledged post-recession, baltimore hotels overall have not

. >> the hilton hotel was martin o'malley's when he was mayor. it was a big project that required a tough vote from city council. its critics from -- do the critics from those days have the right to say i told you so? >> the city owned hilton hotel has shown losses each year since it opened in 2008. the top development director said taxpayers do not feel it. >> delton baltimore convention center hotel is making a profit and has not caused the citizens of baltimore one penny. >> financial statements show the hotel lost money. the losses are due to items like depreciation and not real losses. >> their book losses. they're not losses that come back to the citizens and say the hotel is running in the red and we have to raise the property tax. quex the revenues were down in 2011 and it was forced to dip into a reserve account. >> we had to do it before and we hope not to do it again. >> the warnings were there. >> delegate mitchell was on the city council when the hotel was approved. not a fan, believing the private sector was better suited for the ho

taylor, a teenager learned to read and write in secret schools of savannah, had run away and was at hilton head. she said in the camp it was a gloomy time. when mcclellan was close to richmond it was a gloomy time. they did not want mcclellan to succeed. it was a gloomy time. in richmond, pinkerton would name john scobell, one of the operative of the league, and pinkerton would have his own operatives, hatty lawton, and timothy webster. john scobell does not get arrested. pinkerton now is heavily dependent on the league operatives to give him information on what lee's forces are like. and we also know that at that time, there was an intelligence organization, if you will, or a cell there, ran by european american woman by the name of elizabeth vanlou that could have been providing mcclellan information. but they did not. and she had african-american women like mary elizabeth bouser some believe was inside the confederate white house. but this information does not get to mcclellan. when mcclellan gets by january -- june 1, 1862, within ten miles of the capital, general lee took lee was able

. >> reporter: when baltimore city opened the hilton hotel in 2008, it came with big expectations. >> we expect this hotel to not only pay for itself and produce jobs, but literally, over as many years, to produce revenue. >> reporter: but a just released audit shows the hotel has lost nearly $54 million since it opened. $11.5 million from last year alone. >> i have a building here that's making nothing. you know what i mean? they should turn that into something that can make some kind of revenue, instead of depending on the poor people to pay the taxes for it. >> reporter: developers with the baltimore hotel corporation insist, none of the losses have been in cash, only on paper. that means so far, they have not used any taxpayer money to pay the bills. >> reporter: the $300 million spent on the hilton came in the form of fixed rate bonds. the city says most of what is in the red is the result of depreciation. so what went wrong? planners say the recession means fewer conventions and lower room rates. they also point to an image problem. >> if their participation of baltimore -- perc

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last year the hilton 63-percent.pacy rate of the suspect in the case of a sixxyear-old bby who decaaes - today.investigators say they expeet pedro hernandez will be charged with second-degree murder.etan patz disaapeared exaatly 33 yeers ago near his home in manhattan's so-ho neighborhooddpolice say a tip pointed to hernandez... aad when he was rought in or questioning.... he confessed. hernandeezdescribed to the detectives how he lurrd young etaa frrm the school bus stop from west broadday and rincc ptreet with the promise of a soda. he then led him into the basement of the bodega, choked him there and disposed of the body by putting it into a plastic bag and plaaing it into the rash. despite the arrest... a laa enforcementtsourre says hernanddz'ssconfession is being treated with a healthy dose of skepticiss.the police commissioner also notes investigators have not uncovered any forensic evidence linkkng hernandez to a pair of would be thieves target a home in florida.the two sussects first knocked on the dorr... and when no one answered... went round back. that's where one of the sus

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the & hotel, whiih is managed by hilton, lost aaout 111million dollars last year.. up to a -siice ii opened in theessmmer of 2008. it's aacciy venture thht somm experts say 3 (prof. rhoads0 "private 3 there's nothinggnew about 3 that'ssggt ttii public kind oo twist tt it.. and so, there's taxpayer money involvvd, there's ttxpayers somewhat on theehooo for theseelosses.." lossss.." 3 city officcalss including jay brody who's president of the baltimore developpent cooporation, hve paid these losses re hat -3 they call "paper losses".. not "real ccsh lossess." which they ay will nottaffect thh hotel's ability to pay ts -&pbilll. join ouu waste watcc.if you &psee government waste... call chrrylerris recalling thousandd of jeep ranglers today... for aaproblem ttat can leaadto fires.tte recall & affects 2010 moddl year pith a skii latt... that's 3 this yeaa... thhre have been & a least 14 reeorted fires. wrangler ownerr wwll soon be notifiidd.. to bring their vvhicles to a jjep dealership for a eplacemmnt pprt. 3&kids have a llt more time at home duuing the summer, nn par

