president o'brien: commissioner dooley? commissioner dooley: i would just like to add the other recommendation about how some really small businesses don't have cash registers with these separate -- that have that ability to do a separate line item. so that we would recommend working on that portion of the bill to figure out a way to allow those small businesses to comply without having to be buying a brand-new cash register. >> i appreciate all your thought process on this, and i agree with you that i think that will add to the point before it would convert from 10 cents to 25 cents, that there be a proper assessment on its impact. i think you're right about that. and it's a very good suggestion. and then commissioner dooley's suggestion as well. president o'brien: all right. so do you have -- do we put a motion there? do we need to characterize this into a same? commissioner adams: i motion we go ahead and approve this legislation with the two recommendations that were put before us, just as recommendations, and let the d

commissioner dooley: they're not covered, ok. president o'brien: meaning they would be allowed. >> a specialty. >> a lot of darget bags would meet the definition of re-usable. president o'brien: chick introduction of your name and speak into the mic. >> jake massey with the department of the environments. so we looked into garment bags and many of them are thicker than what needs to be to qualify as a re-usable bag. so it seeps like there's a lot of options out there for garment bags to be re-usable bags. and we kind of clarify that in the ordinance, that it didn't have to have handles per se, that typical bags have, since your handle becomes a handle. so we see this as encouraging. the garment bags that actually can be reused, versus this thin, flimsy plastic that is not re-usable and ends up creating problems with litter and the disposable stream. commissioner dooley: my last question is just another minor thing, which is, a lot of businesses buy a whole hot of bags in advance. so is there some kind of way they can get a waiver

commissioner dooley: no, i had a comment. i was going to say that this has been a tough call for the small- business community. it is asking a lot. it still comes down to having to punish most of the good people and did the if you evildoers have brought this on everyone. i would like to acknowledge that this current incarnation is less punitive than the one we heard before. at this point, we have to move on and see how this one works. i want to make the comment that this is going to cause some hardships for some businesses. we should not underestimate that when we are moving forward. commissioner adams: i want to echo commissioner dooley's statement. i agree with you. that being said, i would like to acknowledge the small business office regina for all of your work and support and letting small businesses be heard at these meetings. there have been a lot of them. i want to acknowledge on behalf of myself and the rest of the commissioners the job you have done, not only from us. i hear from people all over this town, the work

commissioner dooley: i want to ask a clarifying question. in the case of an industrial building being the one for being converted to office and the lower floor maintaining its industrial use, right? only the floor that is converting to office is subject to the feet, is that correct? >> correct. completely converting. they are already there, but legally -- commissioner dooley: is there an additional fee if your subdividing that from one great big space to five spaces? >> i can't talk about the future because you're not allowed to subdivide. commissioner dooley: not office, industrial tenants that might not need as large as space. you're still using it for production, distribution and repair at a lower level. you can subdivide it at will. and again, i will get back to every use like that will require some office attached to it, generally. >> yes, even manufacturing has had part of it, usually 20% or 25% for people, executives of the industrial use, office employees. the planning code assumes that 25% of industrial users, it will be office. tha

>> aye. >> clyde. >> aye. >> dooley. >> aye. riley. >> aye. >> it passes 5-0. >> thank you. next item, please. >> commissioners, item 11, directors report. an update on the report of small business. update on departmentment programs and make announcements regarding small business activities. special item. >> commissioners, i will submit to you in writing mostly the directors report, just a couple of things to just note. one, i did want to say, i also wanted to thank you for your leadership and guidance. that helped staff greatly when we, you know, get direction as well from you. so the one thing i did want to address in my directors report in regards to health care ordinance and will i think this is probably a -- whether this falls under policy or under outreach and economic. but with the affordable care act going into implementation, those phases, there is going to be reporting of amounts that businesses are going to have to do. for small businesses, i don't think that kicks in until -- you know, after 2014, but it is going to have -- they are going to have to report on the

