directors, bob beck will report on this item. >> thank you, directors. you have been our program management and consultant since 2004. we sought expertise in developing large-scale capital projects, as well as a wide range of technical expertise in transit infrastructure. and project management, construction management. and several smaller team member's proposed and selected as the preferred team and brought them forward for approval in 2004. we spoke with them during the implementation of the program, as well as document management and administrative support. there were ancillary projects of bus storage and bus ramp construction. we had a first three-year term that ran from 2004 until 2007 into 2008 for the first three years of the program. that was renewed in 2008, and it is here for renewal again. the rfp did provide for only two renewals, so this is a contract we will need to put back out in the future. term of one was initially authorized for $37 million and actual performance over term one, due to demands over those first three years, the total amo

>> he is like bob beck le. >> always looking for a mirror.you hideous, so i bet you support protections for the ugly. >> i cannot stand that guys like this right op ads like this in books like this. they get paid to write books like this so they can get on tv and we can talk about it to say how ridiculous it is and then he can write another book. >> how else do you think i pay my rent? >> like i said, we will do a story and then in three months we will forget we talked about it. >> so much for this block. what else do you have? >> panda poop, but that's later. in the green room you said ug looy people make you sick to your stomach, and i am quoting you. >> right. >> what do you have against ugly people? you are the bull connor against ugly people and i don't know who that was. i said it before and i will say it again, they should be put in fema camps. i know it is a controversial stance. >> it is. >> there are two problems with this, aside from the obvious. most ugly people don't know they are ugly. they might want want the protection because

. >> i'm joined in the studio by bob beck with retired firefighter and stood with president bush at groundat speech hasn't lost any of its power in ten years? >> not a bit. >> when you hear those words now ten years later, what types of emotions does the speech stir up? >> it really built myself up and plus a lot of the guys down there at ground zero at the time. >> what do you make, i know you've been down there, what do you make of the new building, the new memorial as well? >> i've seen it. it looks very strong this time. it's built up a lot better this time. >> what about the building and the design of the memorial? >> that's it. the design of the memorial, too is got to be some reflection on the people who -- the people who lost are going to go down there this seasoned and they're going to see the names on these walls and it's got to take the wind right out of your sails. >> i imagine you spoke with other firefighters as well, what do they say? >> they say the same thing i just said. it's going to be a tough call. these people have to get up there again lying they have been through th

beck has his own imprint. to promote the people that he likes. it is a strong movement and a more conservative focus. >> host: bob minzesheimer does a conservative book have the of bill to an audience? >> i think so. there is no way to prove this that the party out of power does better at bookstores. during the bush administration, a lot of books critical did well in the bookstores. of the same thing for bill clinton critical anti-clinton books now we see conservatives do well in the obama administration but the numbers are a lot different. more people quote and buy books. but a book like herman cain i am sure he did not write that book to make much money are may not make anything hardly at all. that is an attraction they don't have to pay the author very much money. >> this is a booktv on c-span2 2011 fallbrook preview show. bob minzesheimer book critic for "usa today" and jason boog is with "galleycat" which is the web site devoted to publishing news and book reviews. one of their political book is just recently announced gabrielle difference. >> i put that up earlier this week's people circulated that people are very excited to see what happe

beck has his own imprint. it is a strong movement. more conservative focus. >> along with sentinel and gregory. bob minzesheimer, does a conservative book has a built-in audience? >> i think so. there is this odd thing and there is no way of proving this. the party out of power does better at bookstores. cranston's, during the bush administration, the second bush administration a lot of books critical of the president did well in bookstores. the same thing for bill clinton. a lot of you could take critical anti-clinton books during his administration. now we are seeing conservatives do well during the obama administration. again, numbers are different. again, of lot more people votes than buy books. one other thing about a book by herman cain, i'm sure he did not write that book to make much money. in fact, he may not be making any money at all. that is attraction to a publisher. they don't have to pay very much money. >> this is a book tv on c-span2, and this is our 2011 fall book preview show. bob minzesheimer and jason boog. gentlemen, one other political book that is coming out of politicians b

beck actually has his own imprint to publish the people he likes. it's a strong movement right now, more conservative-focused publishing. >> and along with sent them and regnery, bob, does a conservative book have, as jason boog said, a built-in audience? >> i think so. in fact, well, there's this odd thing, and there's probably no way of proving this, that the party out of power does better at bookstores. so, for instance, during the bush administration, the second bush administration a lot of books critical of the president did well in bookstores. the same thing for bill clinton. there were a lot of sort of you could say critical anti-clinton books during his administration. now we're seeing conservatives do well at the bookstores while in the obama administration. again, the numbers are a lot different. i mean, again, a lot more people vote than buy books. one other thing about a book by herman cain, i'm sure he did not write that book to make much money. in fact, he may not be making hardly any money off of it, so that's also an attraction to the publisher. they don't have to pay the author much money. at least up front. >> this is booktv on c-span2, and this