at the end of the day, the officers will be held accountable to the public officials and public officials -- if the public officials do not hold them accountable, and nothing positive happens in the long run. [applause] >> i think john is right. one of the important things about this conference is san francisco is different. i cannot imagine sitting at the table of the chief of police of oakland or sacramento, and the chief of police being here. it does not end the questions. it is a conversation that has to get down to important issues. it has to start and meetings like this are a start to recognize. i think it is a real positive step. [applause] >> and although i would argue many of the things that were said today on the panel -- and i cannot believe i am going to say this -- i completely agree with john burris and stuart hanlon. [applause] >> thank you for giving my closing comments from me. i would like to thank the public defender's office for providing the public and anybody he wants to come to this forum, hearing from these experts, and they help you take away some good things from

when a public official is convicted of corruption they should be forced to remove themselves from their position, immediately. not ten days or 14 days later. when a politician violates the public trust, they should lose their public pension and be barred from doing business with the state of new mexico. and when the state goes after a public official for corruption to get taxpayers their money back, taxpayers should not have to defend that person in court and pay for those legal fees. new mexicans expect us to act, to pass these reforms and to state loud and clear corruption in new mexico will not stand. finally, keeping new mexico children and families safe should be a top priority every time our legislature meets. just look around at the little ones that are here in the audience today. like you, i was horrified over the holidays to read about the tragic and inexcusable cases of child abuse. a child just a few weeks old badly beaten, sexually abused and eventually left to die. small, helpless little girls bruised and broken and left in the bathtub. i have spent my life and career helpi

number one, because he is a public official. he was elected. and there were some within the law enforcement community that weren't happy about it. he didn't get the endorsement of the sheriff's officers association for example. on the other hand, domestic violence by itself is a very political crime, as well. and if there is proof and if there are text messages and bruises, there is no middle ground. it's either charge or not charge. >> doesn't matter what she -- >> reporter: it doesn't matter -- she can even take the stand and not be a willing witness. but there are no diversion programs with other crimes. this one if the ball drops it has to go the whole nine yards and that's what's going to be happening here probably. >> thank you. >>> other bay area headlines, cash, guns, mannequins dressed in nylons. and a diary documenting sexual assaults. that's what two public safety officers testified they found in the home of accused serial killer joseph naso. a preliminary hearing it being held to determine whether the 78-year-old naso should go to t

just complying with the most liberal laws in the country that are easiest to recall elected public officials. >>neil: this is what happened to gray davis, in reverse, a democrat who was picked apart for failing on the energy front and the big blackout he was thrown out of office after the recall effort. and we know what happened to arnold schwarzenegger his successor, could not wait to get out of town. so, play this out. does it always guarantee a recall effort that you get the vote? legally, how binding is it? >>judge napolitano: it is binding. this is a state constitution written at the height of the progressive rather in american left in the 1920's which permits the recall of any elected public official. any judge. any dog catcher. any municipal official or state-wide official and it intentionally made it easy because the drafters of that constitution believe the public officials should respond to what the republican seems to want at any given moment. >>neil: how do you know it is the public thattents it? who is to say with the money coming in, this is what those in the state want? >>gues

i think it's now very clear in retrospect that the decisions that leading public officials made over a period of decades helped to get us to a point where a financial crisis could be so devastating to all americans. >> how can this happen? i mean, how could washington turn its back on the broad middle class to favor a relatively few at the top in democracy? >> well, what has relreally changed is the organization of the american politics particularly the organizations that representative the deepest pocketed members of american spoipt what we've seen is an organizational revolution over the last 30 years that has meant that business and wall street and ideological conservative organizations that are pushing for free market policies have all become much more influential. and at the same time a lot of organizations that once represented the middle class, labor unions, broadbased civic organizations and sort of organizations at the local and the grassroots level, including social movements, have all lost enormous ground. and so it's that imbalance, that shift, that i think this sort of u

i hope that public safety officials will be part of what i think you have exemplified, the best of oures. thank you for that. for the final comments? >> supervisor mirkarimi: i want to thank you and recognize also chief of staff first -- hearst. what made mike

