i would also like to say that the recommendation for denial is vague and offensive. some of the examples shown of our lack of understanding and preparation are unclear, one of which states it appears that the comments and recommendations were inserted without a deep understanding of their value. how could you know that if we were never able to come and talk to you about our understanding and how we are implementing what we perceive to be those particular things? i would also like to quickly say one more thing. the petition says that we are demonstrably unlikely to successfully implement the program. but as a parent and community member at edison charter for 10 years, i have seen policies in place, in fact policies the recommendation says are absent, such as the student discipline policy. i have seen them in place. i have seen that they adhere to state and local law, and federal law. in the past four years since deciding to disconnect, the school has moved to great inclusion at the local level, greater communication and transparency, and to a more democratic locally-b

the denial of a renewal was not made at that time. this was the district's charter. they wanted to be a state charter, and they were. it was why it was submitted to us in the first place. before we get to [unintelligible] the was the appeal of the charter held by the state board, to be appealed to the local board first. that was the requirement. i am not aware of if there was any choice of the implied testimony this evening. >> if this were to go back to the state, where they get passed through the state board? >> i can't speak for the state board of education, but thinking just based on process and what i have experienced in the past, the were looking for the actual petition to have findings on would be a the one that we submitted to them. commissioner feweryee: was thatl on the process? >> as you recall, on the budget committee, that was insufficient on many categories. they had missed the deadline to submit it. this was updated information, and they were unable when they came to the committee, my memory is not that good. they did not have the information from the

. -- denial. i'm just sort of talking out loud, i think. i am troubled by some of the budget deficiencies that have identified. i know that we are all facing an absolute terrible budget outlook. this is a very tough one for me. president mendoza: before we continue, there is a lot of chatter going on. if you don't mind taking your conversation outside, that is great. it is hard for us to concentrate on what is happening with all of the chatter in the back. commissioner murase: i have questions for staff. what is the length of the proposed charter? what is the time line in the next couple of months? i want to understand the universe of options. if we reject, there is an opportunity to apply for a state charter? are we talking about his standing a school? what the consequences of that? there is such a thing as a provisional charter. they point out that they can benefit from several months of working back and forth with the community. gosh i can certainly answer the first question, the term being requested. customary is five years for renewal.

we are here tonight in part to address the denial, since we were not afforded the question and answer sessions that are a part of the process. we realize you had a committee look at this charter and to view the recommendation. we hope you will look at it yourselves, because we know it is complete. other traders school administrators have looked at our charter and have agreed it represents and even if but -- even exceeds their approved charter. our 10 year history of functioning, our test scores, and everything else you will hear about tonight proves we are a highly successful school and would be a tremendous asset to your district. thank you. >> i am a first grade teacher at edison charter academy. i have a letter from a parent to read. "i am the mother of two third grade students. date and my family are happy to be part of such a wonderful school. we like the way classes have been designed with the professional, compassionate staff that gives their all to the students. they create tools to make them better students. our school covers the academic and creative part of the students wit

denial of authorization, so it cannot be spent in the future. it is real money. it is not going to happen between now and october. distortion is what led a lot of republicans on at the right to think that they were betrayed. given those facts, what they ended up with, losing only 1/3 of the freshman, was rather good. >> john boehner could not have gotten it done without the democrats. that is the harbinger of things to come. john boehner does not have full control of this conference -- >> democrats don't, either. >> well, it is not clear -- >> he is the leader -- >> this is larger, but it was controlled, as it were. i actually think we will have a government shutdown, probably not over the debt limit, but maybe in the fall. there is a certain amount of bricks and it going on here -- brinksmanship going on here. john boehner completely understands that this would not be good for his party, but the president tends to win these battles. he may not be able to control his folks. you know, i really thought last week we came perilously close to wrapping a shutdown. -- t

