many within city government, elected positions and so on were mentor by leroy kane -- by leroy king, and he is the one who gave us the strength to continue with the fight that started many years ago, and we appreciate him. we are so happy he is being reappointed, and i know the board of supervisors will confirm him. we need him there. he is a san francisco treasure. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker please. good morning. >> those are tough act to follow, but if i could say for myself, when i grow up, i want to be just like mr. king. he is one of those monarchs not only in our community, and not only in san francisco, but just in history in this whole country. i am honored and humbled to just be able to be part of his circle that he has mentor, and now i am executive director ed [inaudible] community center, and i still call him for advising, and he still shoots it to me straight. i know it is a lost art in our community with the old hand school the young hand, so i am appreciative to be part of this history, to be part of his livelihood and be less with his presen

there was and there is leroy king, and he showed me the way of round. he introduced me to many union laborers, especially johnson. i go around with him to picket lines, and he never stops. after 19 years, and he is still supporting all the union issues. recently, there was passage of the hunters point b development. he is going to build 10,000 homes for san franciscans. we have lots of police officers, firemen, school teaches living outside of our city, and they can come back home. i urge your commission to reappoint him so that he can finish his job and continue the leadership he has been doing for the last 31 years. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you very much. next speaker please. >> [inaudible] supervisor campos: if you could speak into the microphone, please. >> terry collins. i'm here to say to you if it was not for leroy king, i would probably be dead or in jail. he is like a mentor. he is like an idol to me. basically, if he was not on the commission, a lot of people tell me they would not even listen because he is like an idol, a person wh

i stuck my head in theory it is leroy heer -- i stuck my head in. is leroy here? you handsome boy. commissioner, just want to say my history with mr. kane goes back to the time when i was a very young girl, back to the 1970's, and mr. king was one of my grandfathers best friends. it was always leroy and walter johnson. i cannot tell you how excited i am to be able to support your re-nomination to the redevelopment commission. you are a san franciscan through and through. i love you dearly, and i am very excited to see you here this morning and to be able to cast my vote in support of you. supervisor mar: thank you for those comments. i just wanted to also acknowledge the important points that were made. my expectation also of commissioners is that if we disagree on issues, we will struggle through them as colleagues with respect, and i will review that september 21 meeting and take a look, but my expectation is that through the decades of struggle, that commissioner king has led and in part of different movements, he is a product of our movement. i know if we disagree on different

leroy chow is with us. when you -- but when you see these guys emerge, doesn't really matter whether you're not interested in this story or not or think you know everything about it. that's just really remarkable to see that. tell me, what's the similar experience for you, for an astronaut? tell me what the emotion is when they get out there. i almost expected them to be more subdued, confused even, disoriented. they just seemed thrilled. >> absolutely. and i'm not surprised by that, because they've been looking forward to this for a long time and they've been in a survival situation. they've been in constant risk. there could have been more cave-ins, could have been more problems. really remarkable they're in as great a shape as they appear to be. but i'm not surprised by their reaction. there are a lot of similarities. actually, i was just thinking about it and you were talking a little bit earlier about how small that capsule is and the soyuz spacecraft that i flew on to go to the international space sta

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. >> reporter: leroy fisher has dreamed of this day.n his neighborhood park, building a new play ground. finally. >> i don't know how to contain myself when i think about what this park can possibly be. >> reporter: the ballfield is in poor shape and difficult to play on. weeds taking over the tennis court. to really appreciate what a play ground means in this neighborhood, consider this, it's one of the largest in the city of philadelphia. some 87 acres. and right now, there are only four swings in this entire park. but fissure knows the park's proud history. when decades back the circus came to town, horses trotted around the track. fisher's mother remembers family picnics that went well off dark. >> you felt safe. you didn't care if they ran up the hill or whatever. >> i want to bring that back. i could waddle in the negativity, but that doesn't propel me any further. >> reporter: a few years back, his enthusiasm began spreading. coach fissure and other dads started sports league. residents started holding park cleanups and planting