commissioner riley: i agree with commissioner dooley and adams. this is going to save a lot of confusion and time. i was concerned about the due dates but then i read and that the bills will be prorated. that is great. commissioner clyde: hopefully i will never pay and other late feet again. over 30 years there have been some painful ones. thank you for that. i am assuming that the rollout will be the education a time to educate the businesses. i hope the treasury's office will have someone when this happens, when people get their bills to work with anyone that might be having trouble. i know that they might have trouble. as i pointed out, property taxes are at do as well as income tax payments. it is a busy time. mostly, your property taxes. for small businesses who might have trouble, i am hoping there will be someone in place to help them in case they get caught. it is a find job. thank you. >> this will be rolled out over the course of 2012. it will be implemented by march 2013. >> just to clarify, what we will be doing after this cleanup, we

president o'brien: thank you, commissioner dooley.ioner dooley: also, i think it's great legislation. the time has come and we need to do this. it's not that big a deal. but i have just a few things i wanted to ask about, which is i know as being a very small business owner, a lot of businesses don't have really fancy cash registers or don't even have cash registers. so i'm wondering if there's some way to tweak some alternative of reporting for those folks, you know, to show that they charge for the bag, or however the recording is. i'm just a little concerned, because not everyone's cash registers have that kind of ability. i mean, i know my cash register was a box. so just something to think about in terms of offering some way for really tiny businesses. >> ok. commissioner dooley: and then the other thing is, what about garment bags?

commissioner dooley?ioner dooley: yes, i want to make a few comments, things we might want to request before continuing on with this legislation. one would definitely be to push back the implication date. it seems that there is more work to be done. the walkers are going to need to be prepared for that, and i think that we should request the longer period of time until it comes into effect. they paid apprentice program, perhaps one that would have lower fees than at the moment existing common stock trading group. certainly, i would urge you to find ways to rev alternative to just having a single choice. i think that the dog professionals should be able to work that out, figure out a way to make that work for them. lastly, along with the aid, i would request that perhaps there would be an amendment that would allow an additional one unpaid personal blog to be allowed as part of the pack. i am out all of the time with my dog, and the owner's dog is sort of like the herding dog. i do see those dogs are the o

commissioner dooley: just about the timeline of how this rolled out, what is the notification process over the three years? >> three months after the zoning took place january 19th of 2009, the planning department sent out a letter for all property owners. it was about

commissioner dooley: just about the timeline of how this rolled out, what is the notification process over the three years? >> three months after the zoning took place january 19th of 2009, the planning department sent out a letter for all property owners. it was about 7000, they told me. it has been rezoned, uses without permits. there is a legitimization program. i saw that, and number of clients and said, what is this. unfortunately, it was drafted by attorneys. it is sort of an occupational hazard. a lot of people really didn't make sense of it. it also went to property managers whose addresses a were -- i went to the director of planning about six months ago. i suggested that other notification be sent out to those people. if it wasn't something to me that was really clear. i heard from a lot of people that a lot of them were sent back to wrong addresses. he used the same mailing list. that was the process. the address is not correct, there were multiple property owners, there was no effort to do that. the property owners, some of them don't pay as much attention as the tenants t

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commissioner dooley: just about the timeline of how this rolled out, what is the notification process over the three years? >> three months after the zoning took place january 19th of 2009, the planning department sent out a letter for all property owners. it was about 7000, they told me. it has been rezoned, uses without permits. there is a legitimization program. i saw that, and number of clients and said, what is this. unfortunately, it was drafted by attorneys. it is sort of an occupational hazard. a lot of people really didn't make sense of it. it also went to property managers whose addresses a were -- i went to the director of -- i went to the director of planning about six months ago.

. >>> new for you this morning, occupiers in boston are supposed to be out of dooley square later today. they were given until midnight tonight to pack up their things and leave. right now there's word that some people were arrested. there were hundreds of protestors in the square and despite that deadline many of them remain outside. >>> the occupy movement will attempt to shut down ports along the west coast. this is planned for monday. this is video of occupy oakland that was shut down in their poverty, this happened last month. but unlike the last time, they're not having the support of the dock workers union and without the support of the workers who make those docks run, the protestors will be forced to rely on sheer numbers and their own devices to blockade the sprawling port that spans from san diego all the way to alaska. >>> driving was a little safer this year, fewer people dying in car crashes in maryland. the national highway traffic safety administration says the numbers were down 10% from last year. there were 493 deaths last year, compared to 549 that took place in 2009.

