any member of the board for the late items be accepted and ms. jones says this raises issues about the planning departments ability to respond during the initial process. >> may i add to that? if i have 8 days when does the board get to vote within that eight day process? my guess would be it would be at the appeal so they wouldn't know if they should respond to it they will respond to it anyway. >> i think that's correct supervisor kim as a practical matter if planning didn't have time to respond there would obviously be no response in the record. if it was very voluminous for example they could say we haven't had time to respond. >> as it works annoy we make every he effort to respond no matter when it is submitted but there are situation when it comes in two late to prepare a response. so we try to respond verbally at the hearing >> so if we play out the scenario and keeping in mind once an appeal is filed until it's heard at the board it's not like it happens next week. so if someone were to the day before the hearing or actually let's say, you kno

number three regreena dick-endrizzi will be presenting instead of martha yanez for the economics one ms. jones will be presenting. national association of women owners and sf made will not be presenting tonight but they will be making brief remarks. at this time mr. president of the small business commission we can take a motion to approve the agenda. >> do we have a motion to approve the agenda this evening? and we can just do a voice vote. >>i move. >> i second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> motion approved. next item please. >> commissioners we're under section two which is commission overview and we will begin with the small business commission and i believe president adams you have some remarks. >> yes. thank you. and i'm going just going to give a quick overview on the small business commission. the small business commission was chartered by proposition d in november of 2003. the commission consists of seven appointees and mayoral appointees. the commission oversees the office of small business which is the city central point of information and referral for entrepreneurials and small busin

. >> this is from ms. jones to you to counsel for hillary clinton to victoria newman to mr.ennedy, and i'm going to read from it. what he said is suspect suspected former qaddafi regime elements carried out the attacks, i told him that the group that conducted the attacks is affiliated with islamic terrorist. >> september 14 a cia document first published in the weekly standard did we do know that islamic extremts with ties to alaeda participated in the attack, yet rice and other senior officials far from putting out every piece of information as they got it continued to press the false narrative. >> our information, we saw no evidence to back up claims by othershat this was a preplanned or premedited attack did >> wish i could sit here today and say within days, within a week, but september 20 when we came up here, we have a clear picture. we did not have a clear picture. >> another new unveiled image wasent on by mark thompson, immigratn officer the state department counterterrorism bureau. with th the u.s. annexin mentaly facing mortar fire, thompson wrote to patrick kenn

this is from ms. jones to you to counsel for hillary clinton, to mr. kennedy. to almost everyone in the state department. >>" i spoke to libyan ambassador and exercise the of libya leaders continue to make strong statements." this e-mail was sent on september 12, the day after and as a -- the day after benghazi. " when he said his government suspected former qadhafi element were responsible for the attacks, i told him the group that conducted the attacks is affiliated with islamic terrorists. she told him the state department on september 12 days before our ambassador went on national television, as telling the ambassador to libya the group that conducted the attacks, ansar al-sharia, is affiliated with islamic terrorists. mr. hicks, i want to know two things. number one, why in the world would susan rice go on five sunday talk shows and perpetuate it demonstrably false narrative? what impact did it have on the ground in benghazi, the fact that she contradicted the president of libya? >> the first question i cannot provide an answer. perhaps you should ask amba

this is from ms. jones to you to counsel for hillary clinton to mr. kennedy. almost everyone in the state department. i spoke to libyan libyan ambassador and emphasize the importance of libyan leader's continuing to make strong statements. mr. hicks, the e-mail was sent on september 12, the day after benghazi. and several days before ambassador rice's television appearance. when he said his government suspected that former gaddafi regina elements carried out the attacks, i told him that the group that conducted the attacks, ansar al-sharia, is affiliated with islamic terrorist. she told him the -- on september 12, days before the ambassador went on television, is telling the ambassador to libya the group that conducted the attacks, ansar al-sharia, is affiliated with islamic terrorists. mr. hicks, i want to know two things. number one, why in the world would susan rice going five sunday talk shows and put actuate -- and perpetuate a false narrative? what impacted it have on the ground in benghazi, the fact that she contradicted the president of libya? >> that'

particularly emory hilo, jim wooley of jones day and other attorneys, attorneys in my office, the prosecutor's office, ms. perk, and others, who have gone out of their way to help these individuals and will continue to do so. on behalf of all the citizens of cuyohoga county i salute and thank the heroes this case has already revealed. first and foremost, the victims who have found the internal strength and courage to outlast their tormenter and survive this decade of torture and depravity. second, the victims' families who never lost hope for their loved ones and spurred all officials on. third the neighbors and police officers who acted decisively and bravely to rescue these victims. we also commend the professionalism of the cleveland police department, cuyohoga county sheriff's office, and the federal bureau of investigation and the specialists they've given us and the many hundreds of hours they've spent and will spend on this case. they work together effectively and whose determination to bring this case to justice never waivered. for further questions, please submit them to our public information o

ms. mills as copies of that e-mail. we do know the day after beth jones refers to talking to people in libya that it was a terrorist attack. mr. gowdy made that clear in the hearings. so they can say whatever they want. just show us the documents. let us have the documents like we're supposed to when conducting a congressional investigation. this is the oversight committee. stop impeding the investigation. frankly, remember, this goes back to october when congressman chafitz went to libya and the first time ever, mr. hicks testified, the state department sent a lawyer and instructed mr. hicks, do not talk with congressman chafitz unless this lawyer is present. i asked mr. hicks on the witness stand under oath has that ever happened in your 22 years of service in this country in several diplomatic posts around the world have you ever had that kind of order? he said never. first and only time. stop trying to keep us from getting to the truth. give us the information. let's have the hearings. let's let the american people find out what exactly happened. >> h