benson? >> through the chair, brad benson, special projects manager for the port of san francisco. supervisor campos, to your question, the port, working through the department of public works had bid a contract, a professional services contract for ceqa review for the pier 27 cruise terminal project last fall and e.s.a., environmental science associates, was selected as most qualified respondent for that waterfront oriented work and the idea here is to add the america's cup scope of analysis to that underlying cruise terminal e.i.r. during that bid process, h.r.c., the human rights commission had established an l.b.e. participation goal for the professional services contract of 15%. e.s.a. came in just slightly above 30% and the port's intention to exceed h.r.c. goals and contractor has indicated their willingness to meet their prior bid for l.b.e., so that would be 30% or more of the contract amount. supervisor campos: thank you, and thank you and the rest of the port staff for your efforts and it's great to see that. i hope to see more of that as contracts come before us. presid

benson, thank you for being here. it really has to be, for extraordinary reasons, we elect to waive against the process of competitive bidding for of this contract. i would like you to expound just a little bit more. i think that the pursuit of us making sure we have our ducks lined up on ceqa is companion to the notion that the city and this event has to be in full ceqa compliance. there can be no mess up in timeline. there can be no mess up in teaching the process so the net effect is san francisco and america's cup is in full compliance. it is a big role of the dice, one that i co-sponsored and am willing to make happen, but i want to hear more about the fact that we're not just gambling on this idea that san francisco along the way, because we sold- sourced, somehow we decide we have to cut corners. i want to hear more on that. >> sure. i think that our recommendation to the committee -- and i thank you for your cosponsor ship on this ordinance -- is that getting the city ceqa and permiting team on board now, we w

i beat lloyd benson 2-1 in texas. which was amazing even now to me. but i had kind of a groundswell of support among people who had not been involved in politics before, and that's really how i was able to prevail. >> but you knew that you were the, you would be the first president from the deep south to be elected since zachary taylor. >> yes. >> can you were a one-term governor from the state of georgia. what made you think you could win? is. [laughter] >> well, i wasn't sure, but -- [laughter] but i told roast lin again that if i only got two votes, i was going to say in until the end. this is kind of bragging now, but my tenacity was one thing, i was not about to pack down even when i had disappointments. and i had several disappointments and embarrassments where i made some mistakes, but i stuck with it. at first my only potential opponent that was well known were two. one was ted kennedy who was running for president, and the other was george wallace from the deep south, a segregationist. and my idea when i first began to think about running was

. >> sure persons, brad benson. thank you for hearing this item. i am co-presenting with edgar lopez from the management bureau at the department of public works. we will be splitting a brief presentation on this item. as you know, the hosting of the new agreement between the city and county of san francisco and the america's cup event authority, along with san francisco america's cup organizing committee, was signed in december 31. it set forth a number of time lines for being able to deliver the 34th america's cup in 2013. the key date we are here to talk about today is that we are on track to deliver compliance with the california environmental quality act in 2011. the ceqa study work that we envision over the course of the next year is going to look at the impacts associated with all of the visitors who would come to san francisco to watch the events, and and all of the different locations where they will go to view the race on the bay, as well as construction activities for improving port property that are needed to be undertaken in 2012 in or

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brad benson is here today representing them, along with their great director, and their whole staff are very geared to this event, and how to balance it with all the other developments we have been pushing very hard to do at the port. the cruise ship terminals, as you are well aware of, and also, they will be paying a lot of attention to any issues around displacement. if there's anything that the port has done, they have really communicated very well to their tenants. obviously, this will move things around a bit. i'm paying attention to that and working closely with the port to make sure that they fulfill all their obligations, and also, work with all the tenants throughout the port. our public works department will be part of this executive student committee, and i know that the dpw are all busy. they are busy already doing the work. and they have a tradition of doing great work. they are engineering. they are -- their architectural divisions, their project management divisions. i've been working closely with them on the 10-year capital plan, so i know they will be able to deliver. w

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criminals who will join in the action for the sake of having a cause to adopt or just a crowd to join in benson anger focusing on the unfortunate occurrences with charles and camilla. what we know about charles and camilla they're fine right a window was smashed it was splashed the car kicked not to mention on any channel the symbolism of attacking the king in waiting seen by many of the british as a remnant of a deeply unfair class system because this under-reporting of substance by the us media have been a way to make sure the message from britain is that the common people are not prepared to pay for the folly of the ruling elite did not read too close to home. meanwhile as the streets of egypt erupt in chaos stopping people u.s. media has been portraying the events as a struggle of the disenfranchised masses and stressing the need for the egyptian leadership to address the grievances of the population all of those values that we take so seriously here haven't really existed in that part of the world less attention has been drawn to u.s. support of this leadership united states taxpayers have

