mr. updike provided us. the purchase price for galvez is clearly significantly in excess of the comparables that mr. updike provided to us that were completed actual comparable sales. we note that page 51 mr. chairman you were asking what else is coming before you. we note that the acquisition capitalized ten year lease expenses and functional cost to replace the central shop facilities at these sites are estimated total is listed and under the proposed mou and legislation is pending before the board of supervisors the puc will pay them for the transfer for the central shops. our recommendation we consider approval of the proposed res to be a policy matter for the board of supervisors because the real estate division didn't obtain new appraisals of the fair market value of these properties prior to negotiating their purchase prices and because the purchase price of 103.44 square foot for 1975 galvez avenue is higher than the price of comparable properties ranging from $57 to $96 a square foot. >> okay. thank

mr. updike and his department.he fact of the mayor's office of housing is not even here is really problematic to me. because we just passed a bond of $310 million a big part of that bond policewoman from submission be purchasing land because we don't have land that we can build on and identify manned and worked with the department to figure out what we can purchase so we can build affordable housing and yet, they're not really that involves in this deal even though they're looking at the piece of land including the mission. lakota messages that set in terms of how city agencies are coordinated? ring that's actually pretty scary. so, look, i really urge my colleagues to vote no on this. i think we allow this to go forward is one of those things in a very short period time we were to say what the heck were we thinking. so, let's send it back to the drawing board, with the understanding that you know what, if we don't do the right thing on this one, then what credibility do we have with private developers to do the ri

mr. updike provided us. the purchase price for galvez is clearly significantly in excess of the comparables that mr. updike provided to us that were completed actual comparable sales. we note that page 51 mr. chairman you were asking what else is coming before you. we note that the acquisition capitalized ten year lease expenses and functional cost to replace the central shop facilities at these sites are estimated total is listed and under the proposed mou and legislation is pending before the board of supervisors the puc will pay them for the transfer for the central shops. our recommendation we consider approval of the proposed res to be a policy matter for the board of supervisors because the real estate division didn't obtain new appraisals of the fair market value of these properties prior to negotiating their purchase prices and because the purchase price of 103.44 square foot for 1975 galvez avenue is higher than the price of comparable properties ranging from $57 to $96 a square foot. >> okay. thank

mr. updike and his department.fact of the mayor's office of housing is not even here is really problematic to me. because we just passed a bond of $310 million a big part of that bond policewoman from submission be purchasing land because we don't have land that we can build on and identify manned and worked with the department to figure out what we can purchase so we can build affordable housing and yet, they're not really that involves in this deal even though they're looking at the piece of land including the mission. lakota messages that set in terms of how city agencies are coordinated? ring that's actually pretty scary. so, look, i really urge my colleagues to vote no on this. i think we allow this to go forward is one of those things in a very short period time we were to say what the heck were we thinking. so, let's send it back to the drawing board, with the understanding that you know what, if we don't do the right thing on this one, then what credibility do we have with private developers to do the right

mr. updike and his department.fact of the mayor's office of housing is not even here is really problematic to me. because we just passed a bond of $310 million a big part of that bond policewoman from submission be purchasing land because we don't have land that we can build on and identify manned and worked with the department to figure out what we can purchase so we can build affordable housing and yet, they're not really that involves in this deal even though they're looking at the piece of land including the mission. lakota messages that set in terms of how city agencies are coordinated? ring that's actually pretty scary. so, look, i really urge my colleagues to vote no on this. i think we allow this to go forward is one of those things in a very short period time we were to say what the heck were we thinking. so, let's send it back to the drawing board, with the understanding that you know what, if we don't do the right thing on this one, then what credibility do we have with private developers to do the right

mr. updike and his department.fact of the mayor's office of housing is not even here is really problematic to me. because we just passed a bond of $310 million a big part of that bond policewoman from submission be purchasing land because we don't have land that we can build on and identify manned and worked with the department to figure out what we can purchase so we can build affordable housing and yet, they're not really that involves in this deal even though they're looking at the piece of land including the mission. lakota messages that set in terms of how city agencies are coordinated? ring that's actually pretty scary. so, look, i really urge my colleagues to vote no on this. i think we allow this to go forward is one of those things in a very short period time we were to say what the heck were we thinking. so, let's send it back to the drawing board, with the understanding that you know what, if we don't do the right thing on this one, then what credibility do we have with private developers to do the right

updike. thank you very much. [applause] >> the interviewer for our next program is no stranger to atlanta, mr. bill nye gut. bill's experience as a journalist includes 20 years as the national and state political reporter for wsb-tv here in atlanta. in 2003 he left the news business to become the start-up ceo of the metro atlanta arts and culture coalition and later served as the southeast regional director of the anti-defamation league. he returned to broadcasting as the senior executive producer of georgia public broadcasting. he is also the host of two programs on gpb radio network. our guest is mr. mike kelly, a journalist for more than three decades. mr. kelly is the author of two books and many prize-winning journalism projects and columns for the bergin record in northern new jersey. his assignments have taken him all over the world, and he has devoted much of his time to covering terrorism. please welcome mr. kelly and mr. nygut to our stage. [applause] >> hey, everybody. how are y'all? everybody okay without a break? doesn't matter, we're going anyway. [laughter] just while we get settled, mike, i'