conrad park is a small park at the end of columbus st.. it is a gateway to our neighborhood. we were running into issues with the park. it was becoming more dangerous and not as friendly to a but. we worked with neighborhood businesses, the police department ,rec and park, to find long-term solutions. it has made a difference. people are coming out to the park. it helps with our partnership with our neighbors. the vision plan and public realm, that covers each one of these. you will see it in the annual report. it will continue to be important to us. we have met and decided to go forward with the public realm plan. it was a huge step in 2009. we had a full consensus to move forward. we are working with the planning department and the mayor's office to really build an area that his world-class for a world-class city. we have spent a lot of time. i have to group -- give credit to the board of directors. the laying of the plans was done about a year and a half ago. it has been exciting to have that consensus. we are in the bed -- in the middle of an environmental impact report r

st. pete, the i-4 corridor in florida. denver. we also have columbus, ohio, an des moines, iowa. how do you not read politics into that? >> i don't know. they didn't throw in one to make the argument that this wasn't clearly 2012 states battleground territory. they're obviously trying to sell the deal. they've also been buoyed to some extend. we talked about it at the white house that seemed to show about 60% or more of americans supporting this tax cut compromise. and i noticed some verbiage from press secretary gibbs. they're starting to call it the bipartisan deal. emphasizing this is a compromised bipartisan. that word seems to sound pretty good to most americans right now. >> and quickly, they are still confident. our own reporting, ken strickland very pessimistic about start getting through. white house seems confident. what do they know? >> reporter: yeah, maybe they think if put to the test, if this comes up, that republicans will ultimately get on citing national security. they do, as ken was just explaining to me this morning that it's different than the typical bill wh