that is what runoffs do. they said to up for a situation mark corporate money and political power dominate an election. -- a sets you up for a situation where corporate money and political power dominate an election. especially when you have these big blockbuster runoffs, nonprofit groups, grass-roots groups cannot handle runoffs. it drains us of money and energy and resources. we could be using to help fix the budget problems connected more funding to homeless, housing, aids projects, environmental issues. i would like to thank mr. fried for his awesome work on this. i would ask that the lafco give mr. fried's some time to continue to do his work. supervisor campos: thank you. any other member of the public who would like to speak on this? public comment is closed. colleagues, do we have any questions? i am wondering if you can respond to some of the points that were made in terms of adding more work to this report, whether or not he is think that is necessary. i'm wondering if you have any thoughts. >> i wi

do something to fix this. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> i want to wait again in favor of runoff elections. i do not think ranked-choice voting is good for any of the positions. >> my comment has to do with another type of democratic process, which is the board of supervisors meeting or individuals should be allowed to show their support for a particular comment or a particular speaker's words. i am a student and a lifetime resident of san francisco. i am just as much of a stakeholder as anyone else. policemen, a firefighter, anybody. i am just as much of a factor and my voice should be held at that height of esteemed as anybody else. people should be able to show that they support my voice when i speak out. we need to have a meeting about addressing that issue. we need to have a meeting about addressing the democracy, the lack of democracy in san francisco. and in america and around the world. if we're going to be fighting these wars for democracy, and practicing it in our own home. president chiu: next speaker. >> supervisors, we are here to discuss a process of how to select good represen

that before we go down the road, we need to make sure that we also do not have unintended consequences. the idea of a september runoff is something that i think would have some very negative consequences for the very goals that we are trying to accomplish. i do think that voter turnout will be extremely low, and i also think it will be especially low in certain communities, and i also believe we have yet to hear any evidence that our elections department will be able to handle yet another election, in june, in september, the november. i do not think this is as carefully thought out as it needs to be, so i would urge my colleagues to not go down this road. i do not think we need to put anything on the ballot, whether it is the charter amendment in its current form or any amendment to it. i think that is a mistake, and i respectfully ask that you do not do that. thank you. supervisor farrell: : supervisor wiener? supervisor wiener: thank you. i respect supervisor campos' comments, but i respectfully disagree. what is before us today is already a compromise. i'm not saying everyone has agreed to it, but it has been redu

doing. supervisor campos: i will keep these comments brief. on the issue of what the benefits of the runoff would be, i think that there are differing opinions on that. i know that within the progressive community, there are different perspectives, and as much as i can see the benefit of a runoff, i also know that when we have those runoffs, that the progressive candidate has been outspent, and i am not convinced that this is necessarily the best thing to do. with respect to the amendments that have been made, i am not convinced that these amendments are necessary, and i am not certain what i would do if i was going to vote on them today. i do believe that in terms of the marriage of these amendments, president chiu's amendment is better than that of olague. i have concerns about the elections in september. with the practicality of the department of elections being able to manage that, there are many questions around that and i worry about the voter turnout, especially in certain communities, if we were to have the election in september. the times we see a runoff, where we have seen the vot

i don't want to do a runoff or a coin toss. you can run. i wish you the best of luck in the 100 and the 200 in the relays. >> reporter: jennifer tarmo tells how she placed third at the olympic trials. but judge changed that decision to a photo finish tie with felix. the teammates would have a runoff. >> i think she got screwed here. >> reporter: her high school track coach says tarmo knows she won the race. >> i don't think she's quitting. what she's trying to do is she's going to have to practice without allyson felix. >> reporter: she works with several bay area athletes. >> they eat and sleep and dream their sport. >> reporter: she says xgiving away an olympic position could mean that tarmo is exhausted. olympic-level athletes can't take stress on to the track. walking away, may give tarmo the ability to perform. >> she's like, in my heart, i can't let that happen. so, she was in shock. i let her know that it will be all right. it's fine. >> reporter: she will be in the olympics in london. >>> one of the swimming superstars will not be c

