tom kean jr.former governor's son. and what's worse, it didn't work. as soon as governor christie was re-elected he took a huge shot at the son of his former mentor, the son of the most respected republican in the state of new jersey and it didn't work. tom kean jr. survived and held on to his leadership position, but it was such a bizarre and unexpected move from chris christie to try to overthrow him. and here's the thing. here's the thing. here's the newly relevant thing. the guy who chris christie wanted to replace tom kean jr. with was this guy. kevin o'toole. chris christie wanted him, this guy, in place so badly as the top republican in the senate that he burned the strongest and oldest bridge he had in politics. he wanted kevin o'toole in there so bad he was willing to betray tom kean like that. you want to know what happened to kevin o'toole? turns out he's the one senate republican who has been assigned to the committee investigating the bridge scandal. oh. and now the newark "star-ledge

>> well, we are hearing from, commissioner keane. and i guess that i was a little, struck by when mr. st. croix said that we were going to find ourselves in a unique situation, by discussing this publicly. i was not clear about that and it feels like, it feels like we should have some amount of participation on the front end that does not have us here. and i don't know what that is and i don't know, at what point that happens, but because it was a public hearing, at the fppc, is that right? >> yes. >> it was..., >> yes. >> it just feels like we are being backed into the corner of having to have a discussion that is either nice to have new, or late to the game, i don't understand the full process themselves and so would they be having this discussion, in public? or in private? they are hearing and we said that we will discuss this and typically in closed session. and somehow, they did. what if they discussed it in the closed session >> they discussed it in public session. >> i guess what i am struggling with, the moment that they do t

and last month, commissioner keane asked about the bdo referrals. and i just want to give you an update on those first one and two have already been litigated. and in favor of the city. and the bdr is conducting collection efforts at this point and the third one, will be, is set for the litigation but has not come to court yet. >> okay. >> and then, i just wanted to make sure that the commission knows because of the comments that have been made, statements of economic interest and the section seven and i don't have a comment on that but under the state law, we are allowed to assess late fines for people who violate, but we have no enforcement authority over form 700 and their constant, the ethics commission can cannot investigate or take action on those, we have to defer them to the state. >> so we can levy five, and i don't understand. >> when the people file late, we can levy late fines, but if people falsify the documents, and don't report the things that they are supposed to or refused to file and that is out of our hands. >> okay, that is all t

. >> commissioner keane? here. >> commissioner andrews? >> here. >> everyone is present and accounted for, thank you. >> the first order of business will be the public comment on any matters appearing before our commission today, whether they are on the agenda or not. >> there is something that i have to do. >> commissioners ray hartz, director of san francisco open government. on this screen is a list of 16 orders of determination issued by the sunshine ordinance task force in cases i have filed. and that 16 out of 21 cases that i have one a success rate of 76 percent. and now, i will ask you or the commissioners to take a guess how many of these have been enforced? i think that you all know, you just don't want to admit the fact is zero. not one. what i think is particularly interesting is the fact that all of these cases sent, of all of the cases sent to the ethics commission you have dismissed every one. the members of this body have absolutely no interest in helping the citizens of san francisco but only in protecting the city against

. >> commissioner keane. could i ask madam chair and the city attorney could explain it. this is before us, right now, for a vote, whether we will vote up or down, the stipulation, and that enjoining with the fppc,; is that correct?? >> right, the fppc has approved their portion of the settlement and i think that what is before us now is whether the commission wants to approve the violations of local law, that were admitted to the stipulation. >> i plan on voting for it, what if we all turned it down tonight, what would happen then? >> i can answer that. >> okay. >> the fppc would likely sever their part out and, renegotiate that part with the respondent and move on without us. and then we would have to renegotiate with the respondent for our own settlement. and then, if the respondent will not come to terms with us, then we end up going to a hearing on the merits, which is a finding of probable cause and a public hearing on the merits. >> thank you, that is, that is quite helpful. >> and so, in regard to our deliberations of this matter, if we were to decide determining

derek kur a whistle blower and i would like to appreciate commissioner keane's comments and insights, i think that the problem is that the government officials create these ethics commission to serve government officials, and also then the public. there is a built-in bias and all of the confidencalty serves that bias, and protects the officials. i was disheartened by the city attorney's effort to sort of side track the discussion. and this was a central core issue. and directly, derived from the case in question and so it was not off of the agenda. and i do disagree with the commissioner keane in saying that this was an example of the case where the staff do their job. and this is an unusual case where there was a smoking gun and it is a blatant example of a conflict of interest. and most complaints don't have the smoking gun. and they will have the bullet wounds, and the powder burns, and all kinds of other information. to get the smoking gun, you need to do an investigation and this is what the ethics commission does not do. they are very superficial investigations and they bend ove

kean e. >> yes, madam chair, i am going to make a motion for our next meeting in regards to one of the matters that we did the last time, the matter having to do with juliet ellis. i have informed that the puc, gave miss ellis something like a five-day suspension. and we have accepted a stipulation in which she admitted to some fairly important and agregious corrupt conduct in my opinion, influencing a government decision in which the official has a financial interest, so my motion for next time for discussion is going to be that we recommend to the puc, in light of her admissions, contained in the stipulation, that she did indeed commit these violations of influencing a government decision in which the official has a financial interest, that we recommend to the puc that she be terminated. >> is that something that we need to vote on? >> you can't, this is a discussion item only, that is for the in-coming chair to take under advisement when he and i plan the next month's agenda. >> thanks. >> dually noted commissioner keane. >> anyone else? >> and any public comment on matters appearin

