>> commissioner pearlman? >> i believe you are muted. >> we can hear you now. >> okay. and for some reason it's having a problem. i want to congratulate all the businesses. i have spent many an hour at farley's and two of the businesses are 80 year old and cruising to another 20 for 100 years old and the gentleman who spoke about the lgbt and the comment about the sacred duty to doing this work could sum up everybody's responsibilities and feelings about their own businesses as they present to us, and i heartily endorse all of these. i will certainly vote to approve them. >> clerk: i apologize to interrupt. we have a late request for public comment and should take that caller. >> go ahead, caller. is the member of the public prepared to submit your testimony? you should mute the television or computer. there is a delayed broadcast. >> hello? >> a yes, i run val de cole. >> can you hear me? >> yes, we can hear you, sir. >> should i speak about the store or what should i say? >> this is your opportunity to address any of the legacy business applications. ed you have less

thank you, commissioners, we expect commissioner growman to - pearlman. with respect to agenda items your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. each member of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes. and we do have one request to speak and we'll take that caller now. >> hello. good afternoon, commissioners. my name is richard rossman. and i came in january when the commission talked about george washington to ask that they have a hearing or designate the building as a landmark. and nothing has happened since the last communication, heritage and myself got was in june of this year saying that they were going to look into it, which is every email we get from the staff, they're going to look into it. amy meetings ago you had a hearing about toeland hall. i don't see why they can't have a hearing and make the mother's building a city landmark. what's the problem? these are very important murals. these were all done by women artists, that were leaders of the time. so i'd ask the co

>> commissioner pearlman? >> i believe you are muted. >> we can hear you now. >> okay. and for some reason it's having a problem. i want to congratulate all the businesses. i have spent many an hour at farley's and two of the businesses are 80 year old and cruising to another 20 for 100 years old and the gentleman who spoke about the lgbt and the comment about the sacred duty to doing this work could sum up everybody's responsibilities and feelings about their own businesses as they present to us, and i heartily endorse all of these. i will certainly vote to approve them. >> clerk: i apologize to interrupt. we have a late request for public comment and should take that caller. >> go ahead, caller. is the member of the public prepared to submit your testimony? you should mute the television or computer. there is a delayed broadcast. >> hello? >> a yes, i run val de cole. >> can you hear me? >> yes, we can hear you, sir. >> should i speak about the store or what should i say? >> this is your opportunity to address any of the legacy business applications. ed you have less

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now, pearlman is saying this is all a planned downsizing in response to covid-19 in what he calls anenvironment. he said i have been public about my intention to reduce leverage and convert to cash in order to seek new investment opportunities. him saying here this isn't just about getting rid of stuff to pay pack debt. this is also about building up cash to look for opportunities in this market back to you. >> yeah. but it's gotten people's attention. i was looking back at one of my notebooks here from quite a while ago, earlier this summer i have he's liquidating everything, home, art, yacht i didn't follow up on it is it more than what he's saying but is it just being prudent >> there's nothing to believe this is beyond just being prudent. he's the ultimate financial street fighter as you know from covering deals it's creative about leverage and uses of capital. he says during the co-vid time he's learned to focus on what's important to him like many of us and he wants to clean house and downsize i think that's a lot of it but debt maturities are coming due in october and november

>> commissioner pearlman? >> i believe you are muted. >> we can hear you now. >> okay. and for some reason it's having a problem. i want to congratulate all the businesses. i have spent many an hour at farley's and two of the businesses are 80 year old and cruising to another 20 for 100 years old and the gentleman who spoke about the lgbt and the comment about the sacred duty to doing this work could sum up everybody's responsibilities and feelings about their own businesses as they present to us, and i heartily endorse all of these. i will certainly vote to approve them. >> clerk: i apologize to interrupt. we have a late request for public comment and should take that caller. >> go ahead, caller. is the member of the public prepared to submit your testimony? you should mute the television or computer. there is a delayed broadcast. >> hello? >> a yes, i run val de cole. >> can you hear me? >> yes, we can hear you, sir. >> should i speak about the store or what should i say?

