and that became principal skinner. >> yeah. >> but the others were just totally, you know, imaginary.> is it still fun to do after all these years? >> yeah, i mean, you know, i resisted doing series television because i just couldn't bear the idea of doing one character every week all the time. and so the simpsons allows me to do 17 or 18, which is exactly what i wanted. >> right. >> and in fact, sometimes -- is it true you do mr. burns and smithers together essentially talking to yourself. >> oh yeah. >> .in one take? >> oh yeah. >> it's just the way we do it and, you know, you sort of get that skill to talk to yourself, if you hadn't had it before. >> you get it in that moment. you mentioned le show. i shouldn't let moments pass saying a word about that. that's actually if, if spinal tap seems like it's been going for a long time, '84, le show actually goes back to '83. >> mm-hmm. >> you've been doing that in one form or fashion or another for all those years. >> yeah. >> always with kcrw out of santa monica. >> yes, yes. >> it airs on public radio stations, not every place but in a

there were putting forward things for consideration because of certain times those id skinner's work. i do not think of was ever anybody's intention to force that down anybody's throat. i think that when viral on the entertainment commission and i felt bad for you. president newlin: any further public comment? item two, review and approve the minutes of march 22, 2011, april 12, 2011, and april 26, 2011. >> i would move that we sever april 26. i do not think we have a quorum to move on that. otherwise, i would move that we approve the other 2 the rosettes of minutes. -- the other two sets of minutes. >> i was here on the 22nd, but not on the 12th. could we take those one at a time? the minutes of march 22. president newlin: public comment? no public comment on the april 12, or march 22? >> i am calling the roll. commissioner perez: aye. commissioner meko: aye. vice chair joseph: aye. commissioner benetti: aye. president newlin: aye. >> march 22. vice chair joseph: move to approve april 12. >> i can't do some house. commissioner perez: aye. commissioner meko: aye. vice chair joseph: ay

what nancy skinner path bill says is that kind of action is a nexus, and they have to collect sales tax. in terms of the affiliates, that is the deal. the board equalization says that sales tax revenues lost in the state of california is now $300 billion annually. we have been fighting desperate with the northern california independent booksellers association. we have been fighting this in california for 12 years. amazon have been collecting sales tax in the last decade at, let's say, $200 million a year. we would give them credit for not having sold so much 10 years ago. multiply that by 10 years and it is a lot of money. the advantage that amazon and the others have over all the businesses to sought in this room, and i want to get back to that, is basically a 10% price cap, 9.75%. off the bat, they get a 10% better deal. this book business, which is why we get involved -- i used to joke that amazon would soon disappear -- would soon be selling lawn furniture. you can buy a lawn furniture now from amazon. home depot told us the no. 1 seller of barbecues in the united states -- home dep

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however, assembly member nancy skinner one of the authors of the new online tax law issued a statement saying, severing affiliate ties won't change the fact that under our efairness law they will still need to collect sales taxes. we hope that amazon and overstock rethink these bullying tactics. >> it's a staring competition with amazon. amazon won blink. >> reporter: says the law backfires if the businesses will leave california. >> if they can shift across the border to nevada and do this, they probably will. >> reporter: as for mindy, she feels caught in the middle. >> this hurts though. this feels personal. this feels like aren't there bigger fish to go after? was this low enough hanging fruit? it's going to hurt a lot of little people. >> reporter: kiet do, cbs 5. >> we received an email last night from an amazon executive who says, this legislation is counterproductive and will not cause our retail business to collect sales tax for the state. >>> survivors of the san bruno pipeline explosion are upset that safe and sane fireworks are still legal in their city. san bruno is one of

. >> assembly woman nancy skinner has been trying to push through the so-called amazon tax. >> if they decide to be the bully that they've threatened to be, we've got lots of great retailers, sears, barns and noble, target, home depot. all have programs. >> and amazon cut tie was affiliates in arkansas, ill skpil connecticut after those states passed similar laws, interestingly the company did not cut ties to new york. live in sacramento, abc 7 news. >> thank you. and at san francisco international airport tonight, shuttle cars, and now, they're fighting back. abc 7 is live at sfo with the story for us. vick? >> well, carolyn, these small shuttle operators are angry. they say that this prefr ren shall treatment has been going on decades. now, they say it's starting to affect their livelihood. >> it's constant. like a dictatorship happening to us at the airport. do you have anything against my company? against little companies, here? >> eric's anger is directed at john martin and the airport commission. he owns an airport shuttle service, one of several shuttle operateors attending this

