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so every member of the public that appeared before this body and commissioner renne admitted that he said that everything that they said was unfounded. and i have read you before this good government guide that the body has to have at least an appearance of being fair and if you start out accepting everything they say is wrong, not fair. this was all followed by a quote from or sorry, the chair then said, thank you commissioner renne and i think that we all heartedly agree with what you said. and i suppose that we should be grateful that you were so candid about regarding public participation and comment at these meetings. i am not. i think that it shows the dismissive attitude that you have toward public participation and disregard for any opinion other than your own, i find this for one, totally unsurprising and mr. chafy mentioned earlier, we made dozens of attempt to get the library commission to account for all of the money, the $53 million that he spoke about and where it them raise s million and the citizens of the city without making any effort to look out after the interests
so every member of the public that appeared before this body and commissioner renne admitted that he said that everything that they said was unfounded. and i have read you before this good government guide that the body has to have at least an appearance of being fair and if you start out accepting everything they say is wrong, not fair. this was all followed by a quote from or sorry, the chair then said, thank you commissioner renne and i think that we all heartedly agree with what you said....
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from then had you know admitted his guilt right there you know in court did it occur to you and mr rennes all that maybe it would be best not to use d.c.p. until you were sure your workers wouldn't be affected this general waiting for the evidence to pile up. the first tool pass but you still don't know if our film will be screened at all. or. just will board calls us to an urgent crisis we did receive new letters from going. through they're not even on a plane. and they make it very clear to us they will no longer defend my from. my account this is chris. we just came out of the media. just the bottom line. it's not really finished but they. think they will it's so hard to risk their own organization the fessor game up with different options but the options are never going to be in your favor you know the options were i mean i was in the room with the options where they were going to show up next year when you can get distribution or why don't we just show clips and we can do a discussion around it but all along that was going to do anything for your for your show and then also we felt a
from then had you know admitted his guilt right there you know in court did it occur to you and mr rennes all that maybe it would be best not to use d.c.p. until you were sure your workers wouldn't be affected this general waiting for the evidence to pile up. the first tool pass but you still don't know if our film will be screened at all. or. just will board calls us to an urgent crisis we did receive new letters from going. through they're not even on a plane. and they make it very clear to...
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. >> and i also wanted to echo the commissioner renne and thank the staff and you mr. saint croix for the hard work reflected in the report and not just in putting it together but the actual work that was accomplished in the last fiscal year, thank you. >> any public comment the executive director's report. >> commissioners, ray hartz, director of san francisco open government and i am only to comment on section 7 and 10 of this report. the first section, number 7, discusses the filing of form 700. and some focus needs to be placed on the fact that the filing of such reports are done under the penalty of perjury, the city librarian failed to figure that out. and he also didn't seem to understand that finding such a statement is perjury, even when it is not done in front of the public official under oath. and i have to believe that someone as intelligent does not understand those matters and there must be many more city employees who do not understand, and potentially a lot of other were filing and complaints with the ftpc against the members. >> and it is the same as m
. >> and i also wanted to echo the commissioner renne and thank the staff and you mr. saint croix for the hard work reflected in the report and not just in putting it together but the actual work that was accomplished in the last fiscal year, thank you. >> any public comment the executive director's report. >> commissioners, ray hartz, director of san francisco open government and i am only to comment on section 7 and 10 of this report. the first section, number 7, discusses...
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from then had you know admitted his guilt right there you know in court did it occur to you and mr rennes all that me just got to use d.c.p. until you were sure your workers wouldn't be affected this general waiting for the evidence to pile up. the first tool pass but you still don't know if our film will be screened at all. festival board calls us to an urgent crisis we did receive new letters from don't. assume they're not even on a plane. and they make it very clear to us they will no longer defend my from. my accomplices dispraise. to modify me to. just the bottom line. it's not really finished but they. think they will it's so hard not to risk their own organization the fessor game up with different options but the options are never going to be in your favor you know the options were i mean i was in the room with the options where they were going to show up next year where you can get distribution or why don't we just show clips and we can do a discussion around it but all along that was going to do anything for your for your film and then also we fell. in on the publicity side all t
from then had you know admitted his guilt right there you know in court did it occur to you and mr rennes all that me just got to use d.c.p. until you were sure your workers wouldn't be affected this general waiting for the evidence to pile up. the first tool pass but you still don't know if our film will be screened at all. festival board calls us to an urgent crisis we did receive new letters from don't. assume they're not even on a plane. and they make it very clear to us they will no longer...