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>> commissioner pearlman? >> i believe you are muted. >> we can hear you now. >> okay. and for some reason it's having a problem. i want to congratulate all the businesses. i have spent many an hour at farley's and two of the businesses are 80 year old and cruising to another 20 for 100 years old and the gentleman who spoke about the lgbt and the comment about the sacred duty to doing this work could sum up everybody's responsibilities and feelings about their own businesses as they present to us, and i heartily endorse all of these. i will certainly vote to approve them. >> clerk: i apologize to interrupt. we have a late request for public comment and should take that caller. >> go ahead, caller. is the member of the public prepared to submit your testimony? you should mute the television or computer. there is a delayed broadcast. >> hello? >> a yes, i run val de cole. >> can you hear me? >> yes, we can hear you, sir. >> should i speak about the store or what should i say? >> this is your opportunity to address any of the legacy business applications. ed you have less

>> commissioner pearlman? >> i believe you are muted. >> we can hear you now. >> okay. and for some reason it's having a problem. i want to congratulate all the businesses. i have spent many an hour at farley's and two of the businesses are 80 year old and cruising to another 20 for 100 years old and the gentleman who spoke about the lgbt and the comment about the sacred duty to doing this work could sum up everybody's responsibilities and feelings about their own businesses as they present to us, and i heartily endorse all of these. i will certainly vote to approve them. >> clerk: i apologize to interrupt. we have a late request for public comment and should take that caller. >> go ahead, caller. is the member of the public prepared to submit your testimony? you should mute the television or computer. there is a delayed broadcast. >> hello? >> a yes, i run val de cole. >> can you hear me? >> yes, we can hear you, sir. >> should i speak about the store or what should i say? >> this is your opportunity to address any of the legacy business applications. ed you have less

joseph pearlman who represented 1,250 member families of a local chicago synagogue noted that, even ifurtwaengler was not thought to be, he had pressed husband art while others fled germany or refused to serve their nazi masters. rabbi of the jewish congress, spoke out against the appointment. with respect to furtwaengler's contention that he had helped save jews, berman said that while he himself was in germany he had repeatedly heard war criminals who were on trial make this very claim. he said but saving a small number of jews didn't accuse him, quote, from official active participation in a regime which murdered 6 million jews and millions of non-jews. he said though he could have done otherwise, furtwaengler allowed the nazi murderers to use him as their symbol of responsibility and culture. but there were other more anonymous people who weighed in. a poignant letter written from new york to the chicago symphony by a man from the bronx, murray lowbell. he said, i'm an american citizen, a veteran who had served in the army for three years. i want to protest against allowing this na

joseph pearlman, who represented 1250 member families of a local chicago synagogue noted that even ifs not thought to have been a collaborator, quote, he had prostituted his art to the brutal nazi while other more principled artists fled germany or refused to serve their nazi masters. rabbi morton berman, who was a president of the chicago branch of the americans jewish congress, he was quite a distinguished figure in the jewish community, spoke out against the appointment. with respect to furtvangler's contention he helped save yous, he said while he himself, berman, was in germany, he had repeatedly heard war criminals who were on trial make this very claim. and he said, but saving a small number of jews didn't excuse him, quote, from official act of participation in a regime which murdered 6 million jews and millions of nonjews. he said though he could have done otherwise, furtvangler allowed the nazi murders to use him as their symbol of responsibility and culture. but there were other more anonymous people who weighed in. a poignant letter written from new york to the chicago sym

>> commissioner pearlman: here. >> commissioner so: here. >> jonas: thank you, commissioners. first on the agenda is general public comment. at this time members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission except agenda items. with respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the is reached in the meeting. we should open this up for public comment. each member has three minutes. members of the public, this is your opportunity to press star and 3 to be entered in the queue. commissioners, i have no members of the public raising their hand requesting to speak. so we can then move on to department matters. item 1, director's announcements. welcome, director hillis. >> good afternoon. good afternoon, commissioners. a couple of items. one, i think after your last meeting, you heard that jeff johnson is not -- and liz has stepped in as -- [inaudible] director for planning. we're undergoing a search to fill that position permanently. so in the

