he's done a great job on boma's rep. he's done a great job. on october 17th we have an emergency preparedness center we hold every year on low level terror events. if you want to come and learn about what our industry thinks of that, you are welcome to come as my guest. thank you.. >> thank you, are there any other comments from council members? all right. that was a very newsy report back. thank you all. is there any public comment today? yes, ken? >> ken, many of you know me. i want to bring attention to a new york times story that ran after the texas and florida events that was a recap of disaster management agencies around the country. the main point was that these events had motivated and shall we say to a higher level of concern among disaster management agencies and states across the country. but i want to commend our city that following the 2005 katrina hurricane, that our former cao, ed lee, reached out to new orleans and established a relationship with new orleans and recovery that has led to our step ahead to what i think the rest o

he received an honor from your employer of 22.5 years, boma. it was a great lunch, attended by many, including our mayor, and many dignitiaries to applaud you for your efforts and just your overall contributions that you've made to the city and county, so i wanted to officially congratulate you again, on your retirement which i believe is at the end of this month, and tell you we really appreciate having you on your commission for all the great work you've given us. >> more time to focus on the department. >> exactly, exactly, so congratulations on that in getting that award from boma. and then, that evening, all of you were able to join us -- we had a lovely meritorious ceremony for some incredible sacrifices that members make in the course of their duties. the deputies and i attended the firefighter toy program opening lunch on november 16th. we stopped by to say hello, and we're all big supporters of that program, as well, to make sure that everyone has a happy holiday and we all know that a small gift can go a long way in a child's life to

the neck of the american economy with job killing regulations and high taxes we were told your honor bomaas 16% now it is a 17 year low that spans three administrations. you say what you want about what obama did to turn the economy around. but we were told that was the new normal. job losses. consumer confident was down. by the way, black homeowner ship is up under president trump. when president trump campaigned he said to black voterins. give me a chance now he is producing i see good for all americans but in the black community a 17 year low in the unemployment rate. >> so, the congress just passed and the president signed a new tax bill reduce the rates do you believe that will help in the minority communities or not help in the minority communities >> no , i don't. >> why. >> the tremendous amount of debt we'll have to shoulder. >> the democrats are concerned about the debt. >> is it odd how everyone changed. suddenly the republicans don't care about the debt and are add to it and bringing up infrastructure bills and excited about them. i'm wondering if the g. o. p. has an identity

employees yeah ok but essentially amazon not the government is taxing applying a tax yes we saw the boma care the pharmaceutical and drug companies insurance companies the corporations were allowed to tax people individually something called obamacare so now corporations are levying taxes on people no taxation without representation where is my representation of members on stock analyst on a good commensurate share of amazon stock to participate in the growth of this corporate takeover and under no obligation to fulfill this jihad from jeff bezos ok this is really. just too early and we work and woman are going to try to take over america through the back door of their small we were base i was there i saw it with the representation the steering the so. it gets worse than that as it gets worse chicago's bid so they look at fresno fresno is even more grotesque in how they're kneeling before the lord bezos asking the lord bezos please shine your look upon us don't avert your gaze from our ugliness well but the most far reaching offers from fresno california that city of half a million isn't

tax lawyers yeah ok but essentially amazon not the government is taxing implying a tax yes so the boma care the pharmaceutical and drug companies insurance companies yeah the corporations were allowed to tax people individually something called obamacare so now corporations are levying taxes on people no taxation without representation where is my representation or members on stock analyst get a commensurate share of amazon stock to participate in the growth of this corporate takeover and under no obligation to fulfill this is yahoo from jeff bezos the. very he's going to marry somehow there kneeling before the load that city of half a million isn't offering any tax breaks instead it has a novel plan to give amazon special authority over how the company's taxes are spent fresno promises to funnel any taxes and fees general half made up of amazon officers half from the city they're supposed to spend the money on housing roads and parks in and around amazon by the way you know the railroad of course that was the last time robber baron that's the last time we had the robber barrons vander

robert mugabe out of power has been sworn in as vice president constantino will share the role with ken boma heidi m. long serving state security minister trying to retired from the military last week and while former president mugabe has been granted full diplomatic status and the staff of twenty three under his pension settlement the ninety three are all stepped down last month. at least forty one people have been killed in the afghan capital kabul after a suicide bomber stormed a shia cultural center and a news agency other eighty four people were wounded many of them suffering burns eisel has claimed responsibility natasha getting reports. the explosions followed by a rush to assist the injured and count the victims. it's become a familiar ritual especially in kabul where the afghan capital has seen its share of bombings this year this time the target was a shiite muslim cultural center and the neighboring afghan voice news agency. we heard a huge bang and smoke rose from inside the hall my face was burning i fell down from my chair and i saw my colleagues on the ground the smoke was eve

. >> yeah, so the estimate would come from the expert, boma. that's part of their business is knowing that. i don't know if we've ever had this department staff to take care of 1.5 million people. but any way, that's not your problem. that's ours. so any way, that's just -- would there be a projection to layoff ambulance drivers or how would that work? >> i think the city has high day and night populations in history, and we've seen that in call volume that's continued to increase. so as we've done in the past few years, i think we would advocate for more resources on the ems side to battle that increase. we're seeing -- there's some projection on the fire side, but longer time when we're talking about additional stations and additional resources to help kind of serve those new developments that are coming on-line, those are additional conversations we're going to be having with the mayor's office, but kind of with regards to the ems, we're, as we do every year, taking a look at call volume, demand, and what our resources are, and we'll be aski