mr. pierce outlined to us during public comment it is taking two plus years to get through an investigation. that is a function of resources. there is only so many hours in the day and so many cases that someone can handle. whatever we can do from here to help support you and emphasize the importance of funding and supporting the commission at this critical juncture, please let us know what we can do to do that. i think that the work that steven massey is leading and with tyler on creating dashboards to make the data accessible and searchable is the critical piece of making the government and campaign finance accountable and transparent to the voters of san francisco. i think the one year funding we received gave us a good start, but in the absence of additional funding through this budget proposal, i think that will grind to a halt and that the price to be paid will be by the people of san francisco because they won't have access to the information. the form 700e filing rollout could go well or not. the prudent thing to do is to prepare for support to help 3500 people navigate a very new s

mr. pierce outlined to us during public comment it is taking two plus years to get through an investigation. that is a function of resources. there is only so many hours in the day and so many cases that someone can handle. whatever we can do from here to help support you and emphasize the importance of funding and supporting the commission at this critical juncture, please let us know what we can do to do that. i think that the work that steven massey is leading and with tyler on creating dashboards to make the data accessible and searchable is the critical piece of making the government and campaign finance accountable and transparent to the voters of san francisco. i think the one year funding we received gave us a good start, but in the absence of additional funding through this budget proposal, i think that will grind to a halt and that the price to be paid will be by the people of san francisco because they won't have access to the information. the form 700e filing rollout could go well or not. the prudent thing to do is to prepare for support to help 3500 people navigate a very new s

mr. king was. dr. balcerski: bossom friends aboutway to learn how bachelors related. viceam rufus king was the president of the united states, like that the ticket with frank lynn pierce in 1852. but, because he was terminally ill with tuberculosis, he actually never served in office. he was inaugurated and famously the only vice president inaugurated outside of the united states, in cuba. but he return to the united states to die in april of 1853. be canon, the 15th president, succeeded president pierce -- buchanan, the 15th president will be in office from 1857 to 1862. he's often blame for allowing the civil war to happen. part of what my book tried to do is understand how these two m en were so successful in politics and get at the political conditions of the period, the big question about what extent they were personally responsible for this massive tragedy that was the american civil war. i started with their early biographies, and started with them as young men. follow their college years, their entry into politics, meeting and friendship in the senate, their various overseas adventures, ministers abroad, and their success in national office as vice president a