grossman? mr. grossman, you said from your point of view, that when the task force issued an order, when the complaints come to them, and the task force says the documents and public record should be produced, and it is not produced, that is a separate violation of the sunshine ordinance? >> a violation. >> how was it a violation? the violation is the failure to turn over the document that they have been ordered to produce. >> i'm willing to accept that. either way, it is a violation. either the initial failure that has been determined to be a failure by the task force, which then is a violation, which the custodian under 67.21e can remedy by turning over the records. if the custodian does not do that, it becomes a violation that can then be moved by action of the task force to another body for enforcement. it need not be the ethics commission. >> but what is being moved to the other body is the underlying violation? >> well, it is probably the failure to comply with the water. -- with the order. b

grossman. you have to look at the process. 67.21e, that is the hearing. we provide a method for hearings. once the hearing is done, if we wish to defer to another municipal body with enforcement power, that is where 67. c -- 67c is about. at 67.35 is to circumvent all of that, not go to supervisor records, not go to the sunshine ordinance task force, where they are actively trying to adjudicate them selves on the run. but say they cannot get a record. they then called the city official, they call the mayor's office. if the mayor's office does not take any action on it 40 days, under sunshine ordinance, they can go directly to you or they could go to court to get satisfaction. >> you are not seeing 67.35d as the basis for the commission authority to hear non-violations for the task force? >> it is not for the task force. it is for any person acting on their own volition. if you look at a, b, c, you have to start with a. it talks about any person who has a complaint. that is what we are talking about here. we're not talking about the task force, we're talki

lev grossman's novels include "the magicians" and "the magician king."rves as the book critic for "time" magazine. and welcome to both of you, anne patchett, i'll start with you. you feel disappointment as a writer, indignation as a reader, rage as a book seller. that's how you put it in a "new york times" pieceoday explain why this bothers you so much. >> well, the most important point is really as a book seller because independent bookstores-- as we all know-- are struggling. i have to say pars in a us is is doing pretty well but there is a real pull constantly to figure out how to get readers into the store, how to get them excited about books and especially important literary books and the pew hreutser is a big draw. it's right up there with christmas for bringing people into the store every year. so it's a big loss as a book seller, just not having that prize that people are talking about and getting them into the store to get this particular book. >> brown: lev grossman you wrote in time "for an organization like the pulitzer board to automatically

marc grossman has held just about every major post one can hold in the department of state. ambassador to turkey, assistant secretary of state for european affairs, director general of the foreign service, and undersecretary of state for political affairs, the department's third highest position. since february, 2011, he has served as special representative of afghanistan -- for afghanistan and pakistan with all of the challenges pertaining. and i think it's important to note that marc's diplomatic career was launched in pakistan. that was his first posting. in essence he has come full circle in his career. nilofer sakhi has written extensively. she is founder and chairperson of women's and activities of women's service association where she established the association for peace building and conflict resolution. she served as a country director at the open

last question for marc grossman. first part of it is something you may not want to answer but i will give you a second half of it which will allow you to avoid answering a few sessions. [talking over each other] >> what would be the optimum u.s. military presence in afghanistan post 2014 and related question, how do you balance what is needed to meet afghan and u.s. interests from a force presence standpoint against upsetting afghan neighbors and against the demand of the taliban that there be a withdrawal of more international forces. how do you balance in a way of those factors in terms of setting up what the u.s. presence post 2014 should be. >> i will take one second to pose an economic question. the regional aspect is right. private sector aspect is right and for investments to support afghan private sector. two points if you allow me. first if there are opportunities like minerals that are available now, i don't say this economic vision solve all problems between now and 2014. it does not. there are opportuniti

galenson, melaney grossman, ross stressner, reverend gilda hope, -- glenda hope. sorry. >> i am tony -- speaking for dr. john rauss, i am speaking on the positions -- who work at the place i have been a psychiatrist for many years. i have given tours to commissioners moore and borden, to see how we need more mental health services. the agreement worked out by the commissioner -- regards the highly-touted panel to have the comments of the doctors -- they were taken from the minutes. patients often get strapped down for two days waiting to just get in. this last weekend we had four people waiting 72 hours to get out because the unit's upstairs were to fall. this is substandard care and we are now on red alert for hours at a time. the tax breaks come out of the budget. they skip out on $9 million per year on property taxes, making $140 million per year in profit. the money is staring us in the face. this is inadequate and you must reject this until psychology is on the top of the list. the planning commission should call on the health commission. use your powers to m