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. >> commissioner hur is excused, as is vice chair renne, he is also excused.ner andrews. >> here. >> and with that we have a quorum and we will proceed with the day's business. is there any public comment. are there any matters before we move ahead on the agenda? >> first up, the discussion and possible action on draft amendment, to the sunshine ordinance regulation 67.33-1 director st croix. >> expanding the number of ways that folks that have to file the sunshine ordinance declarations and the state ethics declarations currently they have to be filed at the office in paper fork. we are expanding this to allow them to send fax or e-mail or regular mail in order to safety that obligation and this will make it easier for folks to file those forms on a timely basis. additionally, we are authorizing the commission to set up a format for all electronic filing in the future. we don't have a platform for the electronic filing for these two forms yet. but we plan to at some point. as we generally are moving toward all electronic filing for the things that we do. i wo
. >> commissioner hur is excused, as is vice chair renne, he is also excused.ner andrews. >> here. >> and with that we have a quorum and we will proceed with the day's business. is there any public comment. are there any matters before we move ahead on the agenda? >> first up, the discussion and possible action on draft amendment, to the sunshine ordinance regulation 67.33-1 director st croix. >> expanding the number of ways that folks that have to file the...
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from then had you know admitted his guilt right there you know in court did it occur to you and mr rennes all that maybe it would be best not to use d.c.p. until you were sure your workers wouldn't be affected just general waiting for the evidence to pile up. the first to hold past but you still don't know if our film will be screened at all . or. just hold board calls us to an urgent crisis they have received new letters from going. through they're not even on a plane. and they make it very clear to us they will no longer defend my from. the call my office is dispersed. we just come out of the meeting. just the bottom line. it's not really finished but they. think they will it's so hard to risk their own organization the fessor game up with different options but the options are never going to be in your favor you know the options were i mean i was in the room with the options where they were going to show up next year when you can get distribution or why don't we just show clips and we can do a discussion around it but all along that was going to do anything for your for your film and th
from then had you know admitted his guilt right there you know in court did it occur to you and mr rennes all that maybe it would be best not to use d.c.p. until you were sure your workers wouldn't be affected just general waiting for the evidence to pile up. the first to hold past but you still don't know if our film will be screened at all . or. just hold board calls us to an urgent crisis they have received new letters from going. through they're not even on a plane. and they make it very...
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from then had you know admitted his guilt right there you know in court did it occur to you and mr rennes all that me just try to use d.c.p. until you were sure your workers wouldn't be affected just general waiting for the evidence to pile up. the first tool pass but you still don't know if our film will be screened at all. festival board calls us to an urgent crisis they have received new letters from don't. assume they're not even on a plane. and they make it very clear to us people no longer defend my from. my account this is chris. we just came out of the meeting. just a bottom line. it's not really finished but they. think they will get sued so hard not to risk their own organization the fessor game up with different options but the options are never going to be in your favor in the options were i mean i was in the room with the options where they were going to show up next year where you can get distribution or why don't we just show clips and we can do a discussion around it but all along that was going to do anything for your for your film and then also we fell. in on the publici
from then had you know admitted his guilt right there you know in court did it occur to you and mr rennes all that me just try to use d.c.p. until you were sure your workers wouldn't be affected just general waiting for the evidence to pile up. the first tool pass but you still don't know if our film will be screened at all. festival board calls us to an urgent crisis they have received new letters from don't. assume they're not even on a plane. and they make it very clear to us people no...
