. >> would you like mr. strom to give you a update on the general obligation bonds and how that system works? >> that will be fine. >> great, thanks. >> thank you. >> thank you commissioner. good morning commissioners brian strom director of capital planning and while this is up i would say the large-the capital plan is required and passed in 2006 and we are required per the admin code to prioritize all debt financing that comes before the city and paid special attention to go ponds and have a policy to take care of our infrastructure through the wide use of general obligation bond and last time i mention thd other sources. we have our revenue bonds which are called certificate of participation and are much smaller and also use the cities cash for the general fund and also refer to the pay as you go program. the go bond and pay as you go bond pay on a regular basis. the first-one of the first things we did when we started the go bond program was to create certain categories where we come back on a regular basis. e

i see bill strom from dbi. if i can ask mr. hoe to come up or who ever will make the presentation? is that you bill? who ever will make that presentation and thank you for preparing it. >> my name is tom hui director of building inspection. before we start the presentation i want to give you little bit of the background of the story also behind why we are make sure the safety of the cranes. i remember when i joined the city one day before october 89 earthquake and after the marina inspection and suddenly the failure of the power crane at kearny and california due to jacking up the crane there. after that our department have developmented administration bulletin to guide how to apply for the permit. 4 years ago when i took over my job, i say, even administration [inaudible] want a better guideline and have information sheet to outline what people need. first of all, this is transparents and put forward this information in the website. everyone can review it, the designer and [inaudible] everybody have the same thing, they review and approve the same way. and then we have more strict

i see bill strom from dbi. if i can ask mr. hoe to come up or who ever will make the presentation? is that you bill? who ever will make that presentation and thank you for preparing it. >> my name is tom hui director of building inspection. before we start the presentation i want to give you little bit of the background of the story also behind why we are make sure the safety of the cranes. i remember when i joined the city one day before october 89 earthquake and after the marina inspection and suddenly the failure of the power crane at kearny and california due to jacking up the crane there. after that our department have developmented administration bulletin to guide how to apply for the permit. 4 years ago when i took over my job, i say, even administration [inaudible] want a better guideline and have information sheet to outline what people need. first of all, this is transparents and put forward this information in the website. everyone can review it, the designer and [inaudible] everybody have the same thing, they review and approve the same way. and then we have more strict

mr. speaker, i want to thank eugene mccarthy's lipped and dr. matthew strom at the college of st. benedict for their help in making this dedication. the staff and students provide valuable events, lectures and discussions that engage the entire community. i rise today to honor senator mc cargetty and being a driving force behind this driving force. in the year which would have en his 100th birthday i have the full support for dedicateing the post a office at st. johns university where he grew up, studied and taught. if recent years in politics have taught us anything is that the american people are tired of the status quo and honest plain spoken leaders. he was a patriotic american and not afraid to speak out when he believed our nation was headed down the wrong path. he was a code breaker in the military intelligence division of the war department. serving in the army gave mccarthy a piers perfecttive on the level of dedication and sacrifice our service members give. he is best known for ending the political career of his parties' present sumtive nominee. people tired of watching

mr. hagood. i'm reading your book "showdown" right now and i'm enjoying it. as someone who grew up in a segregated south and remembers thurgood marshall's nomination hearing and strom i just want to ask now we have an african-american president who is appointing a white jewish jurist and is getting the same flack, but in a different way from the senate. what do you think about that? guest: thank you for your question. i think that's is awful that the u.s. senate has decided not to schedule hearings for judge garland. i think they are shrieking the constitutional duty. i was in chicago last week. .. >> host: and that will bring our three hours to a close. wil haygood can be contacted at miami university in oxford, ohio. thanks for your time on booktv. >> guest: thank you very much. been an honor to be here.

mr. haygood. i'm reading your book, a "showdown," right now and enjoying it very much. my question to you is as someone who grew up in the segregationist south and remembers thurgood marshall's nomination hearing and strom just want to ask now we have an african-american president who is appointing a white jewishents jurist and is getting the samesh kind of flak but in a different way from the senate. what do you think about that?frm >> guest: thank you for your question. i think that it is awful that the u.s. senate has decided not to, not to schedule hearings for judge garland. i think, i think they're shirking their constitutional duty. i was in chicago last week, and a group of judges took me out for a lunch. my book received some award, and the judges took me out for a lunch. and i was sitting next to a judge, judge neil cohen, and he said, he said i'd like you to sign a book for a friend of mine. and so i said, oh, great. who's the friend? and he started spelling the name, b, a, r, a -- it was president obama. i signed a book for him, and i'd like to end this and tell you what i signed. i said, "to president obama: we are all proud of your presidency, and i know that thurgood marshall would be pro