this poor girl drops out and refuses to do the runoff. decision like that? we're all expecting to see the results of that crazy photo finish to fruition with a runoff. what do you think is going through her head? >> you know, to be honest, i'm not sure as an athlete, you always want to give it your all and go till the end. but you know, the olympic games come once every four years. to walk away is difficult for me to understand. i don't know what's going through her mind. but we have to respect her decision and hopefully she's going to live with that and move forward and be all right with it down the road. >> that's a tough one. 2012 in gymnastics, we saw shawn johnson retire at the 11th hour. how will that affect our chance snz. >> shawn gave usa gymnastics so many memories but the window is very short. to make two olympic games is difficult and she wanted to end out on top and decided to give these new girls a chance and they are looking very, very strong. >> speaking of new girls, gabby douglas, they are calling her the flying squirrel

runoff and vote. i know i've argued both sides of the argument, but that's what you're doing. you say we had to get rid of it and go back and go forward and none of you really has been clear about what the hell you think this should end up as. [applause] president chiu: next speaker please. and if i could mention, we as members of the public not to clap, applaud or express opposition to, it's because we want to respect the speakers and keep the conversation moving as expeditious as we can. >> by look of the draw -- by luck of the draw of the board of elections, i was the ranked joyce opponent in 2002. i was part of a coalition and unfortunately the voters, in their wisdom, voted for ranked choice of voting back in 2002. i think ranked joyce voting along with public financing has created a perfect storm. we know there have i think is appropriate to see how that plays out. i would do away with the entire system and have the primaries after labor day and the general election would be the runoff election. having said that, i think it would be appropriate to look at the first two m

sports tonight, confusion after controversy, why a runoff to determine a spot off >>> we're getting word the tiebreaker won't happen. >> why? >> we do not have an answer. it's a soap opera suited for "days of our lives." two runners, one spot left. jeneba tarmoh and allyson felix had a runoff. zachary kiesch has the story. >> reporter: with years of hard work and dedication at stake, last saturday night jeneba tarmoh, and allyson felix were in a -- a visibly dejected felix -- >> everyone goes through ups and downs, but when you're trying to make an olympic team, it's extra hard-breaking. >> reporter:up about the same place jeneba tarmoh about finished, the pot was stirred. the photo finish wasn't so clear at all. >> the outside camera was inconclusive due to some okay secured torsos. athletes arms were up obscure the torso. it's the torso that determines both time and place. >> reporter: but there's one big problem. this had never happened before, and the olympic committee didn't know what to do. they came up with a couple options. or even better yet, we can just flip a coin. >> we fully expected the tie we're broken either via a ru

i don't want to do a runoff or a coin toss and you can run this and i wish you the best of luck in the 100 and 200 in the relays. physically i don't think i would be there either. i was drained after the 200. >> disappointing but she will be an alternate. >> she is in already anyhow? >> she is in a relay. >> but she is going to london. >> she's going to london anyway. it was classy. >>> the baltimore orioles have three all-star going to kansas city and one is a maybe. that man is on the hound tonight. jason hammel gave up eight runs on wednesday against l.a. bottom two peer no score one out, dustin ackley there strikes him out and nabs are runner to end the inning. o's down 0-1. davis takes it all the way downtown and jacks that deep. i was practicing his name before the sports. the orioles lead 3-1 in the fifth inning. >>> the washington capitals have holes on the roster that needs to be filled and they have $20 million in cap space but it louisiana been an uneventful two days of free agency and that's the way it's go inning to stay. no news either for alexander semin. he made it clea

i do not want to do a runoff or a coin toss. wish you the best of luck in the 100 and 200 delays. >> she will be heading to london for the 400 relay team. >> friendship and sportsmanship, such a last embrace. >> we like to see that. >>> tower of london has housed the royal jewels for centuries. >> now guarding a new shipment of valuables. 4700 gold, silver, and bronze medals were handed over for safekeeping yesterday. the medals were crafted by the royal mint in south wales. it featured nike, the greek goddess on the front and the river tims on the back. the first group of medals will be handed out on july 28th. stay with news4 and nbc4 for all of your olympic coverage. it begins with the opening ceremonies in london on july 27th. we're counting down, getting close. getting excited. >> i hear they took the queens crown out of its box and put the jewels in -- i'm joking i was going to say, really? >> they're right next door, i'm sure. >>> stay with us. "news4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m.