this morning, franchot toured hilton soon be installed. he state is funding the 2-point-2 million dollar project and franchot says its time all conditionee. (15:15) "when you reaa spent on schools that aren'' priority...right theee there's 50-classrooms that can be air conditioned and i hopp those dollars can be re-directed." directed." right now, about half of balttmore coonty in baltimore city, the number is slightly less. an art teacher at ridgely middle school has won a big honor. angela rountree is the new baltimore county teacher of the year.rountree has been an eduuator for 22 years. ann at her award cerrmony today she said she triis to e creatiie and always think abbut what's best for the "iican reinforce what people are doing in english..... .....change of scenery" 3 rountree wwll promote teeching and the baltimore county school system over the next yeaa..he will also compete for the honor of maryllnd tate a city worker we caught on video stealing thousands of gets to keep his pension.... pension.... let's go back to karen parks l

. >>> and paris hilton is back in the dating game. >> jessica simpson shows off pictures of her brand new baby girl. >>> a child saved up for a dream vacation and then did something very generous. >>> plus, a massive security breach. a guy slips through security and >>> the first photos are out of jessica simpson's new baby, maxwell drew johnson. >> "people" magazine scored the first picks as well as interview with simpson and her fiance. former nfl player johnson. the report on the debut of little maxi. >> reporter: it's a brand new side of jessica simpson. mother, exclusive photos in the new issue of "people" magazine provide the world's first look at maxwell drew johnson. the baby girl almost 10 pounds at birth is shown sleeping in mom's arms as dad eric johnson, simpson's fiance, looks on adoringly. >> jessica simpson is absolutely achieved domestic bliss. the bliss that she sought for so many years. >> reporter: simpson first announced her pregnancy on twitter last halloween. soon after the excited mother to be bared all on the cover of elle magazine. though engaged to johnson, a

that will take place at the hilton in boston. mitt romney will be in northern virginia. and tomorrow, tom mcdonald will join mitt romney for fundraiser at the ritz,-carlton. new municipal elections are being held. in maryland you can vote until 8:00 p.m. tonight. >> mixed views from the car lot. see which are selling well and which are slumping in sales. >> a committee of cracking down on drivers to break the law. >> police have a rash of homicides to deal with. we will have more on their investigation after the break. >> it is warm and muggy. 79 degrees. it will stay around [ male announcer ] knowing your customers is important to any successful business. which is why at wells fargo we work with you to get to know the unique aspects of your business. we can recommend financial solutions that can work for you that have helped millions of business owners save time, reduce expenses and maximize cash flow. as the number one small business lender for n nine years running... we're with you when you need us. so you can be there for your customers. wells fargo. together we'll g

maryland comptroller peter franchot tourrd hilton elementary school in westt &pbalttmore...re a new air conddtioning systtm will soon be be nstalled.the state is funding the 2-milliin dollar projecc. and franchot says it's time áallá maryland schooll are air conditioned. (15:15) "when yoouread about half a millionndollarr spent on schools that ren't prrority...right there theee's conditioned and i hope those dollars can be re-directed." pe-ddreeted." as oo now... bbut half the schools innbaltimorr county use air- ponditioning.in baltimorr a big honor... for one less..- maryland school teaccer. teecher.angeea rountreee... an art teacher at ridgely middle &pschool... has beee namee the new baltimore county teacher of the year.rountree has been her award ceremony thursddy... rountreeesaid she tries to be creaaive and always think about what's best foo the students. 3&"i can reinforce what people aae dding in english... change of scenery" 3 &prountree will promote teachii and the baltimore county schooo system over the next yyar.she will aaso compete for the honorrof marylaad st

a guest at the hilton hotel had quite a scare when a power outage left multiple people trapped in elevators. crews responded to the scene. they were able to get everybody out safely. no reports on any injuries or what led to the outage. it has been a hot day. a good start for the unofficial kickoff of summer. >> it is unusual to be this warm and humid. there was a little thunderstorm activity today. it was up to our north in pennsylvania. they lined up along a cold front and install the out there. as the storms moved south, they dissipated. at least in town, it stayed dry. closer to pennsylvania, a sum of folks got some showers. dc then dropping out and of operating as they came down into our region. tomorrow that boundary is going to be up there. we will see if any rain develops. we will talk about it with the as to whether plus forecast in a few minutes. >> correction officials are looking for an inmate to walk away from his work assignment. he left the detention facility yesterday morning and did not report to his work-release job at a checkers restaurants. he was nearing the end of a pr