was found to have created a willful violation and that her conduct was below the standard for a public official. later that month, the library commission, during a discussion of a service for the public, one of the commissioner said, and i quote him verbatim, "you know last monday when we had met," the commission meets on thursday, "last monday, the commissioners had met, and we talked about how the changes to the printing system would potentially impact staff, as well. i was just wondering if it would be worth it to speak to the public about how it impacts them, as well." you do not have to be a genius to figure out that this is a blatant omission of a non announced meeting of the commissioners. it goes without saying that there was no announcement of a meeting on the previous monday and no explanation offered about why this was a blatantly illegal meeting. i have mentioned this several times. of course, my mentions of it were never documented in the library commission minutes. finally, at a meeting on december 15, that same commissioner said, again, into the microphone, and i transcribed him

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giants fans did not have been a notable difficulties with public officials. vern glenn and gary radnick will show was the highlight. also, how the patriots came over the baltimore ravens that is all coming up. >> it is raining or run the bayt area. the heavy steady rainfall north of san francisco with moderate rainfall. it is moving to the north-east. how it will impact your morning commute. um, michael, you know, big game... that was sort of supposed to be for all of us. [ slurping ] [ male announcer ] give em' what they love. subway! giant subs, sandwich and cookie platters. and big-time value. subway catering. order today! ó??g÷p÷÷÷>>>>>8çime value. >>host: joe paterno has died at age 85. the most winniest coach. he recently was battling lung cancer. >> also, gabrielle giffords will step down as she continues her recovery. after the attack and arizona. >> mitt romney lost to new gingrich and south carolina. his tax turreturn will be released y are now focusing their eyes on the florida. the 49ers are going to go to the super bowl. >> the rainfall was picki

included many public officials... past and present.rlich) "anyone that he suspected spoke from the heart operated from the heart, was not politically up front, he would give a break to." to."ron smith died last month ofpancreative cancer.he was 70 years old. the wrongful death rial... of a man who died after being tasered by police... continues . old jarrel gray are ssing ar frederick county police for 145 million dollars.the trial began tuesday, here in ffderal court in baltimore.in 2007... gray was taseree twice in the chest after he got iito a fight near a sheriff's deputy. investigators say he refused to comply with orders to show his hands. gray died two hours after he was tased. the case has raised many questions about the use of stun guns by exist.">the attorney reeresenting the sheriffs deputy claims he properly followed his training... and did not know gray was unarmed at the time. hopefully, you've already gotten in your wikipedia searches.if not, you're go

lobbying, governmental ethics, and open meetings and public records, and the roles of public and other elected officials, city institutions, and the city electoral process, and i think the idea that they put public meetings and public records and there is really demonstrating that your responsibilities are more than just willful violations, so we would appreciate the opportunity to discuss that with you with the commissioners themselves rather than going through memoranda with ethics staff. thank you. >> good evening, ethics commissioners. my name is thomas. i am also a victim of your staff dismissals with orders of determination. i will not go into the merits of the case. you have the records. but the statistics cited by mr. grossman and the doctor are very troubling in terms of the dismissals of all sunshine ordinance orders of determination. from the members of the public or watching the proceedings, they should be advised that the sunshine ordinance task force makes a determination when there is a violation of a request for public records or not being able to participate in public meetings. the suns

includedmany public officials...past and present.ted from the heart, was not politically up front, he would give a break to." to."ron smith died last month ofpancreative cancer.he was 70. how are the roads looking tonig? tonight?lauren cook has our traffic edge report. report. maps-fiber-back to maps- 95at175-back to maps six maryland schools are blue ribbon schools. schools.among the winners... crofton meadows elementary in anne arundel county. county. woodlhome elementary school in baltimore county and ring factory elementaay school in harford county. county.the awards are given under a state and national program hat recognizes schools that exhibit high performance or significant improvement in reading and math as measured by state tests. "these are schools that really stress the importance of community as well and they have partnerships and they really try to help other students in the community as we" well"maryland blue ribbon pchools go on to compete for national blue ribbon awards, which will be announced in september. as raven