>> commissioner pearlman? >> i believe you are muted. >> we can hear you now. >> okay.nd for some reason it's having a problem. i want to congratulate all the businesses. i have spent many an hour at farley's and two of the businesses are 80 year old and cruising to another 20 for 100 years old and the gentleman who spoke about the lgbt and the comment about the sacred duty to doing this work could sum up everybody's responsibilities and feelings about their own businesses as they present to us, and i heartily endorse all of these. i will certainly vote to approve them. >> clerk: i apologize to interrupt. we have a late request for public comment and should take that caller. >> go ahead, caller. is the member of the public prepared to submit your testimony? you should mute the television or computer. there is a delayed broadcast. >> hello? >> a yes, i run val de cole. >> can you hear me? >> yes, we can hear you, sir. >> should i speak about the store or what should i say? >> this is your opportunity to address any of the legacy business applications. ed you have less th

thank you, commissioners, we expect commissioner growman to - pearlman. with respect to agenda items your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. each member of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes. and we do have one request to speak and we'll take that caller now. >> hello. good afternoon, commissioners. my name is richard rossman. and i came in january when the commission talked about george washington to ask that they have a hearing or designate the building as a landmark. and nothing has happened since the last communication, heritage and myself got was in june of this year saying that they were going to look into it, which is every email we get from the staff, they're going to look into it. amy meetings ago you had a hearing about toeland hall. i don't see why they can't have a hearing and make the mother's building a city landmark. what's the problem? these are very important murals. these were all done by women artists, that were leaders of the time. so i'd ask the co

thank you, commissioners, we expect commissioner growman to - pearlman. with respect to agenda items your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. each member of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes. and we do have one request to speak and we'll take that caller now. >> hello. good afternoon, commissioners. my name is richard rossman. and i came in january when the commission talked about george washington to ask that they have a hearing or designate the building as a landmark. and nothing has happened since the last communication, heritage and myself got was in june of this year saying that they were going to look into it, which is every email we get from the staff, they're going to look into it. amy meetings ago you had a hearing about toeland hall. i don't see why they can't have a hearing and make the mother's building a city landmark. what's the problem? these are very important murals. these were all done by women artists, that were leaders of the time. so i'd ask the co

wayne pearlman, other leaders in the jewish community, speaking up, making it absolutely clear, presidentend to the state of israel we ever had as president of the united states. yes, i absolutely mean that. if you look everything this president has done from moving the u.s. embassy to jerusalem. recognizing the jerusalem as the capital of israel. ripping up those horrible, horrible, that horrible iran deal, this president has stood with israel, with the jewish people, fighting anti-semitism around the world. stuart: what do you think of michael bloomberg putting 100 million bucks to help biden win in florida. what do you say about that. >> who, michael bloomberg. how did the billion dollars work out in the primaries. bloomberg is a joke. he should just go away. he got absolutely annihilated in the primaries. you could barely see him above the lecturn he is so pathetic. president trump will wayne florida, ohio, pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, arizona, north carolina, so much more. we'll win on november third because he is who america needs to lead us the next four years, not sleepy, sa

>> commissioner pearlman? >> i believe you are muted. >> we can hear you now. >> okay. and for some reason it's having a problem. i want to congratulate all the businesses. i have spent many an hour at farley's and two of the businesses are 80 year old and cruising to another 20 for 100 years old and the gentleman who spoke about the lgbt and the comment about the sacred duty to doing this work could sum up everybody's responsibilities and feelings about their own businesses as they present to us, and i heartily endorse all of these. i will certainly vote to approve them. >> clerk: i apologize to interrupt. we have a late request for public comment and should take that caller. >> go ahead, caller. is the member of the public prepared to submit your testimony? you should mute the television or computer. there is a delayed broadcast. >> hello? >> a yes, i run val de cole. >> can you hear me? >> yes, we can hear you, sir. >> should i speak about the store or what should i say? >> this is your opportunity to address any of the legacy business applications. ed you have less