i'm scott patterson, candidate for the ballot simplification committee. my family traces its roots in san francisco back to when they immigrated from italy in 1881 so we've been around for a long time. i've been a member of the faculty at san francisco state university as a professor of broadcast and electronic communication arts for over 20 years. for 10 of those years, i served as chair of the department. i've also been a member of the national academy of television arts and sciences which has brought me before you today. i'm currently serving as a governor in that organization. i live in the richmond district and my wife and i have lived there for well over 20 years and we're child-free. i look forward to any questions you may have. >> great. any questions from committee members? yes? supervisor yee? >> i'm sorry. mr. patterson? >> hello, yes. >> yeah. could you -- i didn't get a chance to meet with you or meet with anybody in my office. so, can you just tell -- give a little more background, your background so i could get to know you? >> i'm trained p

chief executive of the nga, scott patterson. friends, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. it is a great honor for me to be here at the heart of the american federation. i want to thank you for your hospitality as we thank president trump and first ladyy melania trump and for the very warm welcome and hospitality accorded lucy and me during our visit. now both our countries are federations and indeed our federation and our constitution were in no small measure inspired by yours. it's why some political scientists describe our system of government, which is a parliamentary system as you know, as being washminster a combination of washington and westminster. it works very well but as i said to some of you last night i don't know whether this is true here but complaining about the australian federation is like complaining about switzerland's mountains. so work with it. and we're joined by our counterparts, your counterparts the premiers and chief ministers of our states and territories. now our two nations are federations of great states and each is so much greater than the su

the sheriff announced during the thursday news conference deputy scott patterson resigned after being suspended without pay. israel said he made the decision add reviewing video surveillance and he said patterson responded to the building where the shooting took place and took up a pittsburgh outside the door but never went in. it gets more tragic as we get more of these details. this is something folks will talk about forking a long time. it does suggest that if you have a trained deputy that seems to be indecisive, can armed teachers make a split in second decision if they have to. >> i think they can. if they can and they are brave people, but they shouldn't have to defend their students by shielding them with their own bodies. sacrificing themselves giving up their lives. if they wish to take the training, no one should be forced to carry you a gun. if they are willing to carry a gun and get the training, there are former police and military people who offered to train people for free. the guns lose their mystique and they are lines of defense. you don't see all the other people -

thanking -- [inaudible conversations] [applause] a discussion on crime writing with authors scott, richard north patterson and greg ills is next from the 2018

thanking -- [inaudible conversations] [applause] a discussion on crime writing with authors scott, richard north patterson and greg ills is next from the 2018 rancho mirage writers festival in california. good afternoon. welcome back. i think it's -- you would all agree i'm sure what a wonderful, wonderful couple of days this has been a great festival. [applause] to our founder jamie, just brilliant job. brilliant job. [laughter] shy as he is brilliant job. this is a panel called crime does pay. we could spend a few hours amongst ourself it is talking about whether that's true or not. but it's catchy. i feel somewhat like i was trying to find the right analogy my husband who really does love me and -- is a pretty modern guy said well think of it like you're a rookie player with three hall of fame percent -- that you're interviewing, and i i was up half of the night trying to think of something with a feminist twist. so for those of you who know your literary history, there was a young woman very young woman named mary godwin and she married a very famous, british poet named percy shelly. on their honeymoo