when he was not recalled from office, truitt vote described that as a victory.that as a victory, which is what they were looking for. do partisan declarations create a higher standard of anything they have to do to justify putting themselves in polling places the way they have? >> unfortunately, this is a problem with the law. we allow partisan political operatives to go in there and challenge voters eligibility on election day to create an intimidating environment with very few standards. this is something that we really need to fix. >> is this something left over from something that used to make sense and doesn't any more. was there ever a good reason for this? has this been part of voter intimidation through history? >> many of the laws were put in place for the purpose of keeping down minority votes. especially black votes. after reconstruction, for example, in ohio, for example, in 1968 868, we had challenger legislation saying you could challenge people on if they have a distinctive mixture of african blood. those were the grounds of challenges. maybe this

i believe we worked with kevin truitt on this. and especially in consideration of the fact that the security aides are still working with one less hour a day, we'd be very appreciative to see them doing the work. it's at their schools where they work. next one is on the next page, k-19 the bottom of the page, superintendent zone bay view district. it's to provide online k-12 math,al gentlemen break and language arts writing courses -- algebra and language arts writing courses at their own rate. this could be good but wanted to make sure it doesn't take the place of teachers and supplements the teachers do and not supplant the teachers. the final one is k-40 in the superintendent zone, the mission district, to provide students with culinary instruction, experiment learning opportunities and more. again, this appears to be the work a uesf member could do, that a teacher could do. thank you. president yee: thank you, ms. solomon. item g, consent calendar. a motion and a second on the consent calendar. >> motion the consent calendar.

del truitt says he won't be one of them.e'll survive this drought and be billed in better time. >> the summers brought unusually hot and dry conditions in maryland. wjz's drought watch continues now. meteorologist bernadette woods. bern? >> that's right. we may not be as extreme as some of the other places. this is where we stand. you remember in july, very variable rainfall amounts! areas get underneath the thunderstorms will get a lot more. but everything is measured officially at bwi marshall. and for the year so far, we're just over 16 inches. 16.65. and our normal during that same stretch is 24.68. so we are definitely below, over eight inches below. and we're going to continue to track this. because there are some chances for showers and storms in the forecast. but when they come to thunderstorms, it's very spotty. we'll have that forecast coming up. >>> time now for a quick look at some of the stories you'll find in the baltimore sun. maryland's environmental chief testifies in washington about the potential problems

he is the son of the founder, truitt kathy. it's a strong southern baptist family. people know, they wear their values on their sleeve and have been speaking out lately in and gathered a lot of support because ever that. >> greta: when he made his statement about marriage, was he doing it in the context of a personal vent or it was he doing it on behalf of the corporation? >> it depends on how you read into t. he was speaking as the president of the company to, i think it was the baptist press. it was sort of the first time that he had publicly come out and spoken about his positions on family values. you know, a lot of people didn't agree with his views on gay marriage. many people did, obviously. >> greta: i know that chick-fil-a -- it's been a company that has with the ceo has been devoted to his religious principles. i have been to airports on sunday and they are not opened on sundays. i am curious whether or not, besides his statement, has he been at all active in anything that would be -- that would be offensive to -- to gay citizens? >> it's hard to safely i

>> they're each worth $1.5 billion, they own chick-fil-a with their father truitt cathy.pany decades ago. who invented the chicken sandwich. >> is that like insenting the internet? >> invent the chicken sandwich. in the south, very much so. chick-fil-a is sort of a staple in life in terms of their chicken sandwich, and a big deal in the south. >> all right. $1.5 billion for each of these guys. how unusual is it when you look at other fast food chains, mcdonald's, et cetera, are these the richest of the rich or is this standard? >> it's not standard. some of the richest in fast food. the richest are the three brazilian billionaires who took burger king public recently. this is certainly the richest >> why haven't we heard of them before that. sounds like they've been active in causes. >> they haven't given a tremendous amount of money to this but it's such a hot button and people who are anti-same-sex marriage you can get people upset and boycotts chicken sandwich shops and we're talking about it right now. >> i guess that's true. when dan cathy was the one on took the pos