walker already last week. so no need to hear from you again, but thank you so much for coming back to our second rules committee. at this time i will open up for public comment on this item. if you would like to come up and speak and if you came to our last rules committee, feel free to come up for public comment as well. two minutes. thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is reana shah robinson and i work at urban habitat and i'm here to speak in support of appointment of veronica garcia. i have had an opportunity to know her through our boards and institutes and knowing the advocate that she is, i think the voice they she will bring will be committed to lifting up the voice of community. she has experience working with community organizations, community members, supervisors, as well as other decision-makes to make sure all voices are heard and lifted up and needs are met at the table. in terms of training that she is receiving through our institute, she is learning what it takes to be a really effective commi

one of them was walter walker.eing that they weren't where they were supposed to be, i decided to strip them out and find out what was going on, and mr. walter walker had a bottle of tattoo ink on him. which he finally gave over when i started to do the strip-outs. and at that time, he realized i was going to have to write a report on him for having tattoo paraphernalia. >> and i would put some more over here that would go all the way -- >> what's the image, though? >> this is the one i was going to get. wages of syd. right? >>> coming up -- david laudone's case takes an unexpected turn. >> when you go back in your cell you need to sit there and think about it a minute and tell me the truth and tell me what's going on. >>> and later -- >> you know the first thing he asked me, can i keep the fork? oh, he got me for a fork. >> ray slagle's signature dish provides comfort to a friend in need. >> good, man. >>> in a prison where it seems most of the inmates have a hustle, there are some who hold legitimate jobs. >> thi

>> i've known scott walker, the governor of wisconsin for the better part of 20 years.c career politician. and i don't say that in a negative way. >> journalist and wisconsinite john nichols has tracked scott walker's career since the '90s when walker was a state legislator and an alec member. >> and in 2010 he ran not presenting himself as an alec alumni or as an ally of big corporations or big business people outside the state. he ran a very down-home campaign. >> this is my lunch. i pack a brown bag each day so i can save some money to spend on the more important things in life, like sending my kids to college. >> nichols says that despite the folksy image, in the years leading up to walker's 2010 campaign, he had become a master political fundraiser. >> and he began to really forge incredibly close ties with a lot of corporate interests that he had first been introduced to in alec, individuals and groups like the koch brothers. >> david and charles koch, the billionaire businessmen behind a vast industrial empire are also political activists with an agenda. their co

>> yes. >> commissioner walker? >> yes. >> the motion carries and the order of abatement is upheld. * >> item d, general public comment. is there any general public comment on regarding the abatement appeals board? >> seeing none. >> seeing none, item e, adjournment. is there a motion to adjourn? >> motion to adjourn. >> second. >> we are now adjourned at 9:55 a.m. we'll take about a ten-minute recess and reconvene as the building inspection commission.. >> (roll call). we have a quorum and the next item on the agenda is president's announcements. >> thank you, madam secretary. obviously welcome everyone here today, the last meeting before the end of the year. we will wish everybody happy holidays. so what we have is acting director tom huey participated in a media briefing at the site of the hacker pool house with the director of recreation and parks, phil ginsburg. dbi acting director huey signed an emergency order early letter this month when a fire caused sufficient structural damage to make the building an immi

. >> commissioner walker? >> first of all, i want to thank the tenants for coming and speaking to us about this issue. i think that we, a lot of us here, have seen some projects come forward and it's one of the reasons why we have funded the code enforcement outreach program, because the people doing the work trying to help the landlords make these conditions habitable is really the point. and it works really well. i can only appreciate the work that our code enforcement outreach does with our housing division. that being said, i urge us all to think about what it would be like living in these conditions. and your client has taken on a building that needs a lot of work and, you know, this is one of those situations where i feel like we can really do something, helping the landlord make conditions better there. so, i feel like a good solution is one that was offered of allowing for time to have an empty unit with a bathroom that's private being made public is a reasonable option for us. and for the people livin

. >> commissioner walker? >> so, we are here because there are outstanding notices of violation. >>> yeah. >> so, i have heard you admit that there are issues that are listed that need to be resolved that you're working on. the issue with our department is that this goes back a long ways. and in the meantime, one of your properties actually caught fire. and our job here is to make sure that buildings are safe and habitable. so, my feeling is -- you know, looking at the pictures and reading the documents, that our housing department is doing what it's supposed to do in trying to resolve outstanding violations that affect the habitability. you just admitted that the issues listed, you are working on. so, you know, i think that ultimately i would want to know what has taken you so long. it's not an answer that you've had other issues. >>> what i've tried to explain is after that incident in 2006 with isabelle going all over my building on noe, i -- >> it's her job. >>> yes. i realize that i was targeted at that p

