because i know at the last p.a.c. meeting members had asked us to come and attend the first meeting so i just wanted to confirm, so it's next tuesday, august 31, at 6:00 here. >> yeah, i think it's going to be in -- i'm not sure of the room number. but we can get you that information. president kim: could you email it to the board? >> sure. president kim: if any of us could make it, it would be great. >> we'd actually like to invite you to come. we'll send a general information for you to come and speak to us quickly at our second p.a.c. meeting. so the first meeting you're more than welcome to come join us, but we will be sending you an invitation to come. president kim: commissioner fewer [ commissioner fewer: when was the second p.a.c. meeting? >> we haven't decided that yet because we haven't met for the first time yet. commissioner fewer: i didn't know you had a regular or whatever. >> we usually do, sorry. commissioner fewer: i would like to come and talk about the parent engagement plan, if you could agendize me

levine and am on the p.a.c. again and very happy to be here. >> so we're very excited to start working with the district and the school board again and bringing the voice of the parents to you all. i think there is a lot of excitement right now. parents are very excited about the schools. we've heard a lot of kids are really happy in their classrooms and we're all really glad to be back. we're real excited that the district worked so hard and the school board to kind of smooth a lot of the budget issues and so i think there is a sense of relief in a lot of the schools although there are some issues out there and we're very excited about what's happening around that. >> this year on the p.a.c., there are a few priority issues that i just wanted to highlight in the report that we sent. we wanted to make sure that we know a lot of wonderful things are happening in many schools but there are still some places that are broken. and we want to make sure that high standards are set across the schools in the district. i k

. >> well, because i was away, the p.a.c. does not meet over the summer. to my knowledge we have not gotten a formal update. i know i haven't seen one. but we haven't gotten one. it's one of the top priorities of mine is to get more informed about and bring that information to the p.a.c. >> i'm happy to come. i've been participating in the meetings, and i'm happy to come and speak to the p.a.c. about some of the ideas about the plan or even just about the whole parent engagement department and what it might look like, to get feedback from the p.a.c. also. so, ruth, if you wouldn't

. >> well, because i was away, the p.a.c. does not meet over the summer. to my knowledge we have not gotten a formal update. i know i haven't seen one. but we haven't gotten one. it's one of the top priorities of mine is to get more informed about and bring that information to the p.a.c. >> i'm happy to come. i've been participating in the meetings, and i'm happy to come and speak to the p.a.c. about some of the ideas about the plan or even just about the whole parent engagement department and what it might look like, to get feedback from the p.a.c. also. so, ruth, if you wouldn't mind agendizing the schedule. when is your next meeting? >> our next meeting is next tuesday and i'll call you tomorrow morning, if that works. >> next tuesday at what time? >> at the same time as the committee as a whole, unfortunately. but we can -- well, we'll figure it out. >> we'll see what we can work out. thank you for the report. any other comments or questions? i did appreciate the feedback about willie brown and the slosh sure and i like the idea that we have input from

and notify the p.a.c. to be on the radar and they can start the request and be involved in the process from the beginning. and so the policy also calls for including cac and neighborhood input, although those are two distinct interest groups. to protect the work of the cac and the city and the project we prioritize. and require that the city agencies that will be overseeing the improvements and department of parks and rec and t.p.w. are supportive of the projects and can maintain them. i will go quickly through the decision and making a recommendation to the commission about a proposal. there are four steps. the first step is the most rigid and the requirements for the first step and determining whether a proposal is eligible for an in-kind agreement. this is the only area if the proposal doesn't pass this test, it won't be brought before the commission. this is making sure whatever they are proposing is consistent with the legislation. that is does it fulfill the public improvement and the kind of infrastr

in a new "vanity fair" article, in july, the quarterly filing by palin's p.a.c. revealed a foormedable war chest and hefty investments in this fundraising and direct mail. the hottest part, the glenn beck part of the party. you have huckabee out there. pagen boub the star, right? >> she is the star already. i was down at the southern republican leadership conference meeting in new orleans, which is the base of the modern christian evangel cal republican party. haley barbour, who's from next door, was a blip on the radar screen. it was all about sarah palin and everything she did there, including handing out souvenir moose meat beach jerky for everyone showed me she's runnorg f president. it looks like she's running. >> that's a sign you're running for president, if you hand out moose meat. >> if you're from alaska. chris: you've seen the spark she creates in the crowd. do you think she's decided yet? >> i don't think so but i think she'll get the bug like others do. she'll notice that there are adoring crowds and she'll think she has the right to be president and

the republican party. some of my biggest critics happen to be republicans. we are nonpartisan. we don't -- we will not have a p.a.c. we don't support candidates. we are equal opportunity critics. your viewer sounded pretty informed. it sounded like he was probably reading off a list of talking points. all i can say about medicare advantage is it's very popular and people have voted with their feet. as i say, a quarter of medicare recipients are currently in it. it's a very popular program. it seemed to be working quite well. now, let me just say something about medicare. i know it's popular today to cast personal aspirations on people and question their motivation. the alliance believes that medicare and all the entitlement programs are unsustainable as they're currently configured. but people have worked their whole lives believing that those programs are going to be there for them. they have paid taxes on the basis of, i'll pay taxes today to provide for today's seniors, if, when i retire, somebody else pays taxes to pay for me. and so these programs are unsustainable. they're broken. they need to be fixed. and

the republican party. some of my biggest critics happen to be republicans. we are nonpartisan. we don't -- we will not have a p.a.c don't support candidates. we are equal opportunity critics. your viewer sounded pretty informed. it sounded like he was probably reading off a list of talking points. all i can say about medicare advantage is it's very popular and people have voted with their feet. as i say, a quarter of medicare recipients are currently in it. it's a very popular program. it seemed to be working quite well. now, let me just say something about medicare. i know it's popular today to cast personal aspirations on people and question their motivation. the alliance believes that medicare and all the entitlement programs are unsustainable as they're currently configured. but people have worked their whole lives believing that those programs are going to be there for them. they have paid taxes on the basis of, i'll pay taxes today to provide for today's seniors, if, when i retire, somebody else pays taxes to pay for me. and so these programs are unsustainable. they're broken. they need to be fixed. and one