. >> commissioner keane? >> i don't have any problem voting for this mainly because what this shows on the face of this is this woman is admitting to all sorts of derelections of duty and corrupt action and these are the finding, counts of one and two, influencing a government decision in which the official has a financial interest. that is not jay walking or spitting on the sidewalk, that is a fairly serious finding of guilt in regard to official misconduct. and the second in count three, contracts, sales and purchases made in official capacity. and that, again, is someone who, a member of an agency who was saying that she did that. she is admitting to something to use commissioner renne's term, rather aggregous in my opinion and in count four, she is admitting that she did engage in incompatible activities with her job. and after this stipulation is in effect, voted on by us, and the fppc. and it is a finding of guilt in my opinion, that disgraces this woman and puts her in a position where any further empl

commissioner keane do you want to propose something? >> what i would like to do is i would want to give a thought and madam chair and maybe put something in writing and transmit it to mr. st. croix, and would that be the way to do it? >> and then, it could be calendared for our next meeting, or there are a couple of procedural changes that i would like to suggest. but i don't want to just come out with something off of the top of my head. >> okay. any other commissioners? >> items for future meetings? >> okay. any public comment? on items that we have discussed? or that are not on the agenda? >> hearing none, i think that we can move to adjournment, do i hear a motion to adjourn the meeting? >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> aye. >> the january, meeting of the san francisco ethics commission is here by adjourned good night. >> we've never been in so much focus worldwide and will not be this this is a the moment in time when a story going and make a wish is a program that fulfills wishes for children we operate in every

>> well, we are hearing from, commissioner keane. and i guess that i was a little, struck by when mr. st. croix said that we were going to find ourselves in a unique situation, by discussing this publicly. i was not clear about that and it feels like, it feels like we should have some amount of participation on the front end that does not

former arm vice chief of staff, general jack keane, also fox news military analyst. jack, first of all, good to have you here. and this is an administration that has already saido the russians, be careful. my first question to you is, do we have any leverage, any strategic advantage in which the, on which the president might rely for such a threat? >> well, not much, frankly. but what we d have is leverage with this n interim government. and the fact of the matter is, if the e.u. moves quickly to provide them wh someconomic assistance, the united states gets involved in this, we recognize this interim government, makes all those things tougher for putin to deal with it. the fact of the matter is, we shld publicly dispute the chge this gornment is the result of people with guns. the fa of the matter is, a parliament voted the other government out and voted this interim government in. but we have to move ridly. we can't be bureaucratic about this we can't do half-meures. we have to take strong measures to support them. lou: medvedev, coming out today, making very stron

former arm vice chief of staff, general jack keane, also fox news military analyst. jack, first of all, good to have you here. and this is an administration that has already said to the russians, be careful. my first question to you is, do we have any leverage, any strategic advantage in which the, on which the president might rely for such a threat? >> well, not much, frankly. but what we do have is leverage with this new interim government. and the fact of the matter is, if the e.u. moves quickly to provide them with some economic assistance, the united states gets involved in this, we recognize this interim government, makes all those things tougher for putin to deal with it. the fact of the matter is, we should publicly dispute the charge this government is the result of people with guns. the fact of the matter is, a parliament voted the other government out and voted this interim government in. but we have to move rapidly. we can't be bureaucratic about this we can't do half-measures. we have to take strong measures to support them. lou: medvedev, coming out tod

general jack keane, former army vice chief of staff, fox news military analyst.retary kerry is one busy fellow. apparently there is something that someone might do it for substantive things? >> for 15 years and hasn't materialized yet a him how doubt it is going to materialize under the current leader. no one wants to pour cold water on any initiative that we have in the peninsula of korea. if something positive comes out of this. lou: another place where people are skeptical is that they perceive to move the east to the south and start talking about another identification zone which would be very difficult for both the japanese and the filipinos and south koreans to accept. >> the chinese have resented for decades now the united states domination of the western pacific and influence in the region and in the south china youth and we have all of the allies in that region and basically they should want to have more information. this is about power and control and using these restrictions as a means to gain that influence. i hope that that is seen for what it is. es

