we have got here a chimera, a mythical beast made up of the body of one thing and the head of another. i am also reminded once again of lewis carroll, as you have heard your for in the past. it is through the looking glass. sentence first, verdict afterward. this is like a trial of hank that is attached to the body of the community gardens. it needs more time. there is no way you can make a rational process out of this unless you deal with two completely separate issues. thank you. >> my name is peter zimpone. i volunteer with the nature group and several other neighborhood park groups to restore parks in san francisco. i am a big believer in recycling and the environment and community gardens, but i also believe in our parks and believe the park should be for park activities. recycling is great, but i do not think it is an appropriate occasion for that activity. i think you need to look at where a suitable place for this activity is. i have listened to all these people talking and it does good work in the community, but i think there are better uses on park land and having a recyclin

circuit reversed judge porteous in scathing terms describing it variously as, quote, inexplicable, a chimera constructed entirely out of whole cloth bordering on the nonsensical and absurd. thus, article i charges a pattern of course of conduct this connection with judge porteous' handling of the liljeberg case, including his failure to recuse himself, his making false and misleading statements at the recusal hear, his solicitation of ref set op -- and his receipt of other things of value from creely including creely's payments for certain of judge porteous' expenses at the 1999 trip to las vegas. now let me turn to article ii. judge porteous' relationship with bail bondsman louis marcotte and his sister, lori marcotte, that mr. schiff discussed. for that it is necessary to return to judge porteous' roots as a state court judge. first, let me take a second to describe how the bail bonds business worked in new orleans and why judge porteous' actions in setting bonds was so financially significant to the marcottes. this is somewhat detailed, and i have tried to distill it to its essentials. a