. >> my name is mark blake, and i am a deputy city attorney. my specialty is finance and the closure. my comments will be brief. certificates of participation are forms of long-term debt that provided interest in loan payments payable by a government agency. cops are you less by the city only for the construction of capital assets. egiven the security concerns of investors, it covers the central government purposes only. in accordance, they are not issued for operating in the vicinity. all issuances must fulfil the public purpose of the city. courts will defer to the legislative audit. our view is that the city charter, in adoption up specific limitations and not enumerated powers, because in the charge section, the city entered into a transaction. it is underlines. the charter does not require arrangements with full profit entities. it requires board approval for any contract or agreement, and in turn access ford tenures. that would require board approval. cops to not constitute debts, and just so that you know, the debt limit prohibits local

. >> my name is mark blake, and i am a deputy city attorney. my specialty is finance and the closure. my comments will be brief. certificates of participation are forms of long-term debt that provided interest in loan payments payable by a government agency. cops are you less by the city only for the construction of capital assets. egiven the security concerns of investors, it covers the central government purposes only. in accordance, they are not issued for operating in the vicinity. all issuances must fulfil the public purpose of the city. courts will defer to the legislative audit. our view is that the city charter, in adoption up specific limitations and not enumerated powers, because

handled a number of high-profile cases including a nationally publicized acquittals of actor robert blake and civil rights lawyer stephen bingham. to his left is a career public defender from washington state. she is a blunder and has her own -- blogger and has her own blog. so'. does the media contributes to a negative misconception of public defenders, and more broadly, criminal defense attorneys? >> no, thank you. [laughter] >> absolutely yes. i think for the most part, there is the lack of understanding on the part of the american public on more critical role of the public defender. it is laid down in our sixth amendment. we do not teach it properly in primary school education. the public learned of it through the news media and come to some extent, through the entertainment media. most of my colleagues, and it with a bias that is predisposed against the criminal defendant and criminal defense attorney there for. i do not think there are aware of this bias for the most part, but i'm speaking from my own anecdotal experience. my reason to get into the business is to counter that bias.

. >>> mayor blake picks up a key endorsement. her support comes as the new challenger enters the race. >> reporter: mayor stephanie rawlings blake is getting an endorsement. >> i think she has leadership, know how, dedication and integrity. >> reporter: greg conway filed his candidacy for mayor. >> i'm ready to go. some are ready but i doubt they're as energetic as i am. >> reporter: it also includes ottis rolling who is not surprised by the competition. >> i took the scandal that occurred in the city, you see a lot of people jumping in the race. they think the bar is low. they think i'm honest so i can be mayor. it takes more than that. you need competency and skill and experience. >> reporter: this is his first run for office. mayor rawlings blake was elected mayor after sheila dixon was forced to leave office after using gift cards for the poor. rawlings blake is expected to have a clear advantage. >> i was taught, not being by taught, by by being shown that if you think by being a woman you are afforded any extra benefit, it

handled a number of high-profile cases including a nationally publicized acquittals of actor robert blake and civil rights lawyer stephen bingham. to his left is a career public defender from washington state. she is a blunder and has her own -- blogger and has her own

and he's written a book with his 11-year-old girl, blake. the book is called "your teacher said what?" the liberal assault on capitalism, tell me how this started. what was the germ for this book? >> i would say if i had to point to one thing, it's the financial crisis, and the backlash, which is to be expected. >> if you had a moment in the book where blake comes back from school and says something so offensive to you, you decide you're going to do a book. >> it's the bank's fault, wall street's fault. i said there's a lot of blame to go around. but because she's a student, she spends all her day at school with teachers. but she gets it from tv, we get it from the obama administration, main stream media. >> now, blake, let me talk to you about this. do you know what capitalism means, what do you think it is? >> yes. to me, it's the free markets doing their thing and the private ownership of business. >> why do you think america had its big financial crisis in >> well, it was nobody's fault, really. >> you think that? >> well, i'm only 11. >

. >> stephanie rawlings-blake has a new competitor. we will tell you about the latest competitor. >> it will be a summer like day today. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. so far so good on your morning commute. volume is picking up on some spots. 52 miles per hour pushes past 795. 58 miles per hour on southbound 95 moving out of the white marsh area. a smooth ride down to the fort mchenry. south on 83, 53 miles per hour on to show want road. five minutes on southbound 95 down to the fort mchenry. 11 minutes on the west side. this is a live view outside of the harrisburg expressway at york road. southbound traffic looking good so far this morning. this is 295 and that is where we see a buildup in volume. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to kurt kronke of the mta system. good morning. >> we have a 36 bus diverting at washington boulevard and monroe. light rail and metro subway on schedule. camden trent a 41 is running 15 mi

blakely started the company with $5,000, money she saved from selling fax machines door-to-door. today spanx is a mega brand, more than 200 products in 10,000 stores in the u.s. alone and in 30 countries, generating $350 million in sales. >> they changed my world. they changed my world a couple weeks ago when i had a dress on that i probably should not have been wearing. >> reporter: part of the appeal is that blakely, a former stand-up comic has fun with it with sass see names like slim cognito, skinny britches and a spanx bra that took two years to produce. >> now we created bra lay lou yeah. it created that feeling. >> there's a lower-priceline called assets and plus-size versions on qvc. >> i think it's time for me to try something to try to get rid of these rolls in my body. >> smooth things out, stella, right? >> yes, indeed. >> reporter: now there's spanx for me. what's happening with you? you look great. >> i'm wearing spanx. >> guys are waking up and saying why wouldn't we do something that makes us look and feel a little better in our clothes. >> yeah, why just the girl

i agree with your focus in the blank case -- blake case. although we try to get the interview and tried to distract you in the cause, you are right to focus on the case. in the end, we had a conversation after verdict. in the end, it is important to be concerned about the image, not during the case, but in general, of public defender offices and criminal defense attorneys. i think it is also important to make a distinction. while i agree an effort should be made to show the difference between criminal attorneys and public defenders for this reason. when we would ask people about this distinction -- first of all, people can recite law-and- order language in the criminal justice system -- and they can recite that but not the sixth amendment. they also cannot tell you the difference between public defenders and criminal defense attorneys. when we would tell them about public defenders, they but say, oh, i get that. and whatever they describe their political affiliation to be, they liked the idea. they supported it. they wanted their tax dollar