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. >> commissioner keane? here. >> commissioner andrews? >> here. >> everyone is present and accounted for, thank you. >> the first order of business will be the public comment on any matters appearing before our commission today, whether they are on the

general keane, i know you've been afghanistan many times.t does that mean for our troops there now? >> certainly releasing detainees, literally hundreds of them, jenna this is the last group of them made no sense right from the beginning. just think about it. if we had released hardcore nazis prior to the end of world war ii, karzai has had it in his head that by releasing detainees as an act of benevolence this would foster a peace process. that has been a dismal failure. quite the contrary, none of these detainees should be released until there is a peace process and in fact a peace settlement. certainly our troops, while they remain in country and afghans after are at the peril of these killers and thugs to be sure. jenna: you mentioned that we would not release nazis. i'm sure that something that resonates with our viewers. we wouldn't. in fact we executed americans that worked with the nazis. how did we allow this to happen? >> we never should have allowed it to happen but what we did do, we had veto power over any detainee that would b

chris christie and david wildstein went to volunteer for tom kean, sr., running for governor in 1977. the governor said at his press conference this notion that he's my childhood friend, my high school friend is way overblown. i was class president and an athlete. i don't know what david was doing. but what's been lost in all of this is that for the last ten years, david wildstein ran a website, political website and i can't imagine that chris christie didn't communicate as u.s. attorney with david wildstein quite a bit to get the message out about the various undertakings that he was behind. all those ten years he was building his name and his brand. >> so finally, there are multiple investigations underway, and one looking at sort of bridge gate. another one looking at whether the governor used sandy funds in forms of retribution or as a reward for supporting him. where are these investigations? what's the pace of them? >> they're going to go slow it feels like. i guess another big revelation or some bombshell piece of testimony could speed things up. but the legislative subpoenas t

i have a different view and i am not sure that i understand commissioner's keane's concerns, because this stimulation lays out the factses and it is a public document. and the public can read it and all that we are being asked is to say that we concur with the findings that have been set forth here, and if we were to, if we, if there is a question about accepting the facts, as i understand it, that would have to be done under california law, under a private hearing, not in a public hearing. this is so that the newspapers can read this and laid out what she did and why it is a violation of the law and we can discuss it and say that we agree it, but i don't really understand how you feel that we are not making the public aware of, and it has been calendared as an item, on the calendar. and any member of the public can read this document. and we have heard from two members of the public, giving us the differing views, necessarily, and apparently on the seriousness of the conduct. but, if we are going to, if we are going to challenge the staff if we think that the staff was wrong, and th

robbie keane here five years. plenty of restaurants in italy. which would have been unthinkable for foreigners only ten years i can maintain its very easy at the fair there is actual very alarmed and my kids it's a different city from what is less than eighty. to completely hide secrets fruit snacks. he is up early this morning. he doesn't want to speak generous offer they're not going to hand out thirty sounds and presents but she didn't need it. politicians. i hope people like to give this notebooks when school starts and presents were a kid at christmas. that's the kind of politician. we knew that i kidding. he says and directed a member of the city council in canton to the magazine's next mayor is that i'm doing crap. some of my school has a funny man. the high school. i am getting involved in politics. but the ending when i was still money in the apartment buildings that still did the money to genetics into the details of the demagogue. i like them he had a present. we live did. god bless you. this each tester beat the campaign posters enco

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forced to read neg on in one thousand nine hundred ninety one what do you explain that john maynard keane's idea for a bank or. keynes wanted to establish a new super national. currency which you would call bank or which he hoped would eventually come to rival the u.s. dollar and supplant its global role i should emphasize that keynes would never have proposed such a thing or his government wouldn't have allowed him to if he and his government had felt that there was an opportunity for reestablishing sterling as a major international reserve currency but they knew that there was and the second best alternative for them was to find a way to contain the power of the united states by limiting the influence of the u.s. dollar now having suffered a huge financial crisis and can the one during the great depression do you think we will soon revisit the idea of ideas discussed at bretton woods. well interestingly enough back in two thousand and nine the chinese central bank governor joe produced a statement that got enormous attention saying that bretton woods had really been a terrible mistake we

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don't matter right exactly and frankly i think he did i think i really think he did and i thought kean start you guys all of that while he was repeating what eisenhower did eisenhower and a horrible recession in fifty two fifty three what did he do the national highway system put tens of thousands of people to work building roads this is these numbers don't you you respect the numbers and you understand the when you say the national highway system created whatever so how many thousands of jobs this is that's a drop in the bucket to an economy that is what it was last month what we don't have right now is a robust economy creating jobs because we've laid off six hundred seven hundred thousand government employees that doesn't make up the numbers no it didn't that you know great six hundred seven hundred thousand were government millions we're talking you're you're absolutely right and six or seven hundred thousand people if if they had been added instead of subtracted bagmen added millions more are going to and we would and then it would be slanderous and then what yes absolutely if you