herschel walker. i found out it was herschel walker. >> jimmy: it was herschel walker? been a big running back. >> jimmy: yeah. you could have been. >> my aunt said, "herschel walker, ain't no dude -- herschel walker your daddy." >> jimmy: she just told you that recently? >> she told me that last night. >> jimmy: last night. that's a shocking thing. well, i appreciate you making it to the show and coming on and doing the nice holiday -- >> that was sweet. that was sweet like bear meat. >> jimmy: thank you. sweet like bear meat. >> sweet like alligator meat. >> jimmy: how's the holiday shopping going for you? you going shopping? >> i got trampled on black friday. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: so sorry. >> i got trampled, how about that, you know? i got trampled, man, that's the way to go. wouldn't you be mad? >> jimmy: on black friday. >> i get -- yeah. i shop safe on white tuesdays or something. >> jimmy: i don't know if there is a white tuesday. >> you don't know to go out on emphatic thursdays. you don't want that. you lose all your goods. >> jimmy: can we talk about this. t

. >> joining us on the topic is david walker. he's on his way here right now. >> and in global market news, a lot of talk about china this morning. a final reading of hsbc's manufacturing purchasing manager's survey for china rising in november, first time above the key 50 mark which indicates expanding rather than contraction. it's been since october of last year. also abroad greece announcing it will buy back bonds through a dutch auction. the set up whether allow athenss to assess the level of demand before setting a final bryce for the deal. part of the country's efforts to cut its about a along debt. and in germany, merkel is not ruling out the possibility of notifying greece some of its debt once athens finances are in better shape. angela merkel told a german tabloid that the question of the so-called haircut can be revisited. in the past, merkel's government had ruled out forgiving any debt. >> in corporate new, ubs is reportedly close to a settlement. the "new york times" says the swiss bank is expected to pay horn $450

in wisconsin you see scott walker.nk scott walker understands that he had to make his state more competitive to attract more jobs you see it with snyder. >> might they face recall? might they face backlashes? >> i think what we saw with what happened with scott walker, people wanted to see if walker's policies could work, and they have worked. and that's why that recall operation with scott walker did not work. i don't think it's going to work with what's happened in michigan. i think snyder's going to get recalled. i think the american people want to see progress. in their states especially they want to see job creation. what they don't want to see it money wasted on recall operations. that infuriates voters. >> as we look at what the unions might do to fight back. i've listed some of the tactics discussed so far. what's your thoughts, steve, what's the best tactic for unions if they want to fight back here? >> i think the best tactic is what we did, what happened in wisconsin ultimately. they communicated with their

. >> wisconsin governor scott walker. he put through his right to work laws. he didn't want a recall. he was an inspiration for republican governors. it's a move gone all over the country. >> best politician bill clinton, who in a single speech at the democratic national convention injected energy and enthusiasm into the voters. >> herman cain was the leading republican contender. however, he was also the worst politician, but i'll get to that later. >> i had a long shot in naming chris christie because he firmed up his base in a democratic state. and i think at a time when the republicans now are seeing a resurgence among their moderates. i think in the long run he may prove to be the big winner of the year. >> these are all very interesting choices but they are all domestic. the best politician of 2012 was german chancellor angela merkle. she had to walk a tightrope between her german voters who do not favor bailing out europe and the european union. best politician, angela. you got it? you can write that down. pat, put it in your column. worst politician. >

david walker's a magician at this kind of thing. there are creative solutions to this but it does take both parties. we truly wanted an agreement and there is -- you hear among some democrats right now and it's disturbing, that maybe we just ought to take it over the cliff, we'll score political points against the republicans, force their hand in the new year. that is a very, very dangerous risky path. >> that raises the question, david walker, do they get it? you say they're confused about the fiscal cliff and the long term challenge of a grand bargain but do they get it? are they stuck in their idealogical vault on both sides and they don't see the stakes? >> they're way too involved in partisan politics, not enough listening to the american people. there is only one kind of mandate that occurred in the election in november, because the public returned the republicans to the house, the democrats to the senate, and president obama to the white house. they want them to start solving problems. they are absolutely disgusted with this

jon: what is the thinking about the walkers? what was the motive? these guys have connected with them? >> the idea is that the walker family was car-shopping on the day of the murders, something they would not normally do that would take them out of their regular element and the, smith and hickock, while they were traveling the country were stealing cars or selling off parts of cars or stolen items and were regularly at car dealerships and gas stations and they spotted the family. talked to the family. asked around about someone who was looking to trade or buy a car and they were driving, smith and hickock were driving the same model car that the walkers were looking at. jon: a 1956 chevy belleair. >> uh-huh. and they followed the family home or got directions to the family's home and maybe they intended to offer a deal or they got there intending to kill them. jon: but again, they are hoping they can exhume these guys and hatch the dna evidence that was left behind at the walker crime scene to one or both of these convicted killers? >> yeah. the sh