grossman. you have to look at the process. 67.21e, that is the hearing. we provide a method for hearings. once the hearing is done, if we wish to defer to another municipal body with enforcement power, that is where 67. c -- 67c is abo

grossman. you have to look at the process. 67.21e, that is the hearing. we provide a method for hearings. once the hearing is done, if we wish to defer to another municipal body with enforcement power, that is where 67. c -- 67c is about. at 67.35 is to circumvent all of that, not go to supervisor records, not go to the sunshine ordinance task force, where they are actively trying to adjudicate them selves on the run. but say they cannot get a record. they then called the city official, they call the mayor's office. if the mayor's office does not take any action on it 40

grossman and the public. i think we all have a goal of trying to faithfully enforced the ordnance and we appreciate your help in helping us get there. the meeting is adjourned. >> sanrio famous for the designs for hello kitty. i thought i would try to make it as cute as possible. that way people might want to read the stories. then people might be open to learn about the deities and the culture. ♪ they reached out to make about five or six years ago because of the book published. they appreciated that my work was clearly driven from my research and investigation. after i contributed my artwork, the museum was really beside themselves. they really took to it. the museum reached out to me to see if i would be interested in my own space inside the museum. i tell them that would be a dream come true. it is the classical, beautiful indian mythology through the lens of modern design and illustration and storytelling. they're all of these great sketch as i did for the maharajah exhibition. i get a lot of feedback on

grossman and the public. i think we all have a goal of trying to faithfully enforced the ordnance and we appreciate your help in helping us get there. the meeting is adjourned. >> for thursday, april 12. members may take a roll, please. >> director harper is joining us in director ortiz's absence. [roll call] madam chair, you do have a quorum. >> thank you. are there any communications from thursday? is there any new or old business? seeing none, we will move to the director's report. >> good morning, everyone. before we move on to other items on the agenda, i just want to let the board and the public know that yesterday i attended a ceremony for the white house. we were invited by the first lady's office. we were invited by the joining forces initiative. americans are coming together to recognize our veterans and military families. the initiative promotes education and wellness for the men and women that are transitioning from our military to civilian life. we had nonprofit groups, government entities, and t

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grossman and the public. i think we all have a goal of trying to faithfully enforced the ordnance and we appreciate your help in helping us get there. the meeting is adjourned. >> what if you could make a memorial that is more about information and you are never fixed and it can go wherever it wants to go? everyone who has donated to it could use it, host it, share it. >> for quite a great deal of team she was hired in 2005, she struggled with finding the correct and appropriate visual expression. >> it was a bench at one point. it was a darkened room at another point. but the theme always was a theme of how do we call people's attention to the issue of speci species extinction. >> many exhibits do make long detailed explanations about species decline and biology of birds and that is very useful for lots of purposes. but i think it is also important to try to pull at the strings inside people. >> missing is not just about specific extinct or endangered species. it is about absence and a more fundamental level

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off to see beat out rex grossman. >> hey, rex grossman is the quarterback in washington. i have to beat him out. i got to prove to those guys that i'm there to work. i will. not just because i'm trying to put on a front but because that's who i am. >> that was dan hellie. >> i loved what he said. >> that is his character. that speaks to who he is. the redskins traded two future first round and one second round draft picks to the st. louis rams to move up to the draft so they could select rg3. >>> one to tracy. up the middle base hit. navy scores, here comes ramos. 2-0 nationals. >> boo-yah. while you were sleeping the nationals continuing their winning ways out in san diego. they beat the padres 3-1. they are now 13-4 on the season. they have had the best record in the national league right now. they'll take on the padres again this evening. and you will have an easier time staying up for this one. first pitch scheduled for 6:35 eastern time. >> go, nats. >>> a loudoun county woman found a wild bear in her back yard. elizabeth lipovksy found the bear rummaging through her

