mr. farrell and supervisor wiener -- commissioner campos: i would ask you to refer your comments to the entire commission. thank you. >> i know. that's a good way of deferring everyone being criticized. i have a right to say what i think about members of the body whose behavior i think is most egregious. you've really got to the point where you think 99% of the citizens of the city do not matter at all. i met the point where any of you are running for reelection, and voting for anyone else but you. commissioner campos: just a reminder -- >> i know we're not electioneering. commissioner campos: just a public comment on the specific item. >> and my public comment is a person came up here, very politely ask you to listen to what she had to say, and you just ignore hurt the entire time. commissioner campos: thank you. >> my name is george. i have lived in the corridor. we can look at the bold alternatives as well as the need to spend more on the options. i would like to say two things quickly today. one is the cost effectiveness calculations and also the reliability of the issues. i specifically r

mr. farrell. >> do you want --. >> i'm sorry, supervisor wiener and then supervisor farrell. >> thank you, madam chair. again, thank you to both candidates. i as i did two weeks ago or three weeks ago, whenever the last meeting was, support mr. wolff and am proud to join supervisor cohen in that support. i also know that rebecca rolf, executive director of the lgbt center which provides services to low income people, was here but due to the length of the last item had to leave and i know she feels strongly about this and i agree with her. i think mr. wolff would provide an excellent perspective on the market-octavia cac as i mentioned, i work with the cac frequently and i think he would bring a terrific perspective. i also think the lgbt center, having the center directly connected into the cac makes a lot of sense as we have more development in that part of market street the lgbt center is going it play a more and more significant role in the community so i think it makes sense to have someone from the center on there, which is why i was excited when mr. wolff applied. i think he does wo

>> supervisor farrell: that's fine. mr.fortune is up here first. >> peter fortune, president of san francisco beautiful, but unfortunately i'm not here in that capacity because as hard as we try to learn about all the issues that might affect the neighborhoods we didn't have notice of this and i think that process was backed up by the people who have testified so far. we didn't get notice and there must be a reason for that and it seems like it's the best kept secret although there was some attempt at outreach. supervisor farrell, will you send an e-mail around to your constituents and tell them there's going to be a hearing or you will sit down and tuck to all of your constituents about this so we can have a full and fair hearing and people can voice their concerns and support. postpone this hearing. i challenge you to do that. i get all your e-mails. i haven't heard squat about this restaurant. i don't know why. i don't know why you haven't said look, there's going to be a hearing, there's going to be a restaurant, everyb

thank you very much. >> after mr. -- chairperson farrell: after mr. paulson, we have further speakers. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am not convinced the bond funds will not be used for now. we have read tailed hawks, woodpeckers, and over 40 species of birds who visit our features, including the non native, but much-beloved wild parrots, as they are called. we have also seen skunks, possums, squirrels, and other clear favorites. look at mount davidson. it is like a wound. nap seems to think plants cut -- trump animals. poison has been used all over glen canyon. nap is a misguided plan that diverts our tax dollars to a wasteful agenda. >> ♪ city country roads take me home with a song for those bonds make it safe make it pretty make it better, won't you? you make a blue-green city. make it better in the city night city was ous -- ours and i still can see blue-green city in my dreams wo-wo-won't you president chiu love the parks, do some park to love someone like you the trees and plants oh, how they grew love, won't you do we need a better better f

mr. farrell, i think we elected you as our representative. don't know if you're representing the restaurant industry or what but you need to do a better job in our neighborhood. i'm fourth generation san franciscan also. thank you. >> supervisor farrell: thank you very much. next speaker please. >> good morning. my name is allen kaplan. i do have a vested interest in the marina. i've lived there since 1984 diagonally across the street from the degaussing station and the marina green. i'm here for several reasons. one is, as supervisor ferrell knows, i'm a vocal communicator whenever there is noise and am very sensitive to protecting the neighborhood and the quiet that we have. i do think -- i was thrilled when i heard that something was actually going to be done with the degaussing station which i've run around for 25 years and watched -- it's been renovated three or four times and there was something going to happen and nothing happen and it's kind of an eyesore. i'm here basically to support the mcnifns. i've known the family since 1988 whe

