joining us, -- the committee would like to acknowledge the staff and we would like to acknowledge john ross and carolyn lambert. are there any announcements? >> for june 14 unless otherwise indicated. >> can you please call item one. there is one seat and one applicant. >> thank you. we were asked to have the opportunity to meet with mr. larry liederman. we let him know that he did not have to come back to present to us. colleagues, are there any thoughts? motions on this item? supervisor farrell: i will go ahead and make a motion to approve larry liederman for seat 2. supervisor kim: without objection. any public comment on this item? thank you. the prominence. >> i am waiting for the timer. members of the rules committee, i am from san francisco open government. i was here during the last hearing. when you have these hearings, one of the things that ought to be done is on the web site or in the materials provided, all the materials that each of the applicant submits to get these appointments should be available to the public so we can actually look at the experience level and the things t

before we turn it over to the clerk, covering the meeting are john ross and derrick. do we have any announcements? >> no. >> item one, role call? >> supervisor mirkarimi? present. commissioner avalos? avalos present. commissioner smelts? present. commissioner pimlico, absent. supervisor campos: she is en route. >> mr. campos? present trfment is a quorum. supervisor campos: call item number two. >> approval of minutes from the may 6 meeting. supervisor campos: colleagues, you have before you the minutes of may 6, 2011. before we take any action, i am wondering if there is any member of the public who would like to speak on this item? if so, come forward. seeing none, public comment on that height so closed. we a motion by commissioner mirkarimi, seconded by commissioner schmeltzer. can we cake that without action? call item number three. >> report on the status of cca activities, san francisco pratch, legislative update and continuing status. supervisor campos: and mr. campbell, good afternoon. >> thank you, mr. chair and commissioners. my name is mike campbell, direct

you have people like bevan dufty, david chiu, even john avalon's common john campos, and ross mirkarimid indicated an interest. so you have people on the board who want to run for mayor. do they go for the caretaker mayor, or do they put those interests aside and best themselves with a politician that has a good chance of being elected? with that dilemma in front of them, we saw what happened. they could not put their egos aside. they generally would with the caretaker mayor. that person would pose no threat of running against them. >> when the board met next week on november 23, the clerk of the board proposed a process for nomination for mayor, which the board debated, amended, and eventually passed. >> a board member read the nominated may not produce pig in the discussion or vote on the competitor nominees. if the nominee of a board member nominee has been withdrawn, the board member may no longer have a conflict and could return to the room and to dissipate. >> basically, a process that i am proposing is one in which, one, would maximize per dissipation. members of the board of sup

our guests are ross roberts and john papola. >> when did you decide to teach economics with rap? >> when i was 12 years old. doesn't every young boy dreamed of that? i got contacted by john out of the blue. he said, let's do a video together. i said, great idea. you do the work, i will get it started. he is an extremely persistent person. we started out with the idea of doing a video that caught some aspect of economics. it strangely morph into a rock video. -- rap video. >> i saw there were 2 million kids on your first video. is that a lot? >> it is the high bar. in terms of economics, that is good. long after the first pop, 3000 use a day every day. going to look get this video. what is it called? >> we want to go back in history and look at the role of the great depression in this role about whether in government spending and recession can get us how of this? we wanted to make it bigger and better in every way, so the song is so much older shot. i think the other thing is a lot of ways this is complementary, and this video is much more the political economy and the applied the

later, "q&a," with ross roberts and filmmaker john papola. this week, our series of interviews continues with texas congressman ron paul. he talks about the lessons learned from his two previous bids and his views on monetary policy, the federal reserve, abortion, and the state republican party. he also offers an assessment of the obama administration and his strategy for winning the gop nomination. this is 45 minutes. >> congressman ron paul, this is your third presidential bid. what did you learn from the first two? >> the first one was in 1980 in the libertarian party, and i learned that our system of government is not very conducive for any competition with the two major parties, and if you come to the conclusion that both parties are pretty close in policy, that policies never change regardless of their rhetoric, then we do not have a real good system inviting new competition as demanded by people around the world, so too often, i do not think the democratic process is all that good in our country. last go around, i learned that we were

