jerry, you're rejoining here and you're reupping and talk about the military you need to reup on for m.t.a. but have you my faith and you have my confidence, jerry, in bringing forward to this board a wonderful perspective, one i think you have held and we talked about had many, many discussions about. first and foremost i want to thank the board of supervisors for their support for jerry's reaappointment. jerry was unanimously approved yesterday, making it possible to take over today. that's a great accomplishment, sir. a native of san francisco, lifelong user of our transit system and currently the m.t.a. board's vice chair, jerry's being reappointed for many reasons. but at the top of this list is his willingness to step up to the plate and work through some very thorny issues and adequately addressing neighborhood and community concerns. jerry's worked to address community concerns related to some of the lines addressed in the t.e.p., transportation improvement project, is a perfect example of the valuable service that director lee provides on the m.t.a. board. jerry's experience

thank you for reupping, as they say. appointed to the commission four months ago, it is my pleasure to reappoint commissioner simmonds to her post. stephanie is someone who has great ties to our city. whether it is to the business community, african-american community, or our community of women, she is a strong advocate for all. we look forward to stephanie's continued service to the city in her capacity as a commissioner. thank you for your service. [applause] the commission on the environment. what a commission that keeps me busy, but busy with positive things because it is all about our future, what we are leaving behind as the city continues to pursue our goal of zero waste by 2020, we can boast we are leading the nation with a 77% signed diversion rate, thanks to the department of the environment. innovative policies such as this, the city's energy efficiency policy, green jobs, and many more thank you for being and reupping yourself on the commission and the environment. while who describes itself as a serial entre

[laughter] >> i mean, i'm not going to reup vent the wheel. yes, libraries are important to me. that's where the books are, you know? [laughter] i mean, when -- i spent the first 11 years of my life in a tiny, tiny, tiny town in oklahoma with no library. at the school, there was one shelf that had some books on it, and you could take those home, but, you know, you went through those books pretty quick, and when i was 11, my family moved to a college town in montana that had more than one library, you know? that first summer my -- i mean, anne -- they had sidewalks also. [laughter] we liked to roller skate, and that first summer we spent -- moving from oklahoma to montana probably sounds like one, you know stick to another, but it was a college top, and to us aves like we moved to paris. [laughter] that first magical summer we had roller skates and sidewalks and roller skated to the library every day, you know? we thought we had move the to civilization. no offense, oklahoma. [laughter] you know, when i was in high school, i would skip school a lot. i would skip -- that doesn't s

he asked the teachers to reup 8 -- 80% said this is not for me and see you later. 80% of the people. he extended the school day, hired new people, and by the way, you know, our calendar is based on farming; right? you get -- i'm not kidding. you get out in time to plant. you stay out long enough to harvest. that's where our school year comes from. the school day is about getting chores in the afternoon. he extended the school day, why? because some kids need help with their homework, and their parents don't even speak english at home, and so their opportunity to get that help is in the classroom. he brought in the program to help with the after school, and they do many of the direct interventions with family. if somebody is late, they go to the house. i mean, it's a much more active and engaged community right now. everybody is signed on. they have been at this now for seven months, and their achievement scores have gone up 60% in seven months. they have stopped allowing the children and their families to say, well, we're orchard, what do you expect? they just changed that whole sens

they -- he asked the teachers to reup. 80 % of them said, this is not for me. he said, see ya later. 80% of the faculty. so he recruited from around boston, around the commonwealth and around the country. he extended the school day for an hour and a half. by the way, i've gotta tell you, you know, our calendar is based on farming, right? you get -- i'm not kidding. you get out in time to plant, you stay out long enough to harvest. that's where our school year comes from. the school day is about getting to chores in the afternoon. he extended the school, the school day. why? because some kids need help with their homework, and their parents don't even speak english at home. and so their opportunity to get that help is in the classroom. he brought in city year, you know the program city year? to help with the after school, and they do many of the district interventions with family. if somebody's late, they go to the house. i mean, t a much more active and engaged community right now. everybody has signed on. they've been at this now for seven months. and their ac

