commission, and the city, regarding the way that we handle the night life and it was joined by paul davies from the uk, and discussing his purple flag program which is really cool and it is accreditation program that will work excellent in the towns and villages and managing the nighttime economies and there are other programs like that, that were discussed, that we can all look towards including beth bar none and all of the things that i will be trying to bring to you as we can integrate the stuff into what we do here and then i was intending to go to speak on san francisco at other conference on june 12th but that got canceled so that is not going to happen. the hiring process for an additional inspector has been concluded and hr are in the process of checking references and fingerprinting before they can make the normal offers but all of the work as far as the front loading and the list and the interviews that are accomplished so we hope to have somebody new on board, in the next few weeks and so hopefully, if not, the next meeting the one after that, maybe we will a new staff person. s

stand on the shoulders of harry bellefonte, of ruby dee and ossie davis and, of course, of paul robesonto be able to have experiences with people like that and when they talk about their giants, that's when you know that this is somebody we need to pay attention to. tavis: you mentioned your book, i mentioned it, "transforming pain to power," unlock your unlimited potential, what's the message you want to get through this text? >> my father was a heroin addict and heroin dealer, been in and out of prison 59 times through the course of my life. my brother addicted to crack cocaine. i had a lot of images of who i could be in the world based on their experiences. i believe the deepest pain is the path of the highest purpose. the very things that can take us out can actually be a platform for real contribution to the world. that's really what the book is. it's part my story and it's part a road map. tavis: what's the short answer for how you navigated through all that to become the artistic performer that you are today? >> ultimately, i believe that personal healing is a path to social tran

collins amanda palmer peter yarrow peter paul mary and dee flagg michael big deal of rusted root dar williams james matic roots rebel leaders d.j. kool herc guy davis just siri acts to cheapen sisters elizabeth mitchell and of course my dear friend tom chabon amazing. just real quickly thirty seconds what is movement music jason just referenced and how community used to fight for and influence ocean justice. well music has always been a very powerful tool it's one of the reasons why dictators always get rid of musicians and and artists very early on and i think pete seeger embodied the idea of the power of song he really believe that a song can change the world and it often has we shall overcome finally overcame for example among among others. say to me just. as you move movement movement music is is more of a term it's protest music but that spans every genre historically protest music was usually mostly folk music and now protest music is turning into you know there's hip hop there's punk new. there's jazz music there's blues there's rock n roll in that all that's what i like let's also must listen to some of it here jason thanks so much for bein

paul levingood. david adams. close, personal friend who i am happy to stay, the steward of the field. our readers, ashley and michael. i want to send a special thanks to our chorus from the lee davis high school. thank you very much for being with us tonight. [applause] the last week and a half, many of you have followed in the footsteps of union and confederate soldiers. near here at the cold harbor crossroad. see thepause to significance of the stores and generationss and who came after. a we do that, we need to knowledge the hard work that so many who joined with us in remembering and commemorating this unforgettable part of our shared history from its own commemorative events to supporting events here, it is been a real strong partner and helped us with many of the logistics and we sang the supervisors and the county administrator for their assistance and we cannot have done this without the support of fairmont church. this evening is a perfect example of that partnership which would had in a place for several peaks will we knew reyna might be a possibility. their shuttles provided perfect places for our shuttles. tourse it be -- the emanate from. our commemoration at the cree

davis pink sneakers. and then you have on the republican side a woman with a gun there in a holster, a ron paul button, andics kill people. so very different parties there. >> the sneakers look more comfortable, i'll say that. >> that's a good point. they've got that going for them. >> jim, i'm reading through the platform here that texas democrats adopted at their convention this weekend. it goes after what it calls, quote, targeted attacks on women from the perry administration and from republicans in texas and also, quote, violence against the very souls of lgbt people and this idea of repa reparative therapy. but, jim, i wonder when you look at the platform that democrats have adopted that wendy davis is running on so closely identified with that abortion battle and you look at texas as a state, it's more cultural liberalism texas democrats are going for. where is the state as a whole on those cultural questions? >> well, i don't think it's there yet, and i think that that's been a part of the problem for wendy. you probably know if you've looked at the polls that her negatives are way up there, and sh