mr. ross mirkarimi. they also want to know why an investigation has not been launched into the bomb threat that put us all into danger. we also want to know why there has been such a tremendous amount of money spent on this when the money could be spent for such better things. i am a taxpayer. i am very upset about the money that has been spent so far on what i consider -- in 2011, we voted. they voted for mr. ross mirkarimi. their voices should be respected. we also asked the the board of supervisors do the right thing when the ethics committee comes before them with their recommendations. they did the right thing and vote their conscience, reinstate mr. ross mirkarimi. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker. >> good evening. i need to know if everyone is listening. i saw some people walking around. this is really important. i am a community organizer. i am working as a volunteer in the peninsula. i support share for ross mirkarimi. why u.s. support him? i am a survivor of domestic violence. i saw a lot

mr. ross mirkarimi. to me, it is very clear this is more political prosecution. i want to ask you something, how would you feel if you were in his shoes? how would you feel if a few people or more than that, they do not agree with you. they would try to put you down, all the way down, and destroy your family. months without pay. how would you feel? i wanted to think about it. please bring justice. reinstate the sheriff. he needs a job. he needs to work for the people. i hope you listen to everyone. it is very clear it was political. it is putting a lot of effort. they are putting attorneys and a bunch of energy because he had a domestic dispute. this case is very simple. please don't be part of this political game. i know you guys are smart. thank you. >> thank you. >> good evening. my name is rebecca. i am disappointed that in the last month i was here. what about us? it was 2 sets of monies. nobody tells anybody what is going on. you are supposed to care about everybody here. they do not tell us what is going on. they come back 30 minutes later. i do not think

ross mirkarimi on this matter. i want to read something for you here. i think that mr. oss mirkarimi having already pled guilty of the lesser crime of domestic violence. and he met the payments and sanctions. to think that he should be pleading for his position as an elected official, in my opinion, that constitutes double jeopardy. no one should be tried -- tried twice for the same crime. if it is a crime. as a reminder, just a few requirements for moving an official, which i learned from the books. gross negligence, [unintelligible] and gross incompetence. i think we should not try the family here. [tone] we should promote family unity. if the wife stands for the has been -- for the husband, then no one should jeopardize that interest for the sake of justice and truth. thank you. [applause] >> my name is michael. i live in district 5. i am a 35-year resident of san francisco. i would like to ask the people on the ethics commission weather during their lives they have never done anything that they regret. something that happened out of anger, possibly, or something that

ross mirkarimi is inappropriate in his seat to recall. thank you very much for your consideration. my apologies on behalf of part of san francisco to mr. rimi and his family. thank you for your consideration. >> my name is george evesheeman. qséi have been working on police practice issues since the 1980's and political campaigns all my life, including since 1995 our work on the campaign with moss -- ross mirkarimi. and i heard someone earlier say that he should be treated like everybody else, and i have heard that statement all through this time, and please, i agree. he should be treated like everybody else, and he is not being treated like everyone else. i have never seen a misdemeanor case treated like this. i have never seen anything like this. i know police officers are not generally treated this way when they are accused of misconduct and that sort of thing. i am getting phone calls from out of state and my home county. people say what are they doing to this guy? is this political? well, you know how i would answer that probably. even gavin newsom, no political friend, was quoted as saying they're piling it on him. he said i shoul