mr. strawn with all of the open notices of violation in the city. i started in bayview because i wanted to know how many buildings were on there. these dated back to the year 2000. i was surprised about that, because i thought open notice of violation, you get a notice, and you take care of it. and you have 30-60 days or the penalties start to kick in. to compare it to the bayview numbers, i asked for a number for all of the city to see how we stood, and i was surprised to see that there were nearly 5800 open notices of violation in the city, some dating back to 1994. you have to wonder what the process and how can we fix this? what i would like to also ask is to have this as an agenda item. i think there is enough going on than it needs to be looked at. thank you. >> any further public comment? item number four, discussion and possible action to approve and swear in members of the board of examiners. reappointment or appointments recommended by denominations sub-committee are michael casheion, high-rise sprinkler- building owner. commissioner lee,

mr. strawn explained, that's the kind of campaigning that heretofore we had seen in the summer months in iowa. and now these canned candidates are doing this in the final days of the campaign rather than months ago. >> woodruff: matt strawn, i wanted to quickly ask you what you do expect in the way of turnout. in 2008, what, 118,000 republicans turned out. give or take. what are you looking at next week? >> correct. that 2008 number was an all-time high for republican caucus turnout. there's an incredible amount of variables that go into what turnout may be ranging from what the weather is to how many first-time caucus goers turn out. i'm loath to predict a number. i won't do that. what i can tell you is that given the republican resurgence in the state and the fact that it will any time a citizen has an opportunity to cast a vote to replace barack obama i expect there will be considerable enthusiasm and so long as we have good weather i expect it will be a robust night for republicans. >> woodruff: you won't say over or under what it was last time? >> i will not. i'll let the iowa voter

mr. strawn, made a statement that a congressman left her camp to work for ron paul, and he was offered a large sum of money. is it a common practice for congressman to accept money from campaigns to work and campaign for candidates? if so, it seems very disgusting to me. thank you for taking my call. guest: thank you for the call. just one clarification, i believe the individual you are talking about is and i was state senator as opposed to united states congressman. i did not know all the underlying facts. there seems to be some dispute as to what actually transpired yesterday regarding that particular endorsement. i do know here in iowa, state legislators, at least in the iowa senate, are prohibited from doing exactly that thing. it is not a common practice for legislators. it is a common practice to endorse and support a candidate, but not a common practice for that to usually involve compensation. host: for worth, texas. susan, democratic live in caller: i have a couple of brief statement i would like responded to. history shows that after every republican administration, there has b

mr. strawn, made a statement that a congressman left her camp to work for ron paul, and he was offered a large sum of money. is it a common practice for congressman to accept money from campaigns to work and campaign for candidates? if so, it seems very disgusting to me. thank you for taking my call. guest: thank you for the call. just one clarification, i believe the individual you are talking about is an iowa state senator as opposed to united states congressman. i do not know all the underlying facts. there seems to be some dispute as to what actually transpired yesterday regarding that particular endorsement. i do know here in iowa, state legislators, at least in the iowa senate, are prohibited from doing exactly that thing. it is not a common practice for legislators. it is a common practice to endorse and support a candidate, but not a common practice for that to usually involve compensation. host: for worth, texas. susan, democratic line. caller: i have a couple of brief statements i would like responded to. history shows that after every republican administration, there has been