my name is jonathan stewart mills, i'm a resident of 119 ord street. i live on the second floor at 119 ord street, and i have a direct view of all four lots that were mentioned. i came here today to tell you about my neighborhood. and in my neighborhood, if you look at these four lots, you will very quickly determine that they are yards and nothing more or nothing less. they are littered with modern life. the property that is being called a historic resource directly across the street has more paving stones, more concrete, and a gazebo containing a hot tub than it does foliage or plants. i took a walk down ord street this morning to make sure that i was going to speak the truth this afternoon. i did not see a single blooming plant. what's being called a formal garden in front of the historic structure, which is in fact a fabulous house, is a trimmed hedge, which is maintained approximately twice a year. i love my neighborhood because as you walk down the street, it is a my ladge of architecture. it is the story of real san franciscans. so i ask you to

jonathan sanchez with the start. and solid through three with three strikeouts. he gave up a couple runs but he would pick up the win because backup catcher chris stewart picked himhing a ball that chooses darkness. then eventually falls to the warning track. scoring sandoval. the giants win, 4-2 and visit colorado tomorrow. plenty of chatter around baseball regarding barry zito. a source close to the team says there's exasperation with zito and that his fifth starter spot is definitely not safe. the idea that he could be cut was also floated out there in various reports today. by the way, there's $65 million left on his contract. zito was straightforward and not at awe defensive about the negative press. >> at the end of the day, you know, that's part of the game. guys are going to do what they do, write what they write. i don't want to give life to anything that's external. if i hear something internally, yeah, we'll talk about it. >>> a's camp with an even bigger fiasco. outfielder coco crisp detained by police. he spent the early morning hours in jail under suspicion of driving under the influence. he was driving a rolls royce. he said on twitter he'll talk a

jonathan as well assistant managing editor of communications daily. thank you. >>> next, a forum on congressional politics and the federal budget. the national association for business economics heard from former va representative tom davis and stewart rothenberg editor and publisher of the rothenberg political report. this is 45 minutes. >> our next session is coming up. i want to once again thank the peterson foundation for their strong support of the educational initiative at this conference and this session is sponsored by ms. reeder financial. speed adolfo laurenti will moderate the session. adolfo? >> thank you. first of all, the president is not with the stand she apologized. unfortunately she has to be in california at the passing of her father-in-law. i am adolfo laurenti, the deputy chief economist and have the privilege of starting our public finance situation with a speaker that allows it to say no needs introductions but for the benefit of those who, like me, come from distant land, let me say tom davis served for seven terms in congress representing district among my alma maters george mason university so a plug for the next week's tournament. [laughter] >> during his tenure in the house he was the chairman of the gove