police were led to the suspect, keith dooley. police say he forces wait inside the home in severna park and then took off in their car. he's being held in jail on unrelated charges. >> police are hoping you'll recognize a man involved in the case of identity of death. investigators say he conducted two wire transfers back on november 23 and again on november 28. i think we have the photo. we don't have the photo. if you know anything about the case, call metro crime stoppers at 1-866-7-lockup. >> the latest on washington and your paycheck. the showdown over extending this year's 2% payroll tax cut came up for a vote last night. the bill passed by the debate is far from over. >> this bill is terrible. it is terrible. >> most house democrats voted against republican's plan for extending this year's payroll tax cuts. democrats want the rich to pay for it. >> republicans are saying, "sure, we'll give you a tax cut, but we're going to slash your husband's unemployment benefits in order to pay for it." >> the yeas are 234, the nays are

coach dooley would come into those coffees feeling good about his chances in the ballgame that day and by the time he finished having coffee with larry munson, he had to go back and rewrite his playbook for the ballgame. larry munson was simply a man who loved the university of georgia. he loved calling football games and he loved putting his emotions into those calls. he was a man who cared not just about the university of georgia but about its students. he used to have what he called a wednesday night movie night where he would invite students to join him at a theater in athens, georgia, and he would just share time, his time with students that he loved, and he did this for years and years and years. and i have heard stories from some of those folks who attended those movie nights that larry munson was more passionate about movies than he was about university of georgia football, which is hard to imagine. but as we look back on the life of larry munson, those of us who live and breathe georgia football, we will always remember the passionate calls, the way that he put his heart and s

dooley is already behind bars for unrelated charges. >>> new information about a robbery on the towson university campus. police identify the suspect as 47-year-old larry mcknight. he's charged with robbing the pnc bank inside the university union. police also believe he robbed a bank of america last night. detectives are seeing if he is connected to other crimes. >>> we are enjoying unusually warm december weather outside right now. it is a beautiful, mild winter night. bob turk is updating the conditions in the first warning weather center. beautiful on the water there, bob. >> started off very chilly. it warmed up nicely. up to 51 now. we're at 45. the sun has already set. the dew point, 25. but we'll see a few clouds probably overnight. by the way, there's a meteor shower, beginning late tonight. you may want to look out, 10:00 to 3:00 in the morning, you may see some shooting stars. as i said, this morning was cold. 23, 30 in washington. 19 in cumberland. 20 in ocean city. and now, tomorrow, mild air continues continues to flow into the east. we'll be above what we saw today. ther

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on monday, thomas dooley. tuesday, adlai stevenson. wednesday, barry goldwater. thursday, a hip -- thursday, and hubert humphrey. friday, george wallace. saturday, george mcgovern followed by billionaire businessman ross perot. every nightders" on on c-span. >> i am here arguing in favor of higher taxes on the wealthy. i am one of the wealthiest 1%. >> would you guys be willing to do it -- to donate to the department of treasury? >> individually? >> yes. >> no. >> i am very active, philanthropic leagcally. >> i have a donation paige for the government. >> that will not help anybody. you heard me. you are being silly. >> i am a video journalists. what you're doing is almost like citizen journalism. that is when an individual who does not have that much training in journalism has the tools of modern technology to capture a a live -- capture a live event, but does not have a background in journalism. >> video journal as michelle fields shares her experiences tonight on c-span's "q&a." >> next weekend "booktv and american history -- "booktv" and "american history tv.

tonight we will look at the republican tom dooley. after that, eric schmidt speaking to the economic club of washington d.c. and then brain injuries and posttraumatic stress disorder among veterans. and then a look at innovation policy with the former white house adviser. >> midland high school student, for this year's c-span studentcam competition, we want you to tell us what part the constitution has meaning to you, and why. get it to c-span by january 20, 2012. it is less than a month away for your chance to win the grand prize of $5,000. there is $50,000 in total prices. it is open to students in grades 6-12. for more details, go online to studentcam.org. >> tuesday on "washington journal" a discussion about the role of libertarians in 2012 with nicholas be. after that, a look at u.s. troop drawdown. and later we will talk about the latest statistics of illegal immigrants in the u.s.. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> gov. thomas e. dewey reaches over california on his campaign around the nation. striking at com