so scott walker has been walking this back.re a country that has a really lousy election system overall in the sense that there is a lot of weak links, right? there are still places where you have to wait nine hours to cast your ballot there are partisan elections that makes people reasonably doubt whether or not the rules around elections are designed to favor one party's voters and disfavor the others. we elect people in districts that are put on the map in a way that wildly distorts what voters actually want. our election system kind of sucks because of its weak links. but there are some strong links too. some states that have innovated, maybe because of scandal or maybe just because they decided to take responsibility or whatever, but they have innovated solid nonpartisan good government models for running elections in a nonpartisan way. and those strong links, those good examples for the nation are now in danger in states like wisconsin, where republicans are in charge. but that is happening in a really interesting context

walker's problem space and time wise. we excuse you. >> i am fine. i have my office tell my appointment that i will reschedule it. thank you. >> thank you. the chairman now recognizes the gentleman from michigan. >> thank you. thanks to all of you who testified on this excellent testimony. i am from an industry that has been affected -- benefited much from nasa and the technologies and everything that they have spawned from their research. i come from the automobile industry, everything from metals to paint to waieight. i help nasa gets a long-term presence that they are looking for. it but it's this entire country. -- benefits this entire country. had not been for the stimulus we might not be able to talk about any funding. with that, i would like to direct a question to general. you testified that nasa needs personal flexibility including the ability to hire contracts rather than civil servants. i would like to know if this is because there is not a long- term commitment to the program. or if you believe even if there is a long-term commitment that

that same foundation from 2010, the one with the intimidating billboards in the walker campaign chair, that same foundation it turns out is also now a major funder of the anti-union rights ambush attack that is going on in michigan right now. with support from conservative outfits like to mackinaw foundation and americans for prosperity, both of which are funded by the be afraid to vote billboards guy, michigan republicans have turned on a dime since they lost seats in this last election. they are moving now at lightning speed to strip union rights in the state of michigan, unilaterally, immediately, irreversibly, and without any meaningful chance for debate. it is the biggest political news in the country. on the anti-union side of the surprise attack, you will find the right wing institutes in the midwest and in the upper plains with funding from the voting is scary foundation. on the other side, fighting to defend union rights, you'll find, naturally, unions, which of course will be essentially gotten rid of with this legislation that the republicans and their conservative donors a

or do you want commissioner walker to frame it again? >> john howard from the city attorney's office. what i heard was that the motion would be to recommend the board adopt the legislation and the bic acknowledges and recommends that a program be developed where there might be some period of time where fees are waived entirely and that beyond that the fees would be worked out in a way that would encourage the hotel users to install the facilities. >> but in a certain period of time, though, the fee waiver would be --. >> time limited. >> to be determined. okay, i second that. any objections? seeing none. >> on that motion. (roll taken). >> the motion carries unanimously. item no. 6, discussion and possible action to update current administrative bulletin ab-007, high top van parking quifl facilitation. >> before you is a change to administrative ab-007. the code has changed and the wording, the present code does not mention high top vans any longer. if you are to build a new building now, you would need to have the 98 inch or 8 foot 2 or

. >> don mccloud can't forget that horrible day in 1959 when he walked in cliff walker christine andldren all shot dead in florida home. it remains sarasota county's oldest unsolved major crime. but 53 years later, detective kim mcgaffe thinks the walker killers are the same infamous killers of the clutter family in kansas one month earlier. perry smith and dick hick in cold blood. >> driving a stolen 1956 chevrolet bellaire and the walker family was shopping for a 1956 chevrolet 210 model. they are basically the same vehicle. >> before smith and hickcock were arrested for the kansas killings. several witnesses spotted them in sarasota the day of and after the walkers died. >> they all testified that hick companies hawk has a scratched face. >> and more intriguing evidence cliff walker's pocket night with a distinct handle just like this was missing after he and his family were killed here in sarasota county but a couple weeks later when smith and hickcock were caught and cap terred in las vegas he had a pocket knife on him like this. it could be the unwritten chapter to capote's fam

we battered up scott walker. too bad we didn't beat him.s beat the hell out of rick schneider. go to billpressshow.com, we'll tell you how to get in touch. igor volsky, thank you for joining the fight. we'll come back and get some more reaction to what's happening in michigan. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." oo! the tilapia with roasted vegetables! i'm actually looking at the wood grilled chicken with portobello wine sauce. that pork chop was great! no more fast food friday's! we're going to go to red lobster. yep. [ male announcer ] come try our new menu and sea food differently! and introducing 7 lunch choices for just $7.99. salad, sandwiches, and more. [ male announcer ] you like who you are... and you learned something along the way. this is the age of knowing what you're made of. so, why let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra. 20 million men already have. ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain; it may cause an unsafe drop in b

or do you want commissioner walker to frame it again? >> john howard from the city attorney's office. what i heard was that the motion would be to recommend the board adopt the legislation and the bic acknowledges and recommends that a program be developed where there might be some period of time where fees are waived entirely and that beyond that the fees would be worked out in a way that would encourage the hotel users to install the facilities. >> but in a certain period of time, though, the fee waiver would be --. >> time limited. >> to be determined. okay, i second that. any objections? seeing none. >> on that motion.

