. >>> tom gilberti, it doesn't seem like 28 is ready to go. but i'm gonna switch subjects. there was another election 50 years ago. and a gentleman won the election and then lost his life. robert kennedy, what does it mean to be against communism if one's own system denies the value of the individual and

tom gilberti.ed eleanor roosevelt a while back about how it would be appropriate to put a statue of her out on civic center, the plaza there. and it turned out that if you want to understand exactly why it would be very, very appropriate, turn to ken burns, the roosevelts, episode 7. it was basically all about her. and what this one woman was able to do. the united nations still is probably our best ideal. america probably needs to join it. instead what we're doing, we're fighting it. just the other day, the united nations has started listing where we -- the united states of america is in health and in poverty. the degradation of equal opportunity, levels approaching third world. and so it's at times like this i agree with the supervisor safai that our whole planning, our whole society is at risk. one of the problems i had with our late mayor was a lack of leadership, a void. the whole bay area needs to come together and develop a plan for what we need to do, coming here, looking out over the bay a

. >> tom gilberti. before we leave 50 years ago, i was reading the brothers by david talbert. and i recommend "the devil's chess board." we're lucky to have him as an author. this same cover was on sunday morning, cbs. and they used the photograph and when jane pauley was talking about the book -- she said some authors have tried to misogolize, or whatever that word. i thought the books were well written and objective. if you want a good history of what was happening at that time, little segment of it, it's a goodme read. this is bobby kennedy when he was running for the senate after his brother was killed. "we cannot expect an african to believe we're on the side of equality and human dignity when his ambassadors are not serbed in our restaurants. we cannot expect countries with lower standard of living that we respect human dignity. we cannot expect nations to join us in combating poverty, when six million families live in poverty in our country." that was in the '60s. there's a lot of tidbits to go with it. it's a good read. the country is being taken over by gerrymandering

. >>> tom gilberti, it doesn't but i'm gonna switch to go. w aere ago. and a gentleman won the el then lost his life. robertkenn d mean to be against communism if one's own stem de value of the individual and gives all the power to the munts d cotas t. war long provided for the allies to abuse their own populations. but kennedy was declaring those days must end. everywhere the senator went, he challenged his right host. in the last years of bobby kenne kennedy, he became increasingly estranged from the washington political light. his critique of e american foreign policy became more passain uthe st asia drew on and drew het doubtful eye of the white hose that began spying on kennedy as if he was ast foreign agent. and then there was mr. durinhis time. excellent book, i just finished it. we have go a long way in the wrong direction. the labor rysht here with telling it. we need to firm up this country again ur ocity. it's not very well. thank you. >>> thank you for your comments. next speaker? >>> madam president, madam clerk, i think we can vote on 28day

. >> tom gilberti, it was a vote against gavin newsom and his government filing suit against the vote to restrict financial development. i wonder what the mayor wannabes are thinking about that? sba27, scott weiner's blanket answer to a housing crisis, again, letting developers have an upper hand in claiming a stake in our neighborhoods, across the country. the right of a community to protect itself, to maintain itself. [please stand by] >> now, we've got three legislatures right he that are leaning that way. i would like to know that the other candidates, the other wannabes think of this. thank you kindly. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> i'll be requesting to show something during part of my presentation. >> sfgtv. >> they hear quite a bit about the importance of the value and freedom to read. if folks are afraid they'll be tracked as to where they go with their materials or tracked as to what they are reading, i think that's a very serious issue, and the library wants to install a privacy threatening technology called rfid, radio frequently identification. v