i do not think we should be returning to runoff elections -- that is about the only thing i agreed with that then. this system has worked in new york for years. i think it can work in san francisco. president chiu: next speaker. >> good afternoon. i am here to speak on behalf -- [inaudible] i am here to speak on behalf on the executive -- president chiu: we are having a hearing on ranked-choice voting. we will have general comments, so that would be the appropriate time -- i'm sorry, a -- >> that is the asian american action fund. they strongly support ranked- choice voting and support the common sense proposal to fine tune it may laurel alexians -- mayoral elections. ranked-choice voting has made it possible for asian-americans to elect representatives of their choice, a precious right guaranteed by the u.s. and california voting rights act, but the u.s. and california constitutions. asian-american communities though it was often fragmented between several candidates, which made it difficult for asian-american candidate to qualify for the runoff. after the city adopted ranked- choice v

they were supposed to do a runoff.xty seconds ago that she cancelled. it's unfortunate, jeneba. we would have loved to talk to you and hear your story to find out why. there's been a lot of talk about this. >> she will be in the olympics, though, right? >> not in an individual race. >> any speculation why? >> there was the thought that she could get injured. we had kerry strugg on yesterday, who said as a former olympian, as a competitor, we train so much it's hard to imagine someone not embracing the spirit of competition. >> she was also disappointed they didn't have a procedure in place to deal with a tie. >> it happens so rarely. it happens so, so rarely. >> you go to the photo finish and you can usually tell. but the olympics are going to be great. i'm really excited. >> let me read this. it is interesting. she has the same coach as the woman who is going on to race, and she was willing to race. the coach's wife, jackie joyner kersee, a lot of people are saying had she raced and we had seen the runoff, it would ha

my decision is where it was before, i do not want to do a runoff or a coin toss.and you can -- you can run this and i wish you the best of luck in the 100 and 200 in the relays. >> she will still be heading to london as part of the 400 meter relay team. >>> here comes the wall. can torres get in second? no, carolyn joyce up there in lane two. >> storied career of one of america's most decorated swimmers has come to an end. 45-year-old torres came in fourth in the final of the 50  meter free last night. just two spots and .9 of a second away from her sixth olympic games. torres hasn't officially retired but she hinted after the race that it was likely her last. she walks away from the pool with 12 olympic medals. tied for the most decorated u.s. female swimmer. no small feat there. incredible olympic career for her. >> indeed. incredible athlete, incredible woman, she's a mom, in terrific shape, competing into her 40s. just an inspiration for in the just women but everybody out there of work hard, kick butt. >> come out on top, too. >>> the tower of london has ho

i do feel that this debate really focuses on the runoff. it is only one aspect.s if we are trying to build the best race car. we have our choice of transmission and our choice of wheels. we are kind of talking about what wheels to use. that is a decision that must be made, but i feel we are overlooking the idea that we should get a better engine. that, of course, would be score voting. that is independent from your choice to have a runoff or not. when the rubber hits the road, that is the real test. i understand that politics is more about war, blood, and power than policy, and i come from a numbers perception. i am not from any unrealistic assumption that this would get done. but if anybody here has the act of political courage to put this forward, the landing will be soft in the future. anything between facebook, we do use scored voting in some sense. right now that generation is turning 18 and in the future, there will be in these seats and it will not be such a big gap to cross. hopefully, with that, you will learn that there is -- it is not so scary, scored

i do feel that this debate really focuses on the runoff. it is only one aspect.s if we are trying to build the best race car. we have our choice of transmission and our choice of wheels. we are kind of talking about what wheels to use. that is a decision that must be made, but i feel we are overlooking the idea that we should get a better engine. that, of course, would be score voting. that is independent from your choice to have a runoff or not. when the rubber hits the road, that is the real test. i understand that politics is more about war, blood, and power than policy, and i come from a numbers perception. i am not from any unrealistic assumption that this would get done. but if anybody here has the act of political courage to put this

runoff. they are going to do doing that tonight.aturday night so it's her last chance. >> couldn't have it any other way. got to run it on the track. >> i could never imagine leaving my fate to a coin toss. i know in football that's how you start. this the one shot, these are olympians, you have to go for it. >> the rivalry here, they share the same coach, have nike deals. >> linked in history but only one will win. >> only one will win. >> absolutely. >> a great event. >> phelps swim-off. >> more on the track runoff and more on the trials tonight on nbc starting 8:00, 7:00 central time. just ahead e! news host the inside scoop on adele's pregnancy and her own baby news. what makes hershey's s'mores special? pure chocolate goodness that brings people together. hershey's makes it a s'more... you make it special. pure hershey's. ♪ power surge, let it blow your mind. [ male announcer ] for fruits, veggies and natural green tea energy... new v8 v-fusion plus energy. could've had a v8. and micro-climate controls powered by twinchill™ tec