thank you very much, ambassador grossman. i wanted to follow on that. it is a different picture of what we hear from the media. with the reconciliation of afghanistan, i think there was a lack of structure from the beginning in the process. for more structure, it has to be more transparent. there are issues that we cannot disclose. if the issues remain closed and transparency does not exist, how do we know as a nation that what are the discussions happening -- between countries and regions -- even the afghan government is not in the picture. they are complaining about the process. that is damaging the sovereignty of the country. inclusiveness is not only to include women's groups. that is very important. i know the taliban does not recognize the afghanistan government. how do we see the future? it is hard to predict a successful outcome. the taliban are not legitimizing or considering the government. this is a huge talk line. inclusive is not just about women's group. it is about the pakistan -- afghanistan government also. a broader process. we were ex

jeff grossman, what do you think. and tell us what you see down there at the nymex. >> i see a market under tremendous pressure. the crack values up to record levels a week ago have collapsed. we're talking about a 25% decrease in crack values. they look like they want to go lower. the only thing holding is a few technical charts. we're talking maybe 100.5. >> why? >> number one, i have to say the president's statements did put a bit of a damper on, let's say, some of the enthusiasm. >> when he complained about speculators being a cause in oil? >> which, of course, i would put no stock in whatsoever. the same speculators must be getting an award for taking natural gas down it's a market on sale on rallies until further notice. i think we're on our way down to the mid-90s very soon. >> okay. what do you think is pushing this park ket around like this today? >> i really want to emphasize something in today's price action. earlier on you saw the nasdaq gaining 30 points to the s&p. it's since wiped out all of those gains

grossman is helping us out. we wanted to know what the jurisdictional response was from the staff. >> i have full confidence of the staff, hearing what this discussion is going to put forth regulations that are consistent with our discussion. i appreciate that we all want that. the process has been that we recognized as you did that our procedures or not a good fit for sunshine issues and we all recognize that we needed to make changes several years ago. we developed a proposal, you reviewed it and make your changes. what came before is in november is that was meant to help the commissioners. the staff brought something forward, based on their experience, was an effort to incorporate our concerns and yours and we said, let's talk with you and see what we can do going forward. so, i appreciate looking at where we can go together and how we can get there as efficiently as possible, but i would like to put aside this sense that the staff is putting this in the affirmative to. the staff is helping us and by extensio

grossman's -- the referral from the past five years, part of the concern about whether it is willful vs. non-willful is that warner to of those 35 cases may have been dismissed by the ethics of staff finding that the complaint and at the time that they filed their complaint had knowledge whether it was willful or not willful, but the task force determined that it had been willful and referred it to ethics. he may have been dismissed because the complaint and hadn't alleged at the outset that it was willful. >> partly because of some omissions in the ordinance, and partly because of some differences in interpretation between and the task force and -- and there have been some questions as to who is and is not required to appear as a respondent. the difference is dealing with public meetings, it does not say that in the ordinance. the task force has determined this is a question of the spirit rather than the letter of the law. the ethics commission staff says, it doesn't say so in the ordinance, so we are not going to find that that section of 67.21 was violated. there are some differen

grossman referred to a 2004 case. that was my case against the library. even though the library did not even bother to show up for what they called an enforcement hearing, which the sunshine or dance task force held, even though they specifically said -- sunshine or dance task force held, even though they specifically said they would not show up at that hearing because they were unavailable, that kind of flouting of the law, including the finding of a violation, when this reached the ethics commission.

grossman and the public. i think we all have a goal of trying to faithfully enforced the ordnance and we appreciate your help in helping us get there. the meeting is adjourned. >> which celebrated the electric vehicle charging stations and facilities in san francisco today. i am the deputy general manager for the san francisco public utilities commission and i am joined today by mayor ed lee, fiona maw, mila nutter and barbara hale. this has been sort of a team effort, it has taken quite a while to get here. we are thankful for her help on 631 that paved the way for putting in these stations. as we go through this presentation today, i hope you take a chance to look at some of the electric vehicles today. i would like to thank several people that are here today, especially barbara hale's staff. our colleagues at the metropolitan transportation authority as well as the colleagues had reckoned harper installing these. at the department of public works colleagues. with that, i will turn it over to the mayor lee

