fact that i was in the california state senate and was a supporter of the then president oh tim bill lockyer who was the author of the strategic lawsuit against public policy statute which has been invoked in the pending motion to dismiss the ethics commissions cross-complaint. i can state that that legislation was never meant to apply to a city and county attempting to enforce laws against cheating in election campaigns. as commissioner keane noted in different words, this is a case a stoop on it prior city employees malpractice. if he was in private employment he would be the subject of a lawsuit for damages himself. like commissioner keane i would probably accept the $25,000 compromised payment could i will not, however, accept the recitals, unnecessary and a settlement agreement, recitals that were, of course, a result of a practice of the city attorney's office of which i had no prior knowledge of including recitals in the settlement agreement. the settlement agreement can be on one page. there is a dispute between you and me. and i am paying you $25,000 of so you will dismiss your suit