. >> reporter: mayor stephanie rawlings-blake gets the endorsement of a major senator. >> i think she has leadership, know-how, dedication and integrity. >> reporter: frank conaway stands with his supporters before filing. >> i'm ready to g some of them -- go. some of them that are running are younger but i doubt as energetic. >> reporter: otis rolling said he's not surprised by the competition. >> you see a lot of people jumping in the race because they think the bar is low. they think i'm honest, so i can be mayor. it needs competency skim and -- skill and experience. >> reporter: mayor stephanie rawlings-blake assumed the role after sheila dixon left. the field also includes jodi landers, but mayor stephanie rawlings-blake is expected to have a clear advantage. >> senator mikulski taught me that if you think you can get -- that being a woman you're afforded any extra woman, it's tougher for a woman and you have to be tough in order to succeed. >> reporter: there's still plenty of time for additional candidates to file before the deadline. i'm pat warren. now back to you on televisi

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plus, another endorsement for stephanie rawlings-blake. >> like mother, like daughter. we will explain the family connection when it comes to health. >> i think we can all agree this is a good day for america. our country has kept its commitment to see that justice is done. >> the president says the world is safer and a better place now that osama bin laden has been killed. live team coverage continues at 5 o >> it's official, frank conaway has found his candidacy for baltimore mayor. he outlined his campaign plans and says he has the most ordinary citizen experience, calling most of baltimore's recent mayor's elitist. another endorsement for mayor stephanie rawlings lake. u.s. senator barbara mikulski became the second member to support her election bid. >> i am endorsing stephanie because i think she has leadership, no how, dedication, and integrity. >> murkowski says mayor stephanie rawlings-blake understands the need for good schools and communities. congressman in logic cummings also announced his support for the mayor's bid for reelection. -- congressman in elijah

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we have been using reverse validation, and i do have mark blake. he is from the city attorney's office. the next slide talks about the same project. you can see the projects that were completed, at 525 golden gate. >> very quickly, we talked about this yesterday. we have the opinion that this is not for the ongoing maintenance? >> i will have him speak to this. this is exempt from taxes, and part of this is because of the due diligence, to make certain that this is not operating. i can have him speak to that. >> thank you. the next slide just shows you certificates of participation, and to answer your question, we have 740 currently outstanding and the rest of that is in interest. you ask about the breakdown was, and we have about 740 in principles, and about 571 in interest. this is just a short -- a chart showing you this. the next slide is focused on the true general fund, taking out everything that is self supporting, and the debt is about 229 maximum. 21.2 million. >> this is the general fund, the debt service. >> correct. >> the first chart s

blake can talk about -- we are the only jurisdiction here. maybe a perspective on that? by voter, by initiative? i would love to get your thoughts and general on the implications of what if we were not to have that restriction, not only in terms of ease of operations, but in terms of cost of debt? >> sure. i recall there was a change in the 1970's or 1980's that changed this restriction in san francisco you do not have elsewhere. i think more tools and the tool kit are always hopeful in this world. i think as the city, over the last 10 years, we have been going forward to the voters with different charter amendments. we have committed ourselves to ability to issue revenue bonds, and the voters are increasing their bonds for most of our government. so, the public utilities commission has the ability to issue bonds without a vote of the people or a series of ballot initiatives over the last 10 years. when the open space fund was reopened for rec and park, that included the ability to issue bonds for that revenue steam -- revenue stream. most recently, the libraries -- prop

. >> johnny cash, the man in blake. major, please read the citation. >> johnny cash, for his contribution to the music and entertainment industry. [cheers and applause] >> jon: i heard you shot a man in reno just to watch him die. [laughter] [mimicking george bush laughing] seriously, hannity, what's the difference? what's the difference? would you be this concerned about a musician who used the same type of rhetoric or violence about president obama. >> if this was somebody who used the same type of rhetoric about violence against president obama, i would be against it. >> jon: oh, if only we had the tape. [laughter] i mean, that would really make you look bad. [laughter] too bad we spent all day having so much fun listening to johnny cash album, so we didn't have chance to find a tape that would be the absolute clearest -- i'm kidding. we have it. >> you punk. obama, he's a piece of [bleeped]. [inaudible] >> that was friend and frequent guess of the program ted nugent expressing his feelings towards democratic preside

another big-name endorsements from baltimore city -- for baltimore mayor barbara rawlings-blake. senator barbara mikulski will put her support behind her in the next campaign. and north and rally is scheduled in canton. -- an endorsement rally is scheduled in canton. annette no air strike reportedly killed one of muammar gaddafi sons, but did not harm a long time libyan leader. a spokesman says several of his grandchildren also killed in the attack. a rebel spokesman says he doubts the death of gadhafi's done earlier today. rebels rejected a cease-fire offer, saying gaddafi lacks credibility. >> we don't believe there is a solution that includes him or any member of his family. it is well past any discussions. the only solution is for him to depart. >> of libyan spokesman today called the attack on gaddafi a war crime. there is more to come on 11 news tonight. locals head out to celebrate spring in towson. just hours before a historic lift off, the space shuttle endeavour's launch was scratched. the latest on repairs and when the spaceshot life finally blastoff. plus, how some pe