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those judges are charles baxter, gish jen rick simonson, renne may. year are the "flame throwers" by rachel curber in. "the low land" by jhumpa lahiri. ed" good lord bird" by james mcbride. "bleeding edge" by thomas pynchon. "tenth of december" by george saunders. the winner is "good lord bird" by james mcbride. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ actually, i didn't prepare a speech because i really didn't think i was going to -- i didn't think i would win today. i would like to say that i was reading today a note to myself about what happened in may 2004 on long island when el dutch gave the commencement speech. and he spoke out against the war and the kids there booed him. i remember saying to myself somebody ought to say something. somebody ought to go something. think about this man at 73 years old. having the sector of his life lived through -- lived through and witnessed, at least, to some degree, the holocaust in the '50s and '60s and body of work and desire to speak the truth and to serve as a kind of things of truth for us. and i really didn't do anything. and
those judges are charles baxter, gish jen rick simonson, renne may. year are the "flame throwers" by rachel curber in. "the low land" by jhumpa lahiri. ed" good lord bird" by james mcbride. "bleeding edge" by thomas pynchon. "tenth of december" by george saunders. the winner is "good lord bird" by james mcbride. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ actually, i didn't prepare a speech because i really didn't think i was going to -- i didn't think i...
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personal and corporate, but for personal, get rid of pref renne issue treatment of capital gains. no reason why anyone earned the labor, earned money in labor rather than investing money, why pay higher taxes? that makes no sense to me at all. yeah, the pain of that, if you can broaden the base, rid the loopholes and exceptions, get the top rate down. the hit on that is less severe, or if you are worried about the middle income folks to have some, you know, everybody gets $5,000 of capital gains tax free or something like that. you could do some kind of an adjustment like that, but overall, the hedge fund guys, say, okay, tax rate that's half of what you and i pay, i think that's ridiculous. >> a last question. you know, among the many provocative ideas that you put out over the last several years, one was that regulators should face a lifetime band on returning to the -- to the companies they regulate. >> yes. >> i want you to talk about that, but i want your thoughts given that on the former treasury secretary and at a private equity firm, tim geithner. >> well, look, especially
personal and corporate, but for personal, get rid of pref renne issue treatment of capital gains. no reason why anyone earned the labor, earned money in labor rather than investing money, why pay higher taxes? that makes no sense to me at all. yeah, the pain of that, if you can broaden the base, rid the loopholes and exceptions, get the top rate down. the hit on that is less severe, or if you are worried about the middle income folks to have some, you know, everybody gets $5,000 of capital...
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it's time for congress to be far less deaf renne reel to the executive branch on claims of national security. you can begin by reigning in the nearly unbridled power to misuse national security labels and make whole swaths of the government hidden and accountable. we have to hear from whistle blowers. thank you, again, for inviting me to testify today, and i look forward to your questions. thank you for the testimony. we'll get to the questions right now. it's repetition from what the panelists said, but this is for anybody who wants to answer it. in terms of the decision, there's two federal employees without a security clearance or any need for access to classified information. one was an accounting technician. i assume that's similar to a cpa maybe or not even at that level? >> lower level accounting. >> lower level accounting for the defense department in that position for 20 years. one was a clerk in indicating that he ran a cash register. is that fairly accurate? >> he was a -- he was a grocery store clerk essentially running a cash register. >> stock shelves? >> stocked shelves. >> th
it's time for congress to be far less deaf renne reel to the executive branch on claims of national security. you can begin by reigning in the nearly unbridled power to misuse national security labels and make whole swaths of the government hidden and accountable. we have to hear from whistle blowers. thank you, again, for inviting me to testify today, and i look forward to your questions. thank you for the testimony. we'll get to the questions right now. it's repetition from what the panelists...
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september 23rd meeting and after hayon said that there are no members of the public here, commissioner renne said in part, i hope that the staff does not take the criticism to heart as it is not what we feel who know what you are really doing. and he then proceeded to characterize all of the public comment as accusations. and this was followed by the statement.
september 23rd meeting and after hayon said that there are no members of the public here, commissioner renne said in part, i hope that the staff does not take the criticism to heart as it is not what we feel who know what you are really doing. and he then proceeded to characterize all of the public comment as accusations. and this was followed by the statement.