. >> we are now on item number nine, the betty ann ong chinese recreation center. commissioner lee: what about item eight? >> i'm sorry. item eight. item eight, the 2008 clean and safe neighborhood parks general obligation bonds third sale. powerpoint, please. thanks, margaret. i can get started. is that better? no, go ahead. there we go. commissioners, and i am very excited today to be here. hopefully, to receive your authorization to proceed with the third and final sale of the 2008 clean and safe neighborhood parks general obligation bonds. this is a key indicator of the progress of our capital division over the past year in delivering on the promises we made to the public about delivering these " great neighborhood parks, as well as a number of city-wide programs. this is our third sale. we sought two sales prior to this. a quick reminder, the $185 million, about $150 was for the rec and park department. we have worked together. we have done very successfully and are passed two sales. i apologize for my voice. i lost my voice and i cannot get much louder than t

. >> now we are on item number nine, betty ann ong rec center. >> good morning, commissioners.m the project manager with the capital division. the item before you today is discussion and possible action to plant construction for the new clean and safe neighborhood parks generalbetty ann ong chinn center, which is greater than 10% of the original approved contract amount. just a little bit of background. on may 20, 2010, the commission approved the contract to approve construction for the amount of $10.8 million for the contract. the project is -- is scheduled to be completed in may 2012 for a grand opening thereafter. in early august, we had a milestone celebration that was attended by the mayor and many commissioners here. and the general public -- general accolades for the project. everyone is excited about this project. i actually brought a picture, if you can see it. that is the current state we're in. . contract modification of to 10%. modifications exceeding 10% require recreation and park approval. the contract amount increase is still within the overall project budget.

in district 1 -- in district two, alexander ong, district three, mr.ng, district four, the store manager of the sunset district good will, martin lamb, in district 5, rodney chen, district 6, steven lee, the leader of aspire, district 7, a longtime democratic activist, district 8, the founding executive director of the chinatown community development center gordon chen, strychnine shirley chen, district 10, a community leader and visitation valley, and last but not least, the business woman and president of an iron works co., florence kong. could you join me in thanking all of their leadership? [applause] the last thing i want to say is we have been celebrating our heritage for 163 years, and i look forward to another 163 years of celebration. thank you very much for being here. >> supervisor chiu, thank you very much. this is the seventh year that san francisco has held an official celebration for asian americans. the plans are the culminated efforts of the members of the mayor's asian-pacific american heritage celebration committee. please welcome me

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. >> we are now on item number nine, the betty ann ong chinese recreation center.missioner lee: what about item eight? >> i'm sorry. item eight. item eight, the 2008 clean and safe neighborhood parks general li

. >> we are now on item number nine, the betty ann ong chinese recreation center.missioner lee: what about item eight? >> i'm sorry.

i have made that appointment in the person of jackson long -- w ong, who is currently the chief operating person at the airport. he has a long history with the city and capital delivery. he is very knowledgeable. a longtime san franciscan. he is going to retire from the airport, but was still willing to serve with us. the comptroller has an appointment to the committee and has appointed his head of public finance, who i know from my time on the capital planning committee is extremely knowledgeable about all things public finance on bond financing, and will be a great addition to that committee. the final two appointments will be from the citizen's advisory committee and counsel. they will be discussing them at the january 5 meeting. once you have made yours and they have made theirs, we will have the seven member body established. it will meet some time in the spring after we have gone to the next legislative steps to get the revenue bonds moving. finally, i wanted to report back. when we had our board workshop on the budget, one of the things i recommended to you was to authorize us to m

it looks like that is movingpo ong. of course, congress always gets to the bitter end so we'll see. >> tom: we have excerpts from the speech and i want to pressas the next question with this quote. "an economy built on american manufacturing, american energy, skills for american workers and a renewal of american values." do we anticipate any kinds of new jobs package or stimulus idea in tonight's comments? there may be some things we've already heard about-- infrastructure, thing likes that. but mainly the way to read that is more of a theme attic speech. the president is talking about an economy built to last where everybody gets a fair shot. those are longer term themes he can talk about during the campaign. that's the focus. >> tom: we appreciate the insights tonight from washington, d.c., it is our bureau chief, darren gersh. >> thanks. >> susie: u.s. stocks were in the red today on worries about an impasse in the greek debt talks. investors were also busy digesting a batch of mixed earnings from some big blue chip

for weeks romney has recited verses from the song which he calls his favorite patriotic ong. >> willdent obama make an appearance on "american idol"? he was invited to come on the show and do a duet with al green. have they visited that set before, the first couple? g that up? >> i'm not sure about that. i'll look that up. republican presidential is making headlines ews is not ut the n so good. >> the composer of the "rocky iii" anthem is now suing gingrich. ts him to stop using that song. >> he says gingrich has used this song since 200 without -- 2009 without his permission. he is asking for damages and attorneys fees. so far, gingrich has not responded to the suit. >> googing and -- google and other tech companies want to fight e-mail scams. >> in today's tech bites several tech giants are taking a stand against online scams. google, facebook, yahoo are among the companies that have joined d-mark. they hope it will become a industry standard. in video review, "star wars." ben ackerman praises the game to combine the old and the new. running to new planets, new cities, but there is