grossman referred to a 2004 case. that was my case against the library. even though the library did not even bother to show up for what they called an enforcement hearing, which the sunshine or dance task force held, even though they specifically said -- sunshine or dance task force held, even though they specifically said they would not show up at that hearing because they were unavailable, that kind of flouting of the law, including the finding of a violation, when this reached the ethics commission. in brief, there was no word of any kind from the ethics commission. i tried to contact someone from the ethics commission and say, despite all the possibly confusing papers you were getting, including papers were a case i had filed a your previous was slipped in with the records so that it was quite confusing to sort out comment i said it was fairly simple and i would be very happy to cooperate. it was a simple case of a request for information that the library refuse to satisfy. i never heard anything from the sunshine taskforce. it was with the ethics com

might be the fans quarterback and the coaches one of the quarterback, but i have to beat out rex grossman>> which most will feel he can do. but first he has to coexist with coach mike shanahan. some question that, but not him. >> every meeting that i met with any kind of redskin, affiliated with the redskins, it lets me know that he wants me there. >> it will be official. crank up the pressure. >> if there's no pressure, there's no diamond. >> d.c. is hoping this guy is major quality. in manhattan, dave owens, 9sports now. >> thank you, dave. 9news will have complete draft coverage. as well as redskins park in ashburn before and after the redskins selection. now before they have their big night, it's the capitals turn. game seven wednesday night in boston. it's win or go home. after a much needed day off to rest, the caps back on the ice this morning. confidence high and nerves surprisingly low. most of them very familiar with games as important as tomorrow night. >> last time we were the big dogs. now we are the underdogs and hopefully we can do the same thing that happened to us. play g

might be the second pick, the coaches one of the quarterback, but i have to beat out rex grossman. >> which most feel he'll be able to do, but first he has to put this with coach mike shanahan. >> he was at every meeting that i met with any type of redskin, so he wants me there. >> in two days, it will be official. crank up the pressure. >> if there's no pressure. >> d.c. is hoping this guy is major carrot quality. >>> no pressure, no diamond. i like it. all right, 9news now has you covered when it comes to the draft. i'm going to be live. radio music city hall. that starts thursday at 5:00 p.m. then at 11:00, full coverage of what we believe will be rg3 wearing the burgundy and gold. >>> a man has an ipad stolen and it's all caught on camera. this is surveillance video from the metro. daniel chase after a young man who snatched his ipad april 13. he was on the blue line train headed toward franconia. he left to go to his second job. >> i think that helped make his decision making process for him. his training and background helped him make those decisions. >> take a look at this vide

linda levy grossman, the president and ceo of theater washington and renowned band leader glen piercen us to talk about the week of celebration which for one thing includes cocktails and show tunes. want to give us a little taste? >> ♪ ♪ ♪ it's very clear ♪ our love is here to stay ♪ not for a year ♪ but ever and a day ♪ in time the rockies may crumble ♪ ♪ gibralter may tumble ♪ they're only made of clay ♪ but ♪ our love is here to stay >> let me quickly find out a little about what's going on this week. we love that music and folks can go and sing along with glen pierce. linda, tell us about this week. settle well first of all theater week is our first-ever theater week as theater washington. it kicks off on monday april the 23rd, with the 28th helen hayes awards and goes throughout the week. on wednesday, we have show tunes and cocktails 2.0, a remix of our popular sing-along we do every month. on thursday -- >> at the jefferson hotel? >> at napoleons next wednesday. next thursday, we have a conversation with critics, with "washington post" theater critic, peter marx and many of his

grossman and the public. i think we all have a goal of trying to faithfully enforced the ordnance and we appreciate your help in helping us get there. the meeting is adjourned. >> i am rich with enterprise community partners. it is a little disconcerting to be surrounded by barbed wire. [laughter] i was going to start by flipping a coin, but i figured only a portion of the audience would get the joke so i will not. i love the events like this. it is kind of a moment where there are no cost overruns, no change orders. there are no issues of tenants and property management. it is all wonderful. it is all a great project. i think we all need to -- it is a good idea to celebrate those moments as long as you possibly can. let me do my quick ad for enterprise. what are the largest investor in affordable housing in san francisco, the bay area, and california. we have $250 million invested within half a mile of this site. to invest particularly in the nonprofit developers and special needs of housing. it is a very mu

