mr. crawford said the new design was adopted without further community input or hearings. this decision and our exclusion from the process of development and adoption of the new design run counter to a 20-year tradition of collaboration between the department, commission, and neighborhood organizations. this tradition has yielded mira loma parks residential design guidelines, developed with department cooperation and adopted by the commission in 1999, and has also resulted in the avoidance or settlements of many dvr request. the board has volunteered countless hours to assisting planning staff and the commission. in our view, our continued involvement with the process would have served the best interests of all. we urge you to repair this damage to what was a model of collaboration between community, business, the planning department, and the commission. [bell rings] and to adhere to the administrative code, reinstate the original community-supported if assad design. we appreciate your consideration and reply to our request. thank you. commissioner olague: thank you. >> an

mr. crawford he doesn't have his act together. guest: what do you mean? caller: mitch mcconnell, he said his main objective didn't have anything to do with the economy, creating jobs, anything. it had to do with defeating barack obama. that came out of his mouth. guest: you bet. i don't disagree with that. he definitely said that. caller: well, and they've been doing a very good job doing that. the heck with the country. put that on the back burner. but i would like to remind him that our first $1 trillion deficit came with the republican administration. and before he left office, we had a $3.4 trillion deficit. guest: yeah. i remember covering the campaign when reagan beat jimmy carter. the big issue in that was reagan was attacking jimmy carter for his $50 billion deficit. now they would cheer for a $50 billion deficit. and reagan went on. talk about that money here, let's talk about the president's fundraising if we can. the president reportedly at at $86.2 million. he raised that much money. he has $61.4 million cash on hand. guest: well, look at some

mr. crawford he doesn't have his act together. for the simple reason that when he said his main objective didn't have anything to do with of the economy, creating jobs, anything. it had to do with barack obama. that came out of his mouth. >> guest: you bet. i don't disagree with that. he definitely said that. >> caller: and they've been doing a very good job. the heck with the country. put that on the back burner. but i would like to remind him that our first 1 trillion-dollar deficit came with a republican administration and before he left office we had $3.4 trillion deficit. >> guest: i remember covering the campaign when reagan beat jimmy carter the issue and that is that reagan was attacking jimmy carter for his 50 billion-dollar deficit. you're right, reagan went on more than anybody. >> host: as we talk about money let's talk about the president's fund-raising if we can. according to the sec for 2012 the president reportedly has $86.2 million. he's raised that much money for cash on hand to put it in perspective for us. >> g

mr. crawford. good morning. >> caller: good morning. mr. crawford, i had a chance to speak to you last time you were on c-span. >> guest: where are you from? >> caller: berkeley springs, west virginia. and i am assuming you have read this jobs bill, which the president has put out there. is that correct? >> guest: what i read our, you know, if he read the actual text of the bills it's a little harder to get through to understand everything. i mean, i know that's not going to play well with you probably, but the outlines and the numbers -- i look at those numbers like the congressional quarterly, and then of what i really before in these kind of bills is the budget office. when they scored a bill that is where you really learn what the bills are all about and what the potential effect might be. >> host: anything else? >> caller: you were talking about a poison pill the bill. what about the fact that he put the clause in there for the union stating that every job that was created had to be paid according to davis, and then for the lawyers he p

mr. crawford he does not have his act together for the simple reason that mitch mcconnell, he said his main objective, it did not have anything to do it the economy, creating jobs or anything, it had to do with defeating barack obama. that came out of his mouth. guest: i don't disagree with that. he definitely said that. caller: they have been doing a very good job. tack with the country, put that on the back burner. but i would like to remind him that our first $trillion -- $one trillion dollar deficit. guest: i remember covering the 1980 campaign when ronald reagan beat jimmy carter. ronald reagan was attacking jimmy carter for is $50 billion deficit. nowadays we would cheer a $50 billion deficit. and then reagan went on to increase it more than anybody. host: let's talk about the president's fund-raising. for 2012, the president has $86.2 million. he has $61.4 million cash on hand. put that in perspective for us. guest: look at some of the things they're doing with that. he transferred about $10 million to the democratic national committee. they spent $8 million on television ads pushing