mr. bensen. >> brad benson, representing the port and port staff. i want to extend the thanks of the port to mr. martin. he has done an amazing job leading this project effort. i want to thank the event of 40 and raise management, as well. before i get into my presentation, i want to talk about the major change here, which is switching from a development model to a capital project delivery model. we did put a lot of time in putting this together, and i think the port staff has found that that had a set of development opportunities that would create great improvements in the south beach area of a waterfront consistent with the waterfront plan. that said, we do understand that it was a very expensive investment. there was a great risk involved in that, and the development discussion had started to overshadow what should have been the proper focus, which was the event. and i want to say that i think it is a testament to the strong planning effort that happened over the past year that with the event authority and race management and city staff, we were a

mr. bensen. let me ask if there are any members of the public wish to speak on the matters before the board. if you could, line up, and each member of the public will have up to two minutes, and we have our first speaker. but thank you very much, board of supervisors. just so you know, i am english but and a u.s. citizen. i, like all citizens who follow this, i am incredibly excited. the america's cup is the oldest trophy in sport. i am very much looking forward to san francisco hosting it. one of the important elements of this is the legacy it will have on san francisco and the citizens of san francisco and the bay area. the america's cup used to be exclusive. now, it is inclusive. san francisco will enable the next generation of sailors and youngsters to enter when this is a constructive support for all. as an international citizen, i can tell you personally that the groundswell around the world about the america's cup finally being hosted in the best place for sailing, the san francisco bay, i

mr. leopold are allegations and do not prevent him from continuing to serve as anne arundel county executive. a conviction would be another matter. reporting from annapolis, jackie bensen, news 4. >>> a prince george's county council member caught speeding last week will no longer be driving her government-issued car. yesterday, the county took away karen toll's car. last week, an officer clocked her going more than 100 miles per hour on the beltway. but she only received a warning. tolls has apologized and said she plans to enroll in a driver improvement class. the police department ril conduct an executive review to determine why the officer only gave her a warning for speeding. >>> metro's general manager is speaking out about a controversial ad targeting president obama posted at a metro station in arlington. the ad in question is posted at the end of the platform at the clairendon metro film. it promotes a film called sick and sicker" created a a libertarian group that opposes the health care law. it includes a profane way to tell the president where to go. yesterday the general manager sent an e-mail to metro employees saying he's deeply offended by the ad. howev