finally, we will continue to pursue cases where the public trust is violated by public officials. all these efforts are an important component of our efforts to make san francisco safe. every single day, the dedicated men and women of the district attorney's office are fighting on your behalf. let me ask those of you to stand up and be recognized. thank you so much for your hard work. [applause] your support from day one is something i will never forget. i know i have mentioned this to you before, but i will say so in a more public setting. i would not be here if but for the great work that you do day in, day out. you provided me the opportunity to tell the story of this san francisco district attorney's office, and i am deeply embedded -- indebted to you. i will work to ride to the leadership necessary so that you can do what you do best. putting people that need to be placed somewhere else, whether under community provision, were incarcerated, in order to keep our communities safe. but i have to tell you, in my opinion, there is much more to being a district attorney than simply

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one particular faith have no place this country and i don't think that is the message that the public officials of ocean city should endorse. >> a spokesperson for the mayor confirms that he will appear at the prayer breakfast but she stresses it's not an official town sanctioned event. >>> a restaurant chain named off gene snow -- gino is expected to have 12 new likes this year. one of them is at camden yards. you can get a gino giant and a fr the y to boot. fry to boot. >>> one town is dealing with a massive snowstorm that has left them in the dark for a week. >>> and powerful new vaccines that could help fight cancer and it was found by accident those stories and more on this wednesday on "good morning maryland." thanks for starting your day off with us. >>> four feet of snow causing big problems in one washington state home. they have been without power since last thursday. crews have been working 16 hour day shifts trying restore the service to about 6,000 customers. stores and gas stations have been shut down and the utility company hopes to have the power back on in the next couple days.

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public officials must never forget that we serve the public. not the other way around. that's why in a time of shared sacrifice i felt it important to lead by example. we eliminated the chefs from the governor's residence. cut salaries there by 55%. it worked out well. chuck even learned how to make more than just baloney sandwiches. and i kept my promise to get rid of the ultimate symbol of waste and excess. we sold the state's luxury jet. we cut waste across state government, cut cell phones, got rid of non-essential state cars, and the governor's office, we slashed our budget and reverted over a half a million dollars back into the savings account. cabinet secretary salaries were cut by 10% and we dramatically reduced the number of political appointees, and together the governor and the legislature hammered out a budget compromise that reduced spending while protecting priorities and balanced the state budget. new mexicans can be confident that we didn't lose sight of our priorities along the way. over the past year, school districts throughout the state had to do mo

we will stand with public officials from both parties. >> you have talked about reducing the regulatory burden on small community banks and credit unions, how will you ensure the right balance is struck between protections for consumers and regulation for small institutions in the consumer bureaus rural areas whampt other actions can the agency take to minimize the impact of regulations on these institutions without sacrificing protections for consumers? >> thank you for raising that issue, mr. chairman, many of the members have raised that with us. first of all, i have made a promise openly at this committee hearing when i was up on my nomination that we would work to reduce the burdens on community banks and credit unions who i firmly believe and i have said before and will continue to say had very little to do, nothing really to do with bringing on the financial crisis. and have a traditional model of doing business that is customer service oriented, is community oriented and is the kind of model that we want to encourage in this marketplace. i've old the community banks that i'll cr

ethics commission found the conduct halls along the standards of decency and required of all public officials and the ethics commission unanimously voted for recommendation of removal from office. that individual is still the president. and not only has the, he has been sent for her toughness. they are supporting what they call a public-private partnership. a public institution for millions of dollars demonstrates how impervious the money makes them. the corporate power that they possess, they think it makes them 1%ers. it goes with our hope and government and open participation. always, the allies cost more than the money. -- the lies cost more than the money. [chime] president chiu: next speaker. >> i am the director of san francisco open government and what you see before you on the overhead is your own agenda for today that talks about knowing your rights under the sun shine ordnance. i would like to talk for a few minutes about what you have to do if you find your feel that your rights are violated. i would hope would have time before 4:00 because i have a sunshine ordnance taskforce com