. >> reporter: leroy barber is is a man with a calling.e president of mission year. >> we do not see through our eyes or hear through our ears. >> reporter: it's a year-long ministry and volunteer program for christian adults in the united states. >> there is probably another strong goal of things are not right in the world. and i want to be a part of making them right. >> how many african-americans are involved in mission years missionary work? >> generally about 5% a year or less sometimes. >> what does it matter? >> i don't think it's good for a kid growing up in an urban neighborhood to only see white faces coming to serve. >> this is where i'm standing right now. >> reporter: 22-year-old harold boyd left his chicago home to spend the year in atlanta. he lives on $12,000 that he has to raise himself. >> i do believe that with every relationship that i build that i'll be showing people that i'm in the same struggle as you are. >> reporter: he's the only minority on his team. it's not surprising when you consider the vast majority of mis

leroy jot junior celebrate his 103rd birthday at slots in perryville. and maybe he can boy a condo in annapolis. the grand view at the annapolis town senter will auction off the units. 70% off the original price tag. that's coming in november i promised wide stories and here's the first one to tell you about this morning. it's the hot topic and it's bizarre one out of michigan. a man took his sick dog to the vet ended up making the tough decision to put the dog down. but as tom wait tells us, man's best friend didn't stay down. >> i watched her die in front of my eyes and i thought she was and now toy i have to go through it again? >> reporter: matt had to do what every animal owner dreads, put his dog to sleep. >> she is in a lot of pain and you hear her whining a lot. >> reporter: this is matt's dog mia, the a rottweiler can barely get up because of spinal problems. this past weekend, matt and his vet decided it was time to put mia down. >> she is suffering you know what i mean i. told her to go see what was wrong with her and the vet suggested she be

i am very proud that leroy collins served before he was killed. it is important to realize what the question is. what is happening in afghanistan? is it successful? is it appropriate to remove the troops next summer? i think all of us agree that general petraeus is an excellent military leader. i know him personally. i knew him when he was based in tampa. it was the right move for the president to put him in place after general, crystal left. it is important that success is defined by security and safety. the first line of our constitution is the duty of government is to ensure domestic tranquillity. that is what is being talked about here. we have to make sure that nuclear weaponry does not expand around the globe. we have to make sure that does not happen in iran with mahmoud ahmadinejad. he is a madman and our duty to israel makes it incumbent upon us to keep our attention on it and monitor the situation there. >> use a redeployed begins next july. >> we have the redeployment in the beginning of the second quarter of next year. security is very

leroy watson does. he delivers arrowhead. >> you don't want to push your invite you know what i'm saying? like i am at work. it's like okay you can hang around only so long and then they realize you're not a player. >> reporter: or just get plain lucky. >> another guy in front of me was downtown walking toward the ballpark. he walked up next to a gentleman who he started a conversation with, the gentleman happened to be an investor in the team and had an extra ticket and gave it to the guy. >> reporter: moral of the story, be nice to everybody especially rich guys who own part of a baseball team. now, when you hear about the most expensive ticket in town, this we understand is the most expensive ticket in the country. >> now, mike, i have noticed you have been hanging out around the ballpark an awful lot the last few days with the beard, the fear the beard. any luck? [ no response ] >> we lost him. he has two tickets and he is not giving it up. >> he pulled the plug himself. [ laughter ] >> he is going

leroy, are you there? we will move on to harrisburg, pennsylvania. caller: the issue for me is the economy. and i really don't know how we will turn it around when 20% of our wealth last year was made on shuffling paper on wall street. and the corporations are waiting for republicans to get back in because they are afraid of tax policy. other than that, i would like to make a comment on the fellow that step of the girl's head in kentucky. i am a 57-year-old ex-marine, not like i was when i was 25 but i would like to meet that guy in a bar somewhere. host: republican line, what is getting you out? caller: to get our country strong again and getting us to compete in of global markets. host: economic issues? caller: absolutely, and economic issues. we need to be able to compete. host: what policy would you recommend? caller: policy? not really sure. host: midway, georgia. independent line. caller: i would like to know why people think the republicans are so good when all they have done a -- they sat on the unemployment bill for five weeks while they wen