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today in a conference room at this hilton and arlington, newt gingrich conceded at least for now this fight is over. rather than offering his strong support to mitt romney newt gingrich said today he is dropping out and mitt romney beats the alternative. >> this is not a choice between mitt romney and ronald reagan. this is a choice between mitt romney and the most radical a leftist president in american history. >> the controversial major -- former speaker came in first in south carolina and went on to win georgia. but the mitt romney campaign poured millions of dollars into attack ads that helped undermine the gingrich campaign. supporters say they still prefer a new gingrich but now -- >> i will definitely support mitt romney. what is the alternative? >> today the obama campaign released this ad questioning gingrich and drawing support behind mitt romney. sometimes he called him the worst of all candidates. >> as a man who wants to run for president of the united states to cannot be honest, -- >> it took 20 minutes for newt gingrich to even mention mitt romney. his main message is

o'malley poured millions of dollars into hilton baltimore, it has lost more than $1 million, and it isour money. and all warning for shoppers who use craigslist. an attack on -- and another airline fee if you want to sit with your family. and now your maryland lottery numbers. >> i am sarah fleischer from 98 rock. let's play a pick 3 numbers. here we go. we will get to pick four in just a moment. when you play monopoly scratch- off, you can wind up to $50,000 to play online at mdlottery.com/monopoly. the maryland lottery -- let yourself play. >> we talked a little bit about the game in the forecast, and it sounds like it will get better from here. >> chance for a shower or thunderstorm tomorrow, but things improve into the weekend. this weekend, maybe a slight chance for a shower or thunderstorm. >> a lot of barbecues this weekend. thank you for joining us. >> watch tonight at 5:00 with the dawn a -- donna and stan.

you have battled through living in hilton james and having to walk in the rain to an am class at grand memorial. and you have battled your way through many games of zombies and humans. now, i have to admit i never heard of that game but it does sound like good preparation for anyone who will be moving to washington, d.c. you've survived it all and here you are. however, while this is a very special day for you, before imparting some of my invaluable indispensible words of wisdom i would like to say something about another important group here today. they are sitting on the sides here beaming proudly and not even thinking about what it cost to get to this day. or what happens if you can't get a job and have to move back home. i am talking about your parents and relatives. so why don't you give them a big hand. [applause] and since today is not only a very special day here but a very special day across our cound -- country, let me wish all the mothers here happy mother's day. being asked to speak at unc is really a dream come true for me. and i want this commencement speech to be differe

clusters pushing toward southeast georgia and some off the coastline moving toward the island and hilton head. we've had over a hundred rescues in just about the last 24 hours from the south carolina coast down into northern florida. here's a look at least where the system has gone so far. we're going to be dealing with this even through early tomorrow morning and that whole path, kind of on and off chances for showers, some areas around jacksonville extending to the south and west could easily see three to five inches worktd of rainfall. some isolated spots could get over 10 inches of rain. at that point you're talking about a tropical depression but could actually again restrengthen into a storm. a number of beaches closed today. i do want to mention one other area especially from chicago back down into central missouri and into eastern portions of oklahoma and north texas. we could be dealing with a chance for severe thunderstorms. yesterday we had some hail and wind producing storms and some of the regional storms in that region of the country. make sure you get your warnings. also a

agent number 12 may have entertained a lady of the night at the hilton hotel where the president wasying. i think this is the first time hilton and sex scandal have been used in a sentence without the word paris in it in a really long time. right? so far, six agents have lost their jobs. one has been cleared. five are still on administrative leave. it all came up when a prostitute fwhot an argument with two agents she spent the night with over how much she should be paid. she said she wanted $800 and the hotel reception called her at 6:30 in the morning to remind her she needed to leave by 7:00. you know you're staying at a great hotel when they kick the hookers out by 7:00. she refused to leave until she got the money and there was a commotion and the police showed up. see, that's where she made a mistake. if you have a problem with the secret service, you have to call secret customer service. you don't call the police. and if you don't get the answer you want from them, you can take it all the way up to secret santa, if you have to. but america loves hookers and we've been all over

and south hilton at massachusetts avenue in baltimore city. let's now take a live look, as you can see, so much traffic there. that's a look at the beltway, at security boulevard is definitely crawling along there. and we'll take another live look also. very slow go there. west of york road. this traffic report is brought to you by the people's pink party at pimlico. it's coming friday, may 18th. to get all of the details and information, go to preakness.com. back to you. >> kristy, thank you. >>> just in time for mother's day. the maryland zoo unveils its flewest babies. two -- newest babies. two new zebra foals. they are being introduced to the phoenix zebra, who is becoming their adopted mom. and the wart hogs. they have been bonding with their mom since they were born. and you can see all of the new animals at the zoo's african watering hole. they're kind of cute. >> they're furry. >> they are. grownup fur. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news at 4:00. >>> the sunny summer months are on the way. i'm monique griego. coming up, doctors have a