to your friend, because they are friends, toss a coin to find out which one gets the spot, or do the runoffying none of that works? >> that's a tough situation. she feels like she said in her quotes, she was given almost no option because a coin toss really isn't an option to two world class athletes. >> nor is conceding to your pal. >> this would be the only individual event that jeneba would be qualified for. allyson is a two-time favorite and this is her warm-up too. they worked their entire lives. >> she could still be in the relay and they are team mates. you can imagine the emotion alpal fatigue -- >> nobody said olympic sports isn't dramatic and i have to go to the trials. let me start with michael phelps, what happened? >> he'll be in eight events again. this is like beijing 2.0. he was going to scale back his program in the london olympics which will be his last game but now he qualified eight events. whether he swims all yet to be determined but he has qualified. >> i don't see lochte in that finish there. >> missy franklin, seven events? >> if she ends up swimming all those event

>> if she was going to runoff and leave her kids she would have do it before that.e stayed in the abuse to be with her kids and get her kids out of there >> judge jeanine: did you think your sister will ever be found? >> yeah >> judge jeanine: why? >> because i'm not gonna give up. and i will continue to search and continue to call the illinois state police and keep them on it as well. >> judge jeanine: what happens if drew peterson is not convicted of the murder of his third wife? >> he will be convicted that's the way i feel. >> judge jeanine: what happens if he isn't? >> then he will be realized for the murder of my sister. >> judge jeanine: they would have to find her body or get more evidence. >> they have enough evidence. >> judge jeanine: you believe they have enough evidence now to indict him for the murder of your sister? >> yeah. >> judge jeanine: she is one strong witness. i see two nods, three, four way do you think mark? >> i talked to her in 2007. she was a tough cookie then, very straightforward very helpful but didn't mince words about drew peterson

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and some elections there is not, specifically with the runoff between gavin newsom and the mayor here in stamford cisco. for me, more importantly, i do have a number of fundamental issues with rank choice of a boardivoting. the simple majority has the responsibility of -- has the ability to produce results. last year we had people running around asking for people to get there second and third votes. to me, that is not leadership. i want my city leaders, people coming to voters in saying this is my vision for this office. this is why i would ask for you to vote for me as opposed to running around asking people for their second and third votes. second of all, we talked a lot about this the last time around, the notion of voter confusion. poll after poll, voters will say they're confused by this. to me, i think there is no reason why we should have a voting system in san francisco where voters are confused. i think there is a lot of anecdotal evidence for that. there is also a ton of empirical evidence in the form of over boats and san francisco. buster's mayor's race had 1% of the votes being tossed in the garbage can because of over v

do with this precious resource. alison bick's inspiration started with a storm. flooding and runoffly in her hometown. >> and one my friends called me up and asked if there was a way to determine if the water was safe to drink using materials found around the house. i said, "huh, that's a pretty interesting question." >> alison's search for an answer led to a brand-new testing device that's easy to use, inexpensive, and highly accurate. >> there are different methods to test water quality, one of which is using aerial photography to determine water quality. that's how i got the idea of using the camera part of a cellphone and the computer-processing part of the cellphone -- that combination -- to test the water. >> sweden. [ applause ] turkey. [ applause ] ukraine. >> all the participants are already winners, having earned cash for themselves and their schools in national competitions. here in stockholm, sweden's crown princess victoria is awarding the international prize. >> the winner of the stockholm junior award 2011 is the team from the united states of america. [ crowd cheers

runoffs. i also know your measure and does -- and does consolidation, which is unfortunate, because your own doing cost saving for the city. i know the main concern seems to be with the major election, so why don't you want this to go to the mayor's election? given this is not until 2015, no reason to rush onto the ballot this november here did you have plenty of time to craft a measure that just applies to the mayoral election. and i will distribute copies of this. >> thank you, supervisors. like his two predecessors, this will reduce the number of participating boaters. it will reduce the number of fully-participating voters. it will increase the number of exhausted boats, and it will elect winners with fewer votes from a less-representative group of voters. it is time to call the third strike on this misconceived effort. low turnout, september primaries are horrible idea. this would plummet into the teens. the flaws of this proposal run deeper. simple plurality primaries are not a fair way to narrow the field of candidates, regardless of origin -- of when the primaries are schedules, and regard