and i don't think that is a message that the public officials of ocean city should be endorsing. >> they say that the mayor confirmed that he will be at the prayer breakfast but he said this is not an official town sanked event. >>> president obama will start a three day tour of three key election states. >> i intend to fight obstruction with action and i will oppose any effort to return to the very same policies that bright on this economic crisis in the first place. the state of our union is getting stronger. we've come too far to turn back now. >> in the response, republicans are saying that the president made a bad situation worse and said that they now agree that one -- the one thing they did agree on is honoring congresswoman gabrielle giffords. she got a 90 sec standing ovation prior president obama's speech. >>> and we'll have a live talk back out of washington d.c. we'll look at last night's state of the union address and where the president goes from here. >>> firefighters in anne arundel county have good news to share today. and linda so is live in millersville to tell us abou

i stood before you then added -- as a different kind of public official. i was someone who had never run for office, who had been in the trenches of government for many years. and actively worked on the outside to change government, working to make government more fair and accessible for everyone. i came in determined to apply what i had learned during all of those years. i came in determined to bring a new level of civility to city hall. and despite a few rough patches, and it was an election year after all, we worked in an atmosphere of mutual respect. and managed to agree on a lot and get a lot done, and when we disagreed we worked through this and we did not get bogged down. i want to thank every member of the board of supervisors for your hard work, and your dedication to the city in the last year. we even met once a month to exchange questions and answers. and i knew some people found those substantive, but a little boring. as long as we're getting things done, i don't mind being called boring. i came in determined to make san francisco work for the

. >> as public officials i repeat that it's -- really on all of us to make sure that our premiere responsibility to serve the public. >> reporter: the sheriff's lawyer claims reaction has lost all sense of porportion including the stay away order that bars the sheriff from talking to his wife or son. . >> one of the more overblown case i have seen. >> reporter: it's an international story. the former soap op era star refuses to cooperate. >> i feel like i am a ball and everybody is using my family, myself in a political game. >> reporter: the case took another twist when today when it was learned that one of the sheriff's former girlfriends went down to northern police station over the weekend and filed a police report alleging that he grabbed her by the arm as well. this is a -- she said she was responding in fact to news reports about this incident. so if anything the pressure continues to mount here and his future continues to be uncertain at this point. >> yeah. i'm wondering, he was elected and works for the county. he is the county sheriff, not the chief of police. what effect -- what powe

that we hear politicians and public officials say exactly what they think.heir comments are not sound bite driven and so forth. however, and we see that in chris christie and some other politicians. however, the flip side to that is that when you are a public official you have to remember that your words have weight and that people in their consequences because of what you say. so rick is an adult. he is someone obviously running for president so he knows exactly what he's doing and the question becomes whether or not the american electorate are going to buy into that message or not. >> you can make the argument that this weekend with these two big debates including the one on "meet the press" that nobody has more to gain or potentially to lose than rick santorum because he is the guy with the momentum, but a lot of folks still don't know about him. he used to joke at all the other debates. he was always so far on the end you could barely see him in the wide shot, he hardly got any questions. it's going to be a different situation. you know, he is going to b

i stood before you then that as a different kind of public official. and i was someone who would never run for office, somebody who had been in the trenches of government for many years, and before that and activists to work from the outside to change government. finding -- fighting for the rights of tenants and immigrants, working to make government more fair and accessible for everyone. i came in determined to apply what i have learned during all those years. i came in at determined to bring a new level of civility to city hall. and [applause] and despite a few rough patches, it was an election year after all, for the most part we work in an atmosphere of mutual respect and civility. we actually manage to agree on a lot and get a lot done. when we disagree, we worked through it and did not get bogged down in acrimony. i want to thank every board -- member of the board of supervisors for your hard work and dedication to the city the past year. thank you very much. [applause] we even met once a month in your chambers to the exchange questions and answe