seeing none -- commissioner walker. >> is this an action item? >> this is an action item, yes. i think we have public comment first, though. madam secretary there. >> is there any public comment on item no. 5? >> good morning, commissioners, my name is josh vining, i'm an organizor with the mission street collaborative. i wanted to say thanks for taking the time to talk about these issues. they sound like very commonsense issues but once we get into the issues it becomes more complicated. i

they are angry for trying to poult a scott walker but he says not true.ere want to be a union. they don't have to. but they don't see it that way any different than lee scott walker offer to kill the union. who s right? to both guest, at first why the governor? >> they are targeting as an interesting time passage of right to work laws it is big to them but important to people in michigan. neil: there is something more sinister? >> even the governor said earlier this year he did not think right to work out a place so even he opposed this. it does not make sense. this is a problem for the g.o.p. to stop tax cut on the rich, raise medicare age neil: but to say you have a choice you don't have to be in the union. is your call. what is wrong with that? >> as the unions work for wages if you're not a member you benefit even though you don't pay the dues. this is about killing the few remaining strong unions that built the middle-class. neil: and what do you think this new benefit with the union does? >> that is how they one negative. they want the privilege to

but my question was actually along with commissioner melgar and commissioner walker were talking about. i was wondering about the cost of displacing tenants and businesses. you mentioned loans available to property owners. could the loans take into account the cost of displacing 10 -- tenants and businesses. >> that's a very good question. we haven't brought that up to the lenders, a lot of these are going to be equity-based loans but i think it's an important option because for landlords that can be a tremendous expense. >> first of all my comments, we're extremely lucky that you took this job because it's going to be -- and you're young enough to stay at it and we've met a couple times on the issue and you have kind of brought me up to speed and i think you are the right guy for the right job at the right time and we're lucky to have you and also kind of a shout out to lawrence for his work over the years and putting this together. he's kind of handing it off to you now and i know he's in the background watching, still involved, so he's been a tremendous, a lot of us have a lot of re

walker -- commissioner walker, i think we would have to do that. quite frankly, [speaker not understood] i believe it's going to come out of his pocket, not the owner's pocket. and we'd like to see if we can avoid doing that. as you know it's nice to have a room that has a bathroom, better quality of life for those who have it. on the other hand you have a room that doesn't have [speaker not understood]. >> i hear you. thank you. >>> [speaker not understood]. >> any other questions? >> it's kind of related. 25 of the rooms are tourist hotel rooms. so, there's quite a bit of turn over there because they're not staying there very often, very long at all, right? do those tourist rooms have private bathrooms, some of them? >>> commissioner mar, it's how the hotels were set up. when they came up with this s-r-o audience, from what i believe is what the city did their room to room hotels and asked people, how many rooms are occupied by people more than 30 days and how many are not? that's how they came up with tourist rooms and residential rooms. primari

he dog walker, we're going help you out. . >> let's look the consumer alert. toyota has agreed to pay a $17.400-0000 fine to the highway administration. thiscomes after a recall on a lexus model. remember the floor matts in the lexus crossover that moved and caused the gas pedal to get stuck. well toyota is paying for that now. thenational average for gas is now 3.25. that's a $0.15 drop just this month and since mid-september prices have dromd $0.62 on average. but by the end of the month, prices could drop another $0.05 a gallon. >> driving tests are nerve wracking for first time drivers but what if you r you could take the test without getting in a car. researchers are working with the virginia dmv officials to determine if a driving simulator is actually an a better test. it sounds like a car and has a speed oment -- speedometer and rear-view mirror. >> we also test something such as memory and doing all of that while reading signs on the highway and remembering what they were. >> the test tashgs about an hour and a half to complete. >> i would say to prac

who moved away from the corporate lapdog mentality that controls people like rick scott or scott walker so i you know i don't see this as the end to unions at all i think what it is is that people start paying attention to statistics their statistics where out of the ten most poverty stricken states in america eight of those states are right to work states they're all red states by the way where you have in those right to work states the statistics start emerging where we see that employer sponsored health care insurance is dramatically lower in those right to work states not just for union members but for everybody for the purpose for the purpose for the persons working right next to that union member their rights drop to wages three to four percent lower in right to work states not just for union members but for everybody employer sponsored pension programs is much as ten percent lower in right to work states for everybody so i think what ends up happening is this is a pivotal moment for the unions don't count union don't count the union at here if anything. this is a state tom where