mr. kelley was appointed by the mayor, i should make acknowledgment of that. it seems somewhat redundant given the testimonies we heard earlier. it is nonetheless significant and it is our great pleasure to welcome you as our next general manager. [applause] i am also obliged by the charter to advise that this commission voted unanimously to submit to mr. kelly's name to the mayor as required by the charter. that vote was unanimous. [applause] for item 6a, it is the extension of mr. harrington's contract to the first of september. the moving element of that was scheduling an item at the board of supervisors and that was something that we continued into september at the request of the mayor's office. we wanted to let mr. harrington here for that. that is the item before us. are there any questions or comments from the commission? moved and seconded. public comment? >> i wanted to talk about the roads. president moran: i am sorry, just a moment. >> the road conditions. president moran: let me clear this motion off the table. and we will invite you back. we have

mr. hurricane. as the weather channel ceo, mike kelley, viewers find them endearing because it is obvious concern for their safety and intense passion for what he does. he's always in the thick of a show in the story the weather. if you cover the weather at the same passion, intensity and purpose is to be speaker. cloaked in a baseball cap, t-shirt windbreaker he travels costly to cover storms around the nation come off the shifts of 18 hours a day and i can imagine is that if he is a lasted more than that. other that she seems terms, whether it's a passion that competes with a small period of 18 he aspired to be a baseball star like new york yankees great roger jackson. so if you had to guess, his eventual career, would not have been hard to forecast. as a youngster, he would ask his mother to be the bar in my dominant snow was in the forecast so he could watch the first snowflakes go to families vermont farm. other kids would ask him whether the weather because the cancellation in school the following day. if you have any doubt whether he is just as passionate about weather, check out youtube and s

kelley ayotte is just getting on stage right now. the romney campaign did put out a statement last night, carol, it reads governor romney and congressman ryan disagree with mrment and a romney/ryan administration would not oppose abortion in instances of rape. that is not paul ryan's position when he comes to abortion. at the opposes abortion in instances of rape, but because he's on the tickets, his concerns, his opinions are second to the gop nominee or unofficial gop nominee, and that is the statement from the campaign. now, mitt romney and paul ryan will be out here in a few moments. i had a chance to talk just briefly with a senior romney adviser earlier this morning. it was thought these two would not reuneed before the convince, but this adviser says because of the chemistry they feel these two share and the energy levels and the crowds they have been seeing since think joined forces, they wanted to get them back together on the campaign trail. that's why they are out here today, carol. >> going back to the controversial comment made by congressman akin, that the romney camp responded so quickly, and i mean in an instant, what does that say? does tha