>> i think judge benson's decision goes far beyond where it was necessary to go. i think that the fact that two other federal district courts have upheld the constitutionality of the law will indicate his opinion will not have the necessary effect at this moment. the department of justice is considering whether to seek an appeal. everyone agrees what is also at stake is a provision that prohibits insurance companies for denying coverage for pre- existing conditions. i think that aspect is disputable. >> thank you. >> you are convinced there is no doubt the mandate in health law is constitutional. would you see any need for congress to make any changes to the mandate to increase the chances it would be found to be constitutional? >> i see no need for it. it seems so clearly constitutional. you are wearing a belt. maybe you would want to put on some suspenders, as well. >> to any of the witnesses, some of you have discussed the supreme court's decision which has given broad authority under the commerce clause. congress has not passed a law to purchase a product or s

judge benson decided in florida that it may be necessary, but it has to be proper. if it idoes not meet the constitutional test, then there are important legal arguments. there is controversy which is what we think it will reach the constitutional -- the supreme court. caller: this issue is divisive because the health care lobbyists want to divide and conquer. i was going to say that i think -- as far as the mandate is concerned, i think it should go hand in hand with the possibility of a medicare buy-in program. 80% of americans do not use their health care. 20% of americans use their health care. i spent $6,000 a year. it goes unused except for maybe $100, to wonder dollars a year. if i could buy into medicare with that money -- it goes unused except for maybe $100, $200 a year. it would take in more money than the 20% of the people that use their health insurance plan. that is a way to shore up medicare. i do not know why we do not hear more about the medicare by an public option --buy-in. guest: medicare is $30 trillion in debt. adding americans to this program

when judge benson of the northern district of florida ma a ruling monday striking down the act, it must of caused concern across america. many americans who are counting on the provisions of that law are in doubt about its future. senior citizens were hoping you close the doughnut hole of that gap in medicare prescription drug coverage. they will wonder what it means, whether they need to return checks that were sent to them, or when the next check will be sent in the future. many americans will ben doubt, those who were 25 and eligible to be covered by their parents and family health care plan may have questions, cancer patients who joined the high-risk pools may have doubts, small businesses who thought tax credits were coming their way might be asking members of congress what it means. i want those millions of americans to know they should not despair. they should reflect on the simple history of major legislation in america. this is not the first major law that has been challenged in the courts as to its constitutionality. let me mention two or three others. the social security act,

when judge benson of the northern district of florida made a ruling monday striking down the act, it must of caused concern across america. many americans who are counting on the provisions of that law are in doubt about its future. senior citizens were hoping you close the doughnut hole of that gap in medicare prescription drug coverage. they will wonder what it means, whether they need to return checks that were sent to them, or when the next check will be sent in the future. many americans will be in doubt, those who were 25 and eligible to be covered by their parents and family health care plan may have questions, cancer patients who joined the high-risk pools may have doubts, small businesses who thought tax credits were coming their way might be asking members of congress what it means. i want those millions of americans to know they should not despair. they should reflect on the simple history of major legislation in america. this is not the first major law that has been challenged in the courts as to its constitutionality. let me mention two or three others. the social securi

when judge benson of the northern district of florida made a ruling monday striking down the act, it must of caused concern across america. many americans who are counting on the provisions of that law are in doubt about its future. senior citizens were hoping you close the doughnut hole of that gap in medicare prescription drug coverage. they will wonder what it means, whether they need to return checks that were sent to them, or when the next check will be sent in the future. many americans will be in doubt, those who were 25 and eligible to be covered by their parents and family health care plan may have questions, cancer patients who joined the high-risk pools may have doubts, small businesses who thought tax credits were coming their way might be asking members of congress what it means. i want those millions of americans to know they should not despair. they should reflect on the simple history of major legislation in america. this is not the first major law that has been challenged in the courts as to its constitutionality. let me mention two or three others. the social securi

airman first class austin gates benson of pevment llartown, pennsylvania. sergeant christopher geiger of north hampton, pennsylvania. second lieutenant michael gor.iordano. corporal joshua harton, of bethlehem. michael heed jr. of delta, pennsylvania. sergeant brett hershey. specialist derek holland. sergeant first class brian hoover of west elizabeth, pennsylvania. lance corporal abram howard of williams port, pavment staff sergeant matthew ink ham of altoona, pennsylvania. private first class david jefferson of philadelphia, pennsylvania. lance corporal larry johnson of scronton, pennsylvania. sergeant nathan kennedy of cla classville, pavment corporal jared king of eerie, pavment specialist dale k rhode island idlow. private first class sevment rg e krapow. staff sergeant patrick kuchboch -- staff sergeant patrick kuchboch of mckeesport, pavment sergeant ryan lane with pittsburgh, pavment master sergeant arthur lily of smithtown -- smithfield, pavment capital ronald luce jr. of wayne, pavment specialist jonathan lusher of scranton, pennsylvania. master s

when judge benson of the northern disict of florida made a ruling monday striking down the act, it must of caused concern across america. many americans who are counting on the provisions of that law are in doubt about its future. senior citizens were hoping you close the doughnut hole of that gap in medicare prescription drug coverage. they will wonder what it means, whether they need to return checks that were sent to tm, or when the next check will be sent in the future. many americans will be in doubt, those who were 25 and eligible to be covered by their parents and family health care plan may have questions, cancer patients who joined the high-risk pools may have doubts, small businesses who thought tax credits were coming their way might be asking members of congress what it means. i want those millions of americans to know they should not despair. they should reflect on the simple history of major legislation in america. this is not the first major law that has been challenged in the courts as to its constitutionality. let me mention twoor three others. the social security act,