of the results of the investigation of the allegations contained in this article by a reporter, joe esconazi. and such a special hearing should be based upon prior subpoenas from the ethics commission for all documents mentioned in this recitation by joe esconazi and relevant. thank you. >> commissioner chiu: commissioner kopp, actually, i'd like to ask staff if you could forward that same article -- is it a -- >> commissioner kopp: yeah, i'll send copies. >> commissioner chiu: could you send copies to you wiall commissioners? >> commissioner kopp: also, i'd like an answer to a question that was raised about a week and a half ago by friends of ethics and the question is, can the ethics commission legally decide that a b.s. contribution filing should be under a category decided by the ethics commission, not by the person who files the report of disclosure. a significant amount of these b.s. payments are intended for a city official who then decides how that money will be spent, what it'll do, who will be paid. there is an argument that such b.s. payments should be filed under the rubrick of g