after a new year's eve incident the neighbor called police and showed officers a picture of a bruise ong mirkarimi had supporters yesterday at a court hearing. the judge ruled that mirkarimi still cannot go near his family and his supporters disagree. >> bruise on the arm which seems to be the recurring theme there's never been allegations of he punched me, he hit me, threatened to kill me type of deal. >> will continue to fight this, as i said since moment one, the only way i can is to let this process unfold and do so here in the courts. >> reporter: prosecutors read e-mails that were sent to ivory madison, the neighbor who called police about the possible abuse. on january 2nd, eliana lopez wrote: "i'm very afraid of everything now. i would like to runaway." in another e-mail she wrote she was worried about leaving her son in mirkarimi's care he was not feeding him and heaving him in the car vomiting. the judge refused to lift the stay-away order mirkarimi must stay 100 yards away until the trial is over. he called that ruling yesterday, cruel. the trial is set to start at the end of

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the stone found a paper bag with their names onton sit ong their front porch.me later, the package blew up. clint van zandt is a former fbi profiler, now an nbc analyst. clint, this ex-husband has not been charged. i want to make that clear. police would like to talk to him and he's refusing to cooperate. what else do you know? >> for years, tamron, we hear the story of a woman scorned. right now authorities are trying to figure out if this could be a case of a man scorned. here we have this couple that were in what.describe as a very volatile divorce they were involved in. the ex-wife, the woman who was seriously injured, had taken out a retraining order against her former husband because of alleged abuse of herself and their children. she eventually got a divorce. 11 months ago, she won a $121,000 settlement against her former husband. and realize, tamron, this is someone who's an engineering professor who is described as somebody who likes to tinker, who likes to build things with his hands. the question is, did he build a bomb and write her name on it, leav

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in those struggling areas of our state and many of our struggling areas have been ignored for too .ong. new york is stronger when every region of the state is strong. we must address the crisis inin new york and in buffalo specifically. [applause]nds, buffalo, my friends, has the third highest poverty rate in te the nation. in the nation.yo, not in new york, in the nationo behind detroit and cleveland.of 28% of the people in buffalo are living in poverty.at at a time when the state population was growing, buffalo lost 10% of its population.anot this is another issue that hasn gone on for many years while the state sat by and didn't takedoes action. it doesn't have to be that way.r 25 years ago the capital district region, the region weto are in today, albany, had a struggling economy. the state began investing inling albany's high-tech industry. today, albany is height of thewl world-class center for nanotechnology as the speaker mentioned, we just signed anw agreement within intel and ibmbi bringing in thousands ofngof additional jobs, and there is a vibrancy in the capital distric re

in those struggling areas of our state and many of our struggling areas have been ignored for too .ong new york is stronger when every region of the state is strong. we must address the crisis inin new york and in buffalo specifically. [applause]nds, buffalo, my friends, has the third highest poverty rate in te the nation. in the nation.yo, not in new york, in the nationo behind detroit and cleveland.of 28% of the people in buffalo are living in poverty.at at a time when the state population was growing, buffalo lost 10% of its population.anot this is another issue that hasn gone on for many years while the state sat by and didn't takedoes action. it doesn't have to be that way.r 25 years ago the capital district region, the region weto are in today, albany, had a struggling economy. the state began investing inling albany's high-tech industry. today, albany is height of thewl world-class center for nanotechnology as the speaker mentioned, we just signed anw agreement within intel and ibmbi bringing in thousands ofngof additional jobs, and there is a vibrancy in the capital distric reg

ong other reasons, we want to make sure people, ready to talk and not wedded to a specific position. that is why the committee makes a selective decision after using as input of tse projections which are circulated before the meeting so they can see what their colleagues believe. as far as what individual members to believe, we certainly have other vehicles for expressing our views. all of us give speeches. all of us give interviews. i give frequent testimony. there are plenty of opportunities to get a sense of what they believe. again, we felt this information which presents both diversity of views in the community ensures you were the tenancies lie would be useful. i might add to that the chairman's term is not infinite. at some point there would be a new chairman. there is a lot of continuity collectively. the average bank president is there for as much as 10 years. the governors' terms are 14 years. even i the chairman changes, it remains continuous. as we talk about interest-rate in 2014,he fact that there is wide ranging agreements that it will be low, it should be more confide

the same uniform, the same run rout, but it was reagan's positivity that sit ong a hill that message that this is the greatest place on the face of the earth. we're not perfect, but this is the place that people want to come to be free. and it was reagan's message of america matters and the morning in america that really worked. and i think set a new tone for our country. host: when it comes to economic issues, was the boeing plant in south carolina a big issue this cycle? guest: oh, man, it's huge here. it's really huge all over the state. but probably in the low country where people know they came that close to losing a mega business locating here. and for all the work that our governor, our legislatures, our chamber and other folks have put in to bring a company like boeing here, to a right to work state, the obama administration almost cut the legs out from underneath that. and that's a thousand direct jobs and immediate impact in the job market. but like we saw with bmw in the upstates some years ago, that has a ripple effect throughout the low country where suppliers open up bu