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and so, i think that that's what induces the denial.think that the sort of the entrenched interests, the fossil fuel lobbies and so on, coal lobbies, have been very successful in driving this wedge that goes like this. if you vote for clean energy, you support clean tech energy, it is actually sort of a vote against the growth of the economy in this country and it's actually quite the opposite. i think that's been proved well here in california with so many clean tech energy jobs here. literally hundreds of thousands. it's a biggest growth sector in the california economy. and i think that when we acknowledge the fact that fossil fuels are sunsetting, the oil is running out, whether we're at or past peak oil, that's a question of debate. but it's definitely going to go away over time. why not embrace an economy that will keep us strong for hundreds of years, not just five or ten? >> what has struck me over the past couple of days here in oklahoma, also being out in california at stamford last month and high schools in omaha, back in jan

remains we want to know why the liberal not conservative warhawks are the ones that are the most denial then is the f.b.i. are lying about wiretapping i'll have details on one f.b.i. official who testified that he patriot act provisions should stay in place permanently so the bigger question here is will all of our civil liberties be thrown out the window for good then new jobs numbers are out today we'll give you details on what sectors doing well and i'll give you one hand it's not the government but your desk our join me to hash out all the information and we'll determine if this is a sign that the economy is on the up and then it's friday so let's celebrate with a toast and a little happy hour our producer jenny churchill and reasons might want to head will join me to talk about the stories that are making the biggest buzz this week but before we get to the fun stuff our top story. just a little over a week ago we reported to you that pastor terry jones now infamous for his plans to burn a pile of grans last september eleventh had finally carried out his one of patients at the gaine

the eyes coiled and in denial or at once and set to spring. when my shoulders i bear a gentle but insistent arms and turning from a black man, you don't want to go here. here's your stop. he leads me to the stair well, but no sooner do i begin descending when i feel myself hurtled down my a kick to my back falling and landing up a level on my feet as the door closes with a snicker and the bus pulls away. from my amazement what they do, the latina asks in startled urgency on the sidewalk. and home wards make me realize, i am 72. for the first time in my life. 2. one could i suppose chaplin it a way. how for no reason suddenly one is popped or clobbered with the cane. kicked in the ass for a slap stick for silence. but it just happens, humiliation sounds very depth. just happens, a wound knows no depth of time and not so random is the karma of lungs breezing arkayicly. i didn't know the volatility of the hatred, i could only think dike. but if you prophecy be true that it will be reasoned. and reasoned must find it's violence in order to be for

he understood the alternative was a denial. our ability to meet him halfway. we try to create conditions that will not restrict the business so that it will fail, but that gives the applicant to put their best foot forward. it is important to stay on target. the target is to get licensed, it opened, prove your application. become an asset to the community and we can build from there. san francisco has more than 3800 licenses. it is hard to give it to people until 2:00 a.m. seven days a week. we are running out of space. supervisor avalos: we can open up this item for public comment. we will close public comment. the motion to move forward with the conditions and recommendation. we can do that without objection. please call item no. four. >> to consider the transfer of the type 20 off-sale beer and wine license from 612 kearny street to 3132 clement street. it will serve the convenience of the people of the city and county of san francisco. supervisor avalos: supervisor mar? supervisor mar: this is regarding the cvs pharmacy. it is being shared with the new por

not many facts were provided to support the denial of the jurisdiction request. >> on that motion by the vice president to deny the request, commissioner hwang? commissioner hwang: aye. commissioner peterson: aye. president goh: i'm ginoing to vote aye, too. i asked the name because i have a flash that he might have been a former landlord of mine. it did not have anything to do with the case. commissioner fung: aye. >> the request is denied. we will move to item 5, appeal number 10-07 -136. this is protesting the issuance on december 14, 2009, permit to alter a building, volunteer removal of a freestanding advertising sign, a property owner consent attached. your speech and was granted on december 8, 2010. this is on the calendar for rehearing to be. not every 9, 2011, the board voted 2-3 to grant the appeal and overturned the department. lacking the four votes needed to pass, the motion failed and the permit was upheld by operation of law. on march 16, the board voted 4- 0-1 to grant the rehearing request and to set the rehearing for today. >> we can start with the appellant or her

