landry followed by michael seville by john spencer. >> good afternoon, commissioners and/or trustees. as you know, my name is cynthia landry and i'm with sciu 1021 and i sit on the secure retirement committee. as you know trustees, you have a fiduciary duty to your pensioners and to future retirees who depend on this trust, the safety of this trust to sustain them in their golden years. there is a tremendous amount of anxiety and uncomfortableness about changing the allocation which has provided a safe, secure, retirement to the pensioners, and as the director or the president said there that you have been able to make all your future, you have been able to make all your payments on time. pension funds should be transparent, they should be safe, they should be secure, they should be regulated and they should provide among other things slow steady growth. in fact, the city charter requires prudent investments. there is no regrettably quick rich schemes to fund pension plans, only safe secure financial and well tested instruments. so, please reconsider your hedge fundamental -- fund --

his dad, john spencer, was serving as the secretary of war for president tyler. midshipman spencer was a handsome 19-year-old young man. dark hair, he had the physical ailment of a wandering eye, was known for getting into brawls. he had escaped from the island of nantucket to get on a ship to search out for piracy. because of who his father was, he continued on the path to commission as a naval officer. on this particular deployment, they left in 1842. after doing a port visit in algiers, the captain of the ship summers noted, this was captain mackenzie, that midshipman spencer was courting with the enlisted men. midshipman spencer had a way of getting his hands on alcohol and tobacco and was quite popular. he enlisted the help of a large mate named cromwell and another seaman named smalls. they were thinking about how to take over the ship so they could go out and do piracy. the officer crew found out about this print they put him in shackles. cromwell was a big guy. they were afraid of him. they shackled both of them. cromwell and smalls. the punishment for a p

the eight acres of land originally settled by john years father, daniel, adjacent to the existing wildlife refuge and park. sierra club vice president spencer black gave a keynote speech on october 15 of this year in madison, wisconsin, celebrating the protection. his speech recognize that while while john muir failed to preserve the land in his lifetime, efforts have protected the landscape and inspired john muir to protect our while places. the wisconsin chapter is called the john muir chapter. here in northern california we have the home that john muir lived in for much of his adult life. this is not only the 50th anniversary of the wilderness act, that also of the establishment of the john muir national historic site in martinez peanut this is -- in martinez. this is the home he lived in for many years with his wife and two dollars -- two daughters. i wonder how many of you have visited this site. i am always amazed how few people in the bay area have gone to the john muir historic site, it is right across the day. please go there and encourage your friends and neighbors. more visitors from outside the on area -- it is one of the song d

wildlife service. 38 acres of land john nally settled by muir's father, daniel, adjacent to the existing wildlife refuge. sierra club vice president spencer black gave a keynote speech at an october 15 event this year in madison, wisconsin. recognized that the muir failed to preserve the lifetime, s successful conservation efforts over the years have finally protected much of the landscape that inspired john muir to protect our wild places. sierra club's e called the hapter is john muir chapter. re in northern california, we have the home that john your lived in most of his adult life. this year is not only the 50th wilderness of the act, but also of the establishment of the john muir national historic site in martinez. this is a home that muir lived in for many years, with his wife, lily, and two daughters. i wonder how many of you have visited this national historic site. can i see a show of hands? okay, that is a third, maybe. i'm always amazed at how many people have gone to this historic site. right across the bay. please go there, and encourage hbors.riends and neig of the unsung ne delights of the national park in the bay ht here a