a person walking into the doctor's office complaining of chest pain and having the doctor offer to reup holeser the couch. this demands an energy policy, but all this hearing is about is providing a justification for tax increases. i wish i could say i was surprised no. matter what the question is it seems that for the president and some of my colleagues, the answer is always raise taxes. government spends too much. raise some taxes. health care too expensive. raise some taxes. gas prices too expensive, i've got it, let's raiseome taxes. i would be doing a grave disservice to my constituents if i was to ignore the grave con consequences on these gas prices. at a time when we are still recovering from an historic economic collapse. the proposals that will be discussed today e completely divorced from those pressing needs. the reasoning put forth for repealing these tax provisions, rising gas prices and reporting high first quarter profits would set a bad precedent for future tax increases. are we to raise taxes anytime a company sees an increase in profit due to high demand? what if an i

a person walking into the doctor's office complaining of chest pain and having the doctor offer to reup holeser the couch. this demands an energy policy, but all this hearing is about is providing a justification for tax increases. i wish i could say i was surprised no. matter what the question is it seems that for the president and some of my colleagues, the answer is always raise taxes. government spends too much. raise some taxes. health care too expensive. raise some taxes. gas prices too expensive, i've got it, let's raise some taxes. i would be doing a grave disservice to my constituents if i was to ignore the grave con consequences on these gas prices. at a time when we are still recovering from an historic economic collapse. the proposals that will be discussed today are completely divorced from those pressing needs. the reasoning put forth for repealing these tax provisions, rising gas prices and reporting high first quarter profits would set a bad precedent for future tax increases. are we to raise taxes anytime a company sees an increase in profit due to high demand? what if

a person walking into the doctor's office complaining of chest pain and having the doctor offer to reup holeser the couch. this demands an energy policy, but all this hearing is about is providing a justification for tax increases. i sh i could say i was surprised no. matter what the question is it seems that for the president and some of my colleagues, the answer is always raise taxes. government spends too much. raise some taxes. health care too expensive. raise some taxes. gas prices too expensive, i've got it, let's raise some taxes. i would be doing a grave disservice to my constituents if i was to ignore the grave con consequences on these gas prices. at a time when we are still recovering from an historic economic collapse. the proposals that will be discussed today are completely divorced from those pressing needs. the reasoning put forth for repealing these tax provisions, rising gas prices and reporting high first quarter profits would set a bad precedent for future tax increases. are we to raise taxes anytime a company sees an increase in profit due to high demand? what if an

after the catastrophes of 3-11, there's the possibility that japan may be reborn yet again or at least reup vented yet again so it deserved closer analysis. that said i start with an apology that the paper was written before, for the most part, before 3/11 and we'll have to reincorporate and hopefully other comments get at what 3/11 may mean for a reborn, revitalized japan or not. what we've done here is write about what we call hugging and hedging, and while this chart here is not in the paper, it is from a book that i did a few years ago, and there's no examine. [laughter] you're not going to be quizzed on this. i know you're happy, but there's a point to the chart to say that debates about japanese national strategy, grand strategy, national security are not new. they are not unique to the 21st century or the 20th century, but it's been around for a long time, and, in fact, importantly i think, in fact, connect over time, and i'm not going to spend a lot of time on this just to say that there were in the past three moments of real consensus on what japanese national strategy should be, c

a person walking into the doctor's office complaining of chest pain and having the doctor offer to reup holeser the couch. this demands an energy policy, but all this hearing is about is providing a justification for tax increases. i wish i could say i was surprised no. matter what the question is it seems that for the president and some of my colleagues, the answer is always raise taxes. government spends too much. raise some taxes. health care too expensive. raise some taxes. gas prices too expensive, i've got it, let's raise some taxes. i would be doing a grave disservice to my constituents if i was to ignore the grave con consequences on these gas prices. at a time when we are still recovering from an historic economic collapse. the proposals that will be discussed today are completely divorced from those pressing needs. the reasoning put forth for repealing these tax provisions, rising gas prices and reporting high first quarter profits would set a bad precedent for future tax increases. are we to raise taxes anytime a company sees an increase in profit due to high demand? what if