the us out canto mr farrel better read better watch r.g.p. . see who's got the money and who doesn't have the money because so far the chinese seem to be doing oh i'd better and certain they'll be setbacks in china of course and we in america have horrible setbacks as we rose to power to go over but in the . midst of these alone yes two choices you could draw divorce from the us a good driver barred from china a as a good boy but what about some of those concerns about the housing china over building of luxury condos nothing. too big of a government footprint a bubble that's collapsing are those problems you're worried about. i don't know what i don't know where the global is the chinese stock market is down about seventy percent from its all time high it's a very strange bubble that is. as far as property yes as that are both in urban coastal real estate this list of pros a little late again the chinese have been trying to pop that bubble for three years they have. prices coming down they've raised interest rates they've raised reserve require

mr. farrell was awarded the book prize for biography. live coverage begins now. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. can i have your attention please? my name is scott berg. this panel is called biography, the american century. before we get into it. one or two minor housekeeping issues. immediately after this panel all the arturs will go and i hope you will follow to a signing area. lots of people directing you there. you can continue any conversations you might want to start over there. the second thing, i know i have been doing these panels since the festival of books began 15 years ago and i started each one saying the same thing which becomes truer and truer which is i can think of no greater gift then a newspaper has bestowed upon its community then this festival of books. [applause] we want our festival of books. now just to introduce our panelists and we will hop right in. to my immediate left is richard reeves, senior lecturer on this campus at the school for communication and journalism. he is here in some ways under false pretenses in that this

mr. farrell, welcome back to "mad money."it's great to be with you. >> first of all, i always check insider buying and insider selling because if the ceo's dumping stock it gives me a bad taste in my mouth. i see a series of the opposite. you guys just bought a lot of stock, didn't you? >> we did. a couple officers and three or four of our directors have been buying stock. >> that's part of a program you have. this is not idle buying. this is a series -- this is real money you're putting down, right? >> these are not grants. these are cash -- these are using our own cash to buy stock. >> they a guy, i'm not going to pick on them. no, i'm not. bank of america and merrill lynch is calling this stock underweight and says that you've got 2.5 billion in debt financing in fiscal year 12 and feels that the merchant generation is going well. you obviously putting money where your mouth is and do not agree with this underweight sell report. >> no. i know the company pretty well, and been working there close to 20 years. i can't think

mr. chan. i think you addressed supervisor farrell's question. mr. todd david. >> supervisors campos, kim and farrell, nice to see you: thank you for considering my appointment to the sunshine commission. i think transparency is incredibly important. i think that transparency breeds a sense of trust and so there's nothing more important for government than to be transparent so that the voters who have elected you know that you're making really good decisions. i think that one of the key things that i think that the sunshine ordinance task force could really do is i think a lot of people speaking about efficiencies and things like that but really embracing technology to try to avoid violations, that probably aren't purposeful or necessary, so making sure there's training involved at the departments and making sure that technology is embraced at kind of every level to avoid those unnecessary violations. and just one comment that i have regarding supervisor farrell's question that keeps coming up to the current members of the task force. i would just hav

mr. eicher. supervisor farrell: thank you, mr. chiu. you know, colleagues from my point of view, i was on the rules committee when we considered the candidates. both mr. lee and mr. eicher obviously very well qualified. mr. lee has extensive experience in the city, as does mr. eicher and supervisor wiener spoke very well about it. but from my point of view, it is really simple and a rule we really adhere to, until i think about this time, this appointment on the rules committee, was that when we have qualified san francisco candidates as supervisor wiener mentioned, to grant a residency waiver requirement for someone, it's just something we don't do if we have a san franciscan willing to represent. i know mr. lee has been in district two for a long time and i believe and understand he moved out for personal reasons and i very much respect that. on a very personal level. however, the fact remains he is asking for a residency waiver requirement. what are we seeing -- saying as a board here if we're going to overturp the rules committee, g