this is purchase of public parkland. and if you think of it any other way, you're fooling yourselves. i'm very sorry. what i'm hearing is, if you have a lot of money, you pick a piece of parkland and you offer the money and you get it. and you do it however you can. i do not believe that this item has been on your agendas, i believe that public parkland belongs to the entire city, not only to the people who live around it, if it belonged to the people who lived around it, we would not be having so much trouble with the other projects in golden gate park. if it belongs only to the people who lived around it, the boat house would not be planned to be given to a different contractor. i believe that also apply to things that have been done to the arboretum. i encourage you to think about this very carefully. i encourage you in the agendas to list every single project. i would like to know what other things are in the plans. i'd like to know, i'm sorry, i'm very upset about this and i really didn't want to talk about it, but

i think about 15% of the acreage in lower manhattan is dedicated to open space and parkland. >> i think it's really a living monument to what happened on 9- 11 that lower manhattan has come back stronger, bigger and ready for the 21st century. suzanne pratt, "nightly business report," new york. >> tom: the major indices have put in two straight weeks of higher closes, but this week, the move was more modest. let's get to tonight's "market focus." the markets close at their highest levels in almost a month. the dow industrials eked out a 0.1% gain. the nasdaq was higher for 0.4%, remember the market was closed for labor day on monday. and the s&p added about a 0.5% since last friday. september's reputation as the worst month for stock investors isn't holding true so far. all 10 of the major stock sectors are higher this month. industrial stocks have led the way, as some economic concerns have moderated. financial stocks also have jumped, and the market has confidence in the consumer, with discretionary stocks up almost 7% since the start of the month. pg&e continues investigating the dea

wetlands, parklands, and 408 acres of athletic fields.t is from that perspective i speak for the 40 acres of athletic sports fields. our organization has and represent thousands of kids in san francisco and the bay area through our own consideration, the boys and girls club, rhythm and blues c.y.o., ymca, etc. what the kids in san francisco are literally crying out for is quality playing fields. two years ago our own organization was at a crossroads. we were on the verge of dying. so we took an enormous leap of faith and developed 15 acres of derelict lands that was a blight on the island of treasure island and convert it into 15 acres of pristine athletic fields at zero cost to the city of san francisco. but with an estimated cost to our own organization of $5 million. these fields have been enormous benefit to the kids of san francisco and the bay area. and indeed the disadvantaged kids on the island. in collaboration with tida and the city of san francisco we also pose add 10,000 square foot playing structures for the kids on the islan

i'm really upset about this because as an ongoing user of this piece of parkland which i consider part of the commons. it's a downtown plaza. this is where we have a whole lot of cultural events. we have a whole lot of anti-war mars. we have saint stupids day. that's the term in this. the last piece of greenery down there we have already fenced off the other end for pinocchio and i was down there for a public event this saturday and i was really upset that i couldn't even cross the sidewalk, there were so many vendors. there was no path away to cross over to the ferry building. there was a horde of vendors. i don't think that parks and rec owns this i don't think they can just give away our public commons and claim that it's not being used. i think if they were so sure, they wouldn't have been so still think about this whole thing. i saw a notice -- somebody commented in the letters to the editor is where i saw it and i walked around the place down there. there is no notice on the street. there are articles in the curved.com that i found who had been very enthusiastic for it who said,

has a reserve but the city recently decided to rays fees for some programs while cutting back on parklandscaping, tree maintenance, and street sweeping. all in the name of saving money. still, in august, the mayor made no apologies for his city manager's salary. we're looking at a person who does not have an assistant that worked twice as hard as i think a lot of other people, the 10 years he has here, and the fact that he gives 200% and they are -- >> you don't think his salary is excessive? >> not with what he does and as an individual. >> they are cutting back on services, you're asking seniors to pay an extra buck, and this guy doesn't get any cutbacks, he doesn't even have to give back a bonus or -- >> mr. minez is a -- will have his salary freeze for the next two years. >> at $356,000 that's not a hardship. >> it's not a hardship but when you look at what's going on and what he has done to maintain the quality of life -- >> that the activity -- >> state attorney general jerry brown's office is going to take a look at whether salaries are comparable to those in other cities and how t

and there is no other american parkland cape in america quite like this one. we are transported to italy, and here we are with 13 different cascades and making the park look deeper than it is. >> we have so so many people enjoying the park, we saw an exercise class, someone bringing dogs through here. these are spaces that we are using. >> we are living a 21st centsry life in these parks. we talk about how we move through these landscapes to make the stories visible. >> here's what you need to know to take advantage of the two day event going on. charles talked about the downloadable brochure, go to myfoxdc.com, we have a link to theirs, download the brochure with the different pictures and 25 site locations or this intensive packet that gives you not only the 25 sites but it also gives you some of the stories about the 25 sites, or you can go to the tour at the different sites. you can find out the times. look for someone wearing a hat just like this, a green hat. they'll be the one that will take you through your tour. we'll continue to tour in our next hour

for example, in our town, our parkland college community board is elected. they raised property-tax is with the bond. they didot even have to do a referendum. yet they run unopposed every year. there are many positions like this that the third parties seem to ignore. if they want to be taken seriously, they have to work the dictate the less glamorous positions and work their way up. in some way i can understand why people are upset that they want to be governor without running for dog-catcher first. guest: illinois requires petitions of 5% of the last of the past for a minor party or independent candidate to run for a municipal, district, or county office. that's one of the reasons you don't see many such candidates for the small, partisan offices in illinois. the state of illinois has the third-toughest petition requirement of all 54 district offices. there are bills in their legislature to change it, but they never pass. host: our guest is the publisher of ballot access news. if people went to your site, what would they learn? guest: most only look at the

for example, in our town, our parkland college community board is elected. they raised property-tax is with the bond. they did not even have to do a referendum. yet they run unopposed every year. there are many positions like this that the third parties seem to ignore. if they want to be taken seriously, they have to work the dictate the less glamorous positions and work their way up. in some way i can understand why people are upset that they want to be governor without running for dog-catcher first. guest: illinois requires petitions of 5% of the last of the past for a minor party or independent candidate to run for a municipal, district, or county office. that's one of the reasons you don't see many such candidates for the small, partisan offices in illinois. the state of illinois has the third-toughest petition requirement of all 54 district offices. there are bills in their legislature to change it, but they never pass. host: our guest is the publisher of ballot access news. if people went to your site, what would they learn?