dee dee swinely and john mcginley. they will explain it right they will explain it right after this. . i like a party as much as the next gal but, come on. $60,000 for one dinner held by the department of justice. $66 per person just for bagels at one of the nasa's shindigs. i cracked down because big government shouldn't be funding big banquets with your money. some people say i'm a bit of a tightwad. i say, i'm barbara mikulski and i approve this message so you'll know i'm fighting for you. >>> it's the bottom of the hour and not a bad day at all, but what comes next will have everyone wondering when the rain will stop. sharon has got the latest on a drive drive and marty has the weather. >> rain is all around. this is the calm before the storm. quite a storm it's going to be. we're going to have some fairly rough conditions. it will be an interesting 24 hours. take a look at the day planner. it's going to rain, especially this afternoon and this evening. 68 at lunch. on its way to a high of 61. >> here is sharon at

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i urge leann used to not do this using mcginley alter the balance between public and private interests -- i urge land-useur -- i urged land use to not do this altering the balance between public and private interests. somehow, it strikes me that this is being slipped in here in a manner -- it should be dealt with as somewhat of a separate issue. i got hung up on this by a next- door neighbor. however, they had 10 days after the appeal to file an appeal. rather than do that, they went ahead with the demolition, so i do feel this is an area, a specialized area, that needs to be addressed, not just in regards to appeals of this appeals ofceqa process but in regards of appeals in general, and it should include the area during which the demolition would not occur. [bell] all right, thank you. chair maxwell: does anybody else after paul -- please line up and come forward. >> thank you, supervisors, for the opportunity to get in touch with the front of a coatt -- he the fun topic of ceqa. this is not doing a good job either for the product sponsors or as the community as a whole. i have not h