>> they were originally set to do a runoff.oin. >> they were going to run a runoff. but it got canceled when she conceded. she will remain an alternate for the 100 meter race and will likely race in the 400 meter relay. >> bill: i still want to know why. what prompted her not to run? >> because she said that she felt she won the first time so now it was allison's chance to win. >> bill: oh come on. >> i have never heard a more -- >> sportsmanship. >> what is this? >> bill: i must admit i suspect there was money involved. >> independents say celebrations are set to go on the national mall here in d.c. pbs featuring a capital 4th hosted from the west lawn of the capital by "dancing with the stars" host tom bergeron. performers include national symphony orchestra, "american idol" winner, matthew broderick and kelly o'hara from broadway. country singer josh turner, also amber riley from glee and kool & the gang as well. >> i recognize kool & the gang. >> that's awesome. all the rest of them -- >> glee, that's big. >> is it big? >>

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houses and terrible runoff of sewage even and fact into the port leading into the black sea so really bad news and they are certainly trying to deal with the catastrophe and you do have emergency crews sent from moscow into cross by helicopter and by emergency planes but it has been affecting not only the people in the area but people throughout russia people who can't get in touch with family and because of the down to electricity telephone lines not working as was earlier mentioned food and water supplies also running short so very a dire situation that we are trying to deal with as the hours go by oh indeed a huge knock on effect on everyone there in the region current thanks very much indeed for bringing us the very latest. well for the first time in months anti-government protests are not the hottest topic in russia's blogosphere discussion of the floods have taken over and beyond the usual expressions of condolences and offers of help there's a whole variety of reaction artista bang which a joins us now live from our newsroom with more. well marina it's amazing what one hundred forty characters can do to instigate debate and especially during this time of

do away with it. he plans to ask the council to put a measure on the november ballot that would bring runoffs back.fit dell phenate because he posed a stronger challenge against mayor quan. >>> breaking news coming in light now from sunnyvale. live pictures you see the police busy. live pictures sunnyvale police searching for one suspect. they haven't told ktvu what the crime is that the suspect committed. you can see there is a solid perimeter out there. they believe he's somewhere near city hall. this is the -- we are in the pastoria avenue and evelyn streets. a lot of police officers you see them on foot and in cars in the areas blocked off. now again police searching for a suspect. you see another big yes a big crime fighting truck has just arrived. a lot is happening and this is all coming in right now. we'll keep an eye on what is happening in sunnyvale and a search for a crime suspect as more information comes into our newsroom. >> you can see all of the police cars out there you might want to stay away from that area. sal is keeping an eye on other traffic hot spots in the area. >> that is

i do not know if the open fields are leading to more runoff and water pollution, but there is a usda agency, the conservation service, that tries to address all of these issues. host: what provisions in the farm bill could apply to the drought? a lot of it had to do with food subsidy programs and the fights over defunding food stamps. guest: the drought and disaster issue is a tiny part of the farm bill, but is now becoming a motivation in trying to get the house of representatives to take up the bill. it has been passed by the senate and house agriculture committee. the house leadership is not enthusiastic about bringing about. partly because republicans are so divided over how much of a cut to make to the food stamp program. the liberals in the house do not want any cuts to the program. they are envisioning a divisive fight on the floor over this issue. the senate bill cuts the food stamp program by $4.5 billion over 10 years. $e house bill would cut it 16.5 billion over 10 years. there have been proposals to cut it as much as $33 billion. this is a program costs $80 billion a year

runoff until jennifer pulled out. how are you feeling? >> i just can't wait. >> is it like being a racehorse. is everything so finely tuned? all geared up for an explosive new moments? >> it is. you do all this training for 21 seconds. it's very quick. >> i want to take you back to probably the worst moment of your life. 2008, beijing olympics, up against your old enemy from jamaica. i don't want to say it because it hurts too much. you ran 21.93. she ran 21.74. 0.17 of a second. how many times have you relived that 0.17 of a second? >> i feel every day since then. i'm always thinking about it at practice. i don't want to get that thought out of my head because it does motivate me. but it's tough. >> you've won a gold in the relay. you've won all the world titles and won everything else. but in the end, the 200 meters is your thing. and you've got this incredible rival who keeps beating you when it really matters. this is it, isn't it? london olympics, you're at the peak of your power. you've got to win this. >> i've got to win. that's what it's all about. like you said, i've done this other stuff. this is the one missing thing pit's what i really want. i need everything to come tog