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we will have a final vote on the denial of this charter. any questions? thank you all very much for this very lively conversation. item i is a board member's proposals. item j. a. request to speak on general matters. -- a request to speak on general matters. many of you have been waiting patiently for this item. i will call your name. a police lineup. we have probably lost a few people. i have over 35 speakers speaking tonight. i am going to ask you keep your comments to a minute and a half. there are a lot of you speaking on very common items, so if you can be generous to all of us and say something different or keep your comments brief and not use up your entire time, that would be great. is the family still here? that's you back there. i only have speaker cards for a couple of you. there are students in the audience that are speaking? are there any students in the audience that are speaking? a couple. are you speaking on the r.l. stevenson matter? the lincoln high school musuic one. i will have you guys come up. i will have you guys come up. the r.l. s

the senate democrats are in denial. lawrence -- this is their only play here. look, their only play here is to shut down the government to make republicans look like the bad guys. howard dean said it. chuck schumer said it. harry reid said it. >> did speaker boehner and your fellow republicans and tea party members tell eric cantor how horrifyingly embarrassing it was for him to misstate constitutional process the way he did? that any high school student in america knows that what eric cantor said last -- yesterday was laughably impossible and stupid? >> not at all, lawrence. >> why not? >> the entire -- >> why would you let him say that and not tell him he's embarrassing his party? >> lawrence, here's why. because there's a bigger point that you don't get and there's a bigger point the senate democrats don't get. we are falling off a financial cliff. our kids and our grandkids are going to be bankrupted. the american people realize that. thhouse republicans do as well. and our leader, eric cantor, realizes it, which is why once again he's going to lead us in p

there is a denial that i made up these plans. they are not made up. who is lying? is it the independent architects and the appraiser who have gone in and digram the property or is it the permit holder that takes the position that i hire professionals and it is not responsibility is what i have heard. it is not a problem to bring in those two professionals, if that is what it takes. i did not make it up. that is the diagram and they are consistent with what is pre- existing. the only variation is the one that is exhibit 14 of the permit holder. when they go out to look at it, it all matches up. that is not what was there. i think it is a simple question. it comes down to who is lying? is it the independent professionals or the permit holder? that is all but i have to say. >> thank you. >> typically, when you want to authenticate documents, you bring that person in to let them know that they have the people there convinced that they are trying to do that person. we have to take your word for it rather than an independent professional that is not in the room. have you

today, a senate investigation of med solutions cases in delaware found some denials wore wanted. but that a significant number of medicalally-necessary nuclear stress tests were denied inappropriately. about 10 to 15% of all tests. senator jay rockefeller says it's an industry strategy. >> the more they say "no" the more money they make. >> reporter: in fact, delaware's insurance commissioner reported today that you know der the contract, med solutions fees were to be cut if it didn't save blue cross 20% or more. med solutions disputes the senate's findings and argues that cardiologists year eyes these tests often because they have a financial interest. the company says that its guidelines insure patients receive the right test at the right time. at no point ever is any criteria considered that doesn't put quality and safety patient care first. both med solutions and blue cross say they can't comment on the fields' case because of privacy laws. blue cross says it has since changed procedures and no longer requires pre-approval of nuclear stress tests. machines for these tests are

disabilities or elderly, but it's designed for everyone, it has cross utilization and maybe people in denial and parents and strollers. and another thing with universal design, you inherently get safety, and that's inherent to the process. and another thing that our office wants to encourage, that people go at the design of the pedestrian environment and pedestrian safety and accessibility in a creative manner, and we think there are creative solutions and we only provide the building blocks and encourage the public and participation in the projects and designers and engineers to be creative on what they develop. in the back of the handout is a copy of mickey's 10 commandments, i worked for disney and mickey steinert that wrote the disney magazine and they came up with this design and safety is inherent in these aspects. and the city is committing the funds for curb ramps and sidewalk repairs and installations. if you have curb ramps or sidewalks that need repair or installation fixes, let us know. that's part of the process. to accept complaints and process them in a timely fagsz. -- fashio

months until last friday when we found out the appeal was dismissed on grounds similar to the original denial. at least we know now. or something as important as a green card process, there should be the opportunity to appear before an official to make your case. during the green card fiasco, we were unable to leave the country for family bereavement. we were landlocked. we could not get a renewal of women for five months which must be done outside the u.s. why, if you have already had success of renewals? we ended up driving to tia juana with our family in order to return to the uk. we then had only five months to verify. we flew back to the u.k. for the interview which cost about $6,000, rather than processing in the u.s. embassies were rude to me and my bike in the process. -- wife in the process. we were a small company but had been in the u.s. for eight years, and had one of our best years. they seemed unaware of general business and tax accounting practices. however, my wife developeafter h the officer, the visa was approved. afton and there was finger wagging saying that you need to co