i know mark leno already did knowledge then risk and -- ed riskin. it is dpw's loss, but it will be mta's game. i know that i will be able to call on him for ongoing report -- support. so with that, it is my pleasure to introduce ed riskin. [applause] >> thank you. it has been a long time coming. the people in the bayview hunters point has it been patient as this project has taken its course. we are delighted to be here today to celebrate a great neck step in this project. the department of public works has the pleasure of working with the library management and commission, and with the community to help envision what the library is that they want. once that is done, our job is to get it done and to work with all the people to get it designed, built, stalked, staff, and opened. this is where the rubber really hits the road for us. we have been engaged in this project for a long time, but now we need to make sure that you will get a library that you want and deserve. in doing so, it takes -- to use a corny cliches -- it takes a village to build a libr

this started with the dpw project and we are a client now representing the dpw is ed riskin. >> thank you. as the general manager and commission president referred to, dpw has been with this project for over a decade it has really become a labor of love for the department. it is an extraordinarily complex building project, unlike our typical library or fire station that we work on. and it is not because of the exceedingly high environmental performance, but exceedingly high seismic performance, business continuity performance. this will be one of the most advanced office buildings in the country. it is really a great partnership that we have working with the puc to make this happen, but also with our private sector partners, kmd stevens, webcor and their construction team. it has been a collaborative effort. we are proud of the fact that we are not only getting this great building built that will serve the city for generations to come, but in doing it, we are putting a lot of local businesses and residents to work in the process. it is really a win win. i want to commend the general m

day, and alan riskin was writing about 80% of it back then.er i find out -- i don't always make the monday morning meetings. whenever i find out that the rest of the staff has disagreed with alan whom i usually agree with, i have to lecture the young whippersnappers to make them understand that he, ultimately, influenced ronald reagan's philosophy. he's the son of the man who identified the marx brothers. grouch cho would be trying out his jokes. keep it own, grope cho. [laughter] and tom winter went to vail and is very was by, yale, and the two of them have put out the most conservative newspaper for much of the last half century. the new editor is now jason matera, a young kid who came over from yale. >> host: here's the picture. >> guest: john galt? >> host: john galt picture. ann coulter, when was that picture of you taken? >> guest: since it was in the book of the picture of my brother at the party, it was probably a few years after law school. but that's in vail. [laughter] isn't that hilarious? >> host: next call comes from chuck in ful