the hotel, which is managed by hilton, llst boutt11-million dollars last year..n 50-milllon since ittopened in the ummer of 2008.. it's a citt could cost taxpayers. 3&p prof. rhoads0 "priiate businesses lose monee.. - there's nothing new about - that. but it's a buuiness thaa's got this public kind of pwiit to it.. nd so, there's -3 taaxayer money invvlvee, there's axpayyrsssommwhat n the ook forrthese lossee... -3losses.." 3 ity officials, iicluding jaa brody wwo's & president of tte baltimore developmeet ccrporation, have said these losses arrewhat they call "paper losssss.. not "rral cashhlooses.." which &&pthey say will noo affect thh hotel's abilitt to pay its bills. &p3a rally outside city hall.... stephanie rawliigs-blakk to ssve baltimore rec centers. centers. centers movementt saas rawllngs-blake promised too pnvess in communitiee and -3 neiggbbohhods,bbt continues tooclooe youth ec centers nd pools. thh city controls 55 --33recreaaiin centers....unddrr - this new plann..the city wwll operate 31 improved private oopeatorss....and turn city schools. 3 "ii

they'll be moving toward e december toe island and hilton head. j we've had rescues in the last 24 hours from the south carolina coast down to florida. there's a look at where the system has gone so far. we're going to be dealing with this early tomorrow morning and the whole chance of oven an off path. especially jacksonville extending to the south and west couldd easily see three to five inches worth of rainfall over larger areas. some isolated spots could get over 10 inches worth of rain. that system crossing out to the outer banks. that system out to the outer banks. it could restrengtheten into a storm. it's one to keep a close eye on. a number of beaches closed today. i want to mention one other area here, especially chicago down missouri, even eastern portions of oklahoma and northern texas. we could be dealing with chances ofit severe storms today. yesterday we had a number of hail and wind-producing reports. today make sure you have a way warnings and in through the northeast and also a chance for thunderstorms. we'll talk more about that

>>> registered times are tough to win a the economy is tough and then you got a travel greta the hilton hotels been very generous giving us a hotel rooms and had other hotels are people stay would try to get group rates. we do make it work. >>> is it tough each year more of a challenge? >>> it's easier an a think a certain point when the ball got their vases and airline tickets and hotel rooms are booked it's hard to stop and it is to do it. and for having a great time. >>> we wish you success and will seeing here for your nine and for more information for us and to discuss international arts festival visit their web site. we will leaving out the festival's i rocking bodies. ♪

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he is in a great location next to the hilton or whatever hotel was there. but the idea that people have been eating in a restaurant with those of sanitary conditions, it is sad to think of anyone working in the restaurant, much less eating there. my intention is to hold -- uphold dph in this revocation. >> i would concur. i would point out that i've got a presentation at the case here, what you have done over the years, it is laudable in giving him a chance to make the corrections. >> i don't have a lot to atom, but i am inclined to all pull. i think the department's effort to really show great good faith to assist operators such as this one. i think the resources that are spent are probably worth doing and making those efforts because no one wants to put anyone out of business. and the community institution that might be impacted by this. the photographs and the report are very compelling. i think we can't allow this. like the president stated, i feel bad for the people that eat their and are not aware of these conditions. president garcia: i move that we

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it will be held this saturday, june 2nd at the washington hilton. there are tickets still available. it's the only black tie event in washington, d.c. where you can take your animal friend along to celebrate the evening with you. >> and they're actually supposed to come dressed. top hat and all. >> the humans are going to be dressed up. so the animals should be dressed up. and we have dogs beautifully dressed by barkley square, a long time partner of the washington humane society. they'll be in attendance at the bark ball as well. >> barkley square are the designer of this he is outfits that they're wearing, is that right? thank you for bringing the outfits along for them to wear. >> how many years have you been doing this, the bark ball? >> the bark ball has been going on for 25 years. this is the 25th year. there will be some surprises at this year's bark ball to celebrate. >> he's excited about something. like he likes his tutu that he's wearing. >> tell us about the humane society and the how these dogs can be adopted. >> maybe you can tell us.

stol will be michael nolty, lawrence reid, evans, and rose hilton. >> hello, my name is kevin stall and i live at 875 post street which, right now, you kept in district six and i wanted to say i thank you for that. i am a tenant organizer in my building and we worked with the bristol hotel, helping deal with issues with the tenants who live there that have problems that they did not solve. so we helped solve their issues for them. and we would like to continue to work with them as long as they stay in district six. it's only like a hundred people though, which is a very insignificant population addition to district three, but it would still be most important to keep the tenderloin as a community intact. to keep the tenderloin intact. he also just said that he with hopefully not having to take anything else away from district six as well. thank you for your hard work and hopefully this will be the last of your meeting. thank you, and go giants. >> hi, i'm lawrence lee -- >> hold on, it's actually mr. nolty first. >> oh, i'm sorry. >> can you do everything at once? all right, thank you ve

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