ross column. >> that's right state controller john chung is about to make a call on whether the budget passed byocrats is balanced if it is, then legislators get their pay if it is not balanced they don't get pay. what is interesting, there is two kinds of balanced budgets, the first kind is the kind that the governor vetoed which basically says, that it falls short in reality, in other words you don't necessarily have the money but the second kind of balanced budget is the legal definition which is just says that if the paper document they submitted pencils out even if it appears unrealistic or questionable, you don't get to question those figures you've just got to certify it. it makes it interesting for the controller because when he said he was withholding their pay checks there was a big hara around the states but he turns around and says it is balanced after the governor says it isn't, he will be on the hot seat. >> a budget maybe not quite balanced but exists is that better than no budget? >> it is but i know the governor's office and people in sacramento are going if lawmakers don't get

john burton. san francisco board president, david chu. supervisor. supervisor david campos. supervisor carmen chu. supervisor cohen. supervisor. and supervisor mark ferrell. supervisor jane kim. supervisor ross. supervisor scott weiner. and district attorney george cascon. city attorney dennis hererra. sheriff michael henesee. former supervisor. former supervisor angela. former supervisor bevin. our chief of protocol charlotte . i also want to thank all of firefighters, paramedics, and other add money straiters -- administrators of public safety organizations from throughout the state and our country. i want to thank our city's commissioners and our city's departments heads for all joining us. today is the day of reflection and mourning. while we honored these two brave men, we should think about how we can serve our city, our communities and our neighbors just as anthony and vincent did for so many years. thank you for joining us here today and showing your support for these two valiant men. lieutenant vincent perez, firefighter and paramedic anthonyer valerio's memories. and loving families, their communities, and within us. now, let us honor that memory in a way that reflects the tremendo

this weekend we will talk with the creators of bite of the century, economics professor ross roberts and filmmaker john paul let. >> try to reach people who are interested in how the world works. everybody from a high-school student carries about economics to a person who is just trying to make up living in korea what is going on in the country. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span q&a. the house recently debated and voted on two measures related to u.s. military involvement in libya. continue debate in the house and senate at the congressional chronicle. a comprehensive rehearsed -- resource on congress. find video of every house and senate session, schedules, committee hearings, and information on all elected officials c-span.org / congress. >> in may the obama administration announced economic sanctions against venezuela state-owned oil company for its commercial dealings with iran. this hearing looks into the effectiveness of those hearings -- sanctions and the possibility of further punitive measures. three house committees members coasted this. [inaudible conversations] [inaudibl

ross. she enlists the help of characters played by jeff bridges in the roll first played by john wayne andon. oh, awesome. >> just go with it, is a comedy with adam sandler and jennifer aniston. sandler's character meets the love of his life, but aniston has to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife to cover up a lie. sounds complicated, it gets that way when everyone piles on a plane for a hawaiian holiday. sandra hughes, cbs news, hollywood. >>> that looks funny, mildly funny. >>> this weekend more than 800 couples celebrated love. they gathered at the national shrine for the immaculate conception. the archbishop of washington presided over the mass as couples renewed their vows. >> lord, bless and consecrate these married couples in their love for each other, may these rings be a symbol of true faith in each other and always remind them of their love. 387 of the couples had been married for more than 50 years. one couple there married 73 years. even though it costs more being married. >>> good for them. a source for the european e. coli outbreak is revealed. >>> you have a chance to see t

john huntsman said he would formally jump into the race next week. but one candidate who has made news early and often is former speaker of the house newt gingrich. tonight, brian ross with a stunning investigation on how running for president could benefit gingrich, whether he wins or not. brian? >> reporter: cynthia, we assume that people running for president are doing it to actually win the job. but this year, in a number of cases, being considered a possible presidential candidate seems to be little more than a savvy marketing ploy, a proven method for a big payday. and that is now the question facing many candidates, including newt gingrich, whose entire top staff resigned last thursday, convinced he was not serious about running. ♪ >> reporter: in presidential politics, winning is no longer everything. >> there's a heck of a business out there for expoliticians that have run. >> reporter: like sarah palin, who has turned her political celebrity into a multimillion dollar business. with a reality tv show, as well as books and paid speeches. a lot to give up. >> well, i think palin's faced a real choice, because she's got a very lucrative career going right now

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