whose members are the national history center of the aha and i want to thank roger lewis and jim grossman for being part of initiating this partnership. the lear center and also at usc the center for communication, leadership and policy which is headed up by my colleague jeffrey cowan. that partnership has a name. it's called historians, journalists and the challenges of getting it right. it starts with the premise that both those professions, historians and journalists are in the business of finding and assessing evidence, of analyzing events and of narrating events. they're both story tellers, both we think could enhance their work by learning from each other, by establishing networks that connect them, by sharing expertise and by sharing practical knowledge about media and methods. so we begin that collaboration here and it's also my privilege as part of that to ask you to turn off your cell phones. c-span is with us. we're glad of that. the amplification here is our own voices, not these microphones. so later on when there's time for questions from the room, please speak into the mic,

thank you very much, ambassador grossman. i wanted to follow on that. a different picture of what we hear from the media. with the reconciliation of afghanistan, i think there was a lack of structure from the beginning in the process. for more structure, it has to be more transparent. there are issues that we cannot disclose. if the issues remain closed and transparency does not exist, how do we know as a nation that what are the discussions happening -- between countries and regions -- even the afghan government is not in the picture. they are complaining about the process. that is damaging the sovereignty of the country. inclusiveness is not only to include women's groups. that is very important. i know the taliban does not recognize the afghanistan government. how do we see the future? it is hard to predict a successful outcome. the taliban are not legitimizing or considering the government. this is a huge talk line. inclusive is not just about women's group. it is about the pakistan -- afghanistan government also. a broader process. we were expectin

yesterday, elaine grossman reported that the u.s. nuclear regulatory commission has deferred action on a petition from the american physical society urging that an assessment to proliferation risk should precede the licensing of each processing facility in the united states. informed opinions are converging on the important topics, but they're framed by the different expert communities. it is our objective here in the nuclear policy talk series to bring these together. we've brought over 200 nuclear policy experts to campus in the last three years. as part of a nuclear policy talk series ranging from gw elliott school alumnus and acting undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, to senator richard lugar, united nations security council's ban ki moon and murray snyder. we're engaged in research on the topic as "going nuclear and international security in the 21st century" coed itted by michael brown reflects. we're developing new course offerings in this area including a new graduate course this fall offered

grossman was part of a discussion hosted on tuesday. he was joined by author and taliban expert rashid. he said it was not likely that there would be able to secure themselves before the election. the event was moderated by stephen hadley and featured the former afghan ambassador to france. >> good morning. my name is george moose, i'm the vice chair of the board of directors here at the u.s. institute of peace. i'm pleased to welcome you here this morning. before we begin i would like to ask all of you to turn off your cell phones and your pagers. because they interfere with our own electronic systems, including those that are streaming today's session live over the internet to our many listeners in our virtual audience out there. this morning i have the honor to introduce today's session on prospects for peace in afghanistan. as the size of today's audience is evidence enough of the interest in this topic. my dubious claim to this particular honor lies in the fact that i recently returned from a three-week visit to pakistan on behalf

marc grossman will be speaking here and steve hadley, importantlier national security adviser to president bush will be moderating the event which will also feature rasheed and ambassador who is based at usip. so please join us for that event as well. today's event focuses on the regional afghanistan. every time we talk about how relative peace and stability can come to it, you will hear the term regional solution, and yet there is not much work done on what really regional architecture means, what it looks like. what to begin with are the interests, the positions and the strategies of countries that neighbor afghanistan and whether, most importantly, there are overlaps in their positions which can be harnessed and leveraged to bring together a regional solution. can the u.s. incentivize behavior? if the region doesn't come together there will be a destabilizing influence. we are fortunate to have a panel sitting here in front of you, three experts who have truly studied this issue for a long, long time and who will be speaking to us today. just very quickly in terms of f format, and i'll