. >> assembly woman nancy skinner has been trying for years to push through the so-called amazon tax. >> if amazon decides to be the bully that they threatened to be we have lots of great barnes andsears, borns and noble, home depot. >> amazon cut ties in arkansas, connecticut and illinois when those states cut similar laws. interestingly, they did not cut ties to new york. nannette miranda, abc 7 news. >>> california is the 7th and largest state in the country to pass a law to collect taxes on out-of-state internetales. illinois, arkansas and connecticut acted earlier this year. north carolina, rhode island and new york since 2008. other states currently are considering similar bills. and by thet that supershuttle s getting preferencial treatment and now they are fighting back. vic lee reports. >> it is constant like a dictatorship that is happening to us at the airport. do you have anything against my company, against all of the little company here? >> reporter: eric's anger is directed at the airport director john martin and the airport commission. he owns an airport shuttle servic

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however, assembly member nancy skinner, one of the authors of the new online tax law, issued a statement saying, "severing affiliate ties won't change the fact that under our efairness law, they will still need to collect sales taxes. we hope that amazon and overstock rethink these bullying tactics." >> it's kind of a staring competition with amazon. and amazon is not going to blink. >> reporter: cnet has been covering the issue for ten years. they say the law could backfire if businesses leave california. >> it's going to drive them out of state because firefighter they can just shift a-- because if they can just shift across the border to nevada, they probably will. >> reporter: mindy feels caught in the middle. >> this hurts. this feels personal. aren't there bigger fish to go after? was this the one we needed to pick? was this low enough hanging fruit? it's only going to hurt a lot of little people. >> reporter: kiet do, cbs 5. >> we received an email from an amazon executive to says this legislation is counterproductive and won't cause our retail business to collect sales tax for th

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before serving two terms as mayor of pressto, captain bubba skinner in "the heat of the night."ver to politics crossing folks on the court, three-time nba all-star and current mayor of sacramento, kevin johnson. also another one for you here, you know him, as the minnesota governor, jesse ventura. he was a wrestler first, but did you know he was also a mayor, mayor of brooklyn park, minnesota. we've got three more i'm going to share with you after the break. there's a good chance you can come up with one or two off the top of your head. i'm right back. >>> all right. about a quarter of the top of the hour now. as you know congressman anthony weiner had his heart set on running for mayor of new york in 2013. that might not be possible given the latest scandal he is just going through, but now actor alec baldwin says he may jump into that race. he, though, would not be the first celebrity to run for mayor. in the case, let's continue now of the celebrities turned mayors. cincinnati mayor turned talk show host this time, yes, jerry springer, a prostitution scandal that forced him o

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harkin: i ask unanimous consent that derrick skinner of senator bingaman's office be given privileges to the floor during s. 679. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. harkin: madam president, just listening to my good friend from utah talk, speaking here -- and he is a good friend of mine -- and others who have been she canning here for the last hour -- who have been speaking around here for the last hour, members reus are short around here. i mean really short. forget about the attention span; memories are really short. how soon we forget that at the end of the clinton years after we had worked with president clinton to pass measures that brought in more revenues, that kept our spending under control, we had four years of balanced budgets. four years not only to balance budgets; budget surpluses. when president clinton left office, he left george w. bush the biggest surplus ever in our history. the c.b.o. stpaeud we just continued -- said if we continued on with the policies we had we would have paid off the national debt by 2010. then the republicans come riding into town i

one fan wrote, whoa, you're scary skinner. rimes used twitter to defend herself.ur standard for what is proper conversation is beginning to singer in response to all this unmediated communication. >> reporter: for all the good twitter offers, clearly some twitter hool'ics haven't learne to mediate themselves. >> lola is a pop culture expert. care line noor is a editor of "common sense." there's no question twitter has revolutionized the way america communicates but how has it altered things. >> it's man public figures a lot more accessful and i feel that people feel there's a sense of intimacy that they've never had before. what happens is the boundaries that skpiftd before no longer exist. people feel like they can speak directly to leann rimes. she bypasses her handlers and speaks directly to her fans and detractors. where we used to have barriers and we go to the conversation, it can be no longer. >> it can be nice. shaquille o'neal spoke directly to his fans and said help me out. i think's a dark side of salina gomez and the death threats she's received from t

my father had the first chaplain in the nfl, tom skinner.m was most impressed upon us by my mother and in her way she would teach us the blessing of freedom. in times when we are moping around because my father has been fired or lost a game board of the stress was, my mother what i'll say gosh, it's not that bad. at least there's not homes following us. at least somebody is not shooting or windows because there's a light on. like many of you out, we still hear voices of our mothers and fathers still in their teachings and those teachings later in life have a great deal of meaning and become poignant. and my view of life was informed in a football family with sports in training camp said on the sidelines and flak for unread and sports myself in watching this going on in washington. watching what is going here in washington. my goodness, nothing to cheer about what decisions coming out of washington. a lot of this hits home and viewing america's future through the eyes of our children. just last year, my wife suzanne and i watched her oldest d