leroy, are you there? we will move on to harrisburg, pennsylvania. caller: the issue for me is the economy. and i really don't know how we will turn it around when 20% of our wealth last year was made on shuffling paper on wall street. and the corporations are waiting for republicans to get back in because they are afraid of tax policy. other than that, i would like to make a comment on the fellow that step of the girl's head in kentucky. i am a 57-year-old ex-marine, not like i was when i was 25 but i would like to meet that guy in a bar somewhere. host: republican line, what is getting you out? caller: to get our country strong again and getting us to compete in of global markets. host: economic issues? caller: absolutely, and economic issues. we need to be able to compete. host: what policy would you recommend? caller: policy? not really sure. host: midway, georgia. independent line. caller: i would like to know why people think the republicans are so good when all they have done a -- they sat on the unemployment bill for five weeks while they wen

we have a department of veterans affairs, and i'm proud that former leroy collins 7 of before he was tragically killed recently. it is important to realize what the question posed is. is it been successful in afghanistan? is it appropriate to remove troops next summer? we all agree that general david petraeus is an excellent leader. i know him personally. i got to know him when he was based in tampa. it is the correct move for the president to put him into place after general stamina crystal left. success should be defined by security, safety. -- after general stanley mcchrystal left. we should ensure domestic tranquillity. we need to make sure that nuclear weaponry does not expand globally. we need to make sure it does not happen with ahmadinejad. he is a madman. as a friend and ally to israel, we are incumbent to monitor the situation there also. >> user that redeployment begins next july? >> we had the discussion. that was in the beginning of the first or second quarter next year. security is very important. >> you say to reassess at that time the? >> no, i think the artificial ti

host: leroy, isn't it his job? caller: to stop the president from moving the country forward? is that what you are asking me? his job is to help of the country to move forward. if that involves him compromising, compromising always gets things done. but if someone says i will block everything you do, i don't care if the country goes down in flames, my job is to block everything you do. host: what do you do in chicago? caller: a truck driver. host: are you working? are you listening was satellite radio? caller: yes, i am. thank you for listening. host: who will you vote for for mayor? caller: i don't know who i am going to vote for for mayor. i don't know. host: thank you for calling in. appreciate it. robert, bellevue, washington. good morning to you. caller: the reason i called is that i was hoping that people would recognize basically what this whole thing is about is the .act that we've got a class war if they keep to the simple term, they will understand what direction you have to take themselves. it is big business actually holding the card for hostage and holding all of

leroy collins was serving there before you is tragically killed. -- before he was tragically killed. is it successful? is it appropriate to remove the troops next summer? general petraeus is an excellent military leader. i know him personally. i had the opportunity to get to know him. i think it is important that this says is a fine by security. it is defined by safety. the duty of government is to ensure domestic tranquillity. we have two major military weaponry does not expand around the globe. when need to make sure that does not happen in iran with ahmadinejad and. >> of one to make sure we clarify the issues. >> we have the discussion of redeployment. security is very important. >> sees a reassess. reassess.y >> i think it undermines our mission. the in in the nose when we are going to be. >> i think it -- the enemy knows when we are going to leave. >> i think it is important. if at that time they feel it is the right time to come home -- [inaudible] developing a high- speed rail that will create jobs. you also want to cut discretionary nondefense spending back to a level of two

we have a department of veteran affairs and my administration that the four leroy collins was serving in before it was tragically killed recently. it's important for us to realize what the question being posed is. what is happening in afghanistan. is it being successful? is it appropriate to remove the troops next summer? i think all of us agree that general petreaus is an excellent military leader. i know him personally. if i had the opportunity to get to know him when he was based in tampa. i think was the right move for the president united states to put him in place after general mcchrystal left. it's important that success be defined by security. it is defined by safety. our constitution talk about the duty of government being to ensure domestic tranquillity. we have to make sure the nuclear weaponry does not expand around the world. we have to make sure that does not happen in our brand with a ahmedinejad. he is a madman and our responsibility and duty as an ally israel makes it incumbent us to keep up live on the situation there. >> is a redeployment begins next july. >> we had