back all the gains thatóót working people have made in this city. that s really what is on the agenda here tonight. this is a 7 you vote for the reinstatement of ross you re talking about defending the working people ofa&ñ city. if you vote to uphold the commission sñ@hú÷ report, you re really siding with the 1% to take out a leading spokesman for the progressive1s community in this town. that s what s on the agenda. that s called political violence. the 1% has nothing good in mind for women in this town. their agenda is to cut everybody s wages and the women s wages always get cut first. -so please reinstate ross. thank you. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. board of supervisors and everyone, my name is emmett powell. i ve had a business in san francisco since 1972, right up the street on hayes and octavia. i ve had the privilege of having great dignitaries from flute the country, throughout the city, throughout the state and through the world traveling. i
that s really what is on the agenda here tonight. this is a 7 you vote for the reinstatement of ross you re talking about defending the working people ofa&ñ city. if you vote to uphold the commission sñ@hú÷ report, you re really siding with the 1% to take out a leading spokesman for the progressive1s community in this town. that s what s on the agenda. that s called political violence. the 1% has nothing good in mind for women in this town. their agenda is to cut everybody s wages and the women s wages always get cut first. -so please reinstate ross. thank you. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. board of supervisors and everyone, my name is emmett powell. i ve had a business in san francisco since 1972, right up the street on hayes and octavia. i ve had the privilege of having great dignitaries from flute the country, throughout the city, throughout the state and through the world traveling. i ve had the mayor in my place. not only that he invited me to stay
on the mayor sm3 they sent a letter to the feds. that whatmén the mayor did i don t know what they were !n president chiu: thank you very much. thank youñ h0 my name is don from districtd.p.7. we should all be clear and i m for the reinstatement ofí=xx ross. we should be clear, speaking for the people who are for the reinstatement of ross, none offbe us support domestic violence, none of us are trying to hide it. but there s another agenda goi. vt on here tonight and that s called political violence. what we re:j#iy seeing is an attempt to politically lynch a leading proponent of== this city and working women in this city. what we re seeing in that is being carried r this town who would like to push back all the gains thatóót working people have made in this city. that s really what is on the agenda here tonight. this is a 7 you vote for the reinstatement of ross you re talking about defending the working people ofa&ñ city. if you vote to uphold the commission
really listen to us because i think all we need respect listen. because that s the reason we here. and hopefully this is for all ones who cares about this politics. and i m here because i support ross mirkarimi, and i believe in politics. and if it you really believe in politics, you have to take care of this job tonight because we wasting so much time. it isfój a lot of work outside o do. and also i say for the la casa de las madres how much money you receive every month and if you really care about violence domestic and immigrant people, tell us the truth. because i know a lot of people, they don t call the police, they don t go into those resource, and ask for help. because sometimes they don t give us the help. they just want money. and money is everybody just money. and i m here because i don t have pay. i m here because i support the rights of the rights for everybody who vote. and i know a lot of places, it s like why are you guys here and talking and they don t s
your bravery, every single day, responding to people who need help and who want people. you do an incredible service and you ve been doing an incredible service for years, and you are leaders in this community. and i absolutely want to give them the respect that they deserve. i would also like to say i support the reinstatement of ross mirkarimi. i think that many people in san francisco understand the differences that this matter brings. eliana lopez is not someone who wanted help, who needed help, who needed the intervention of police departments. she can stand up for herself, every day. and she has a supporting husband who cares for her. she does not need the intervention. that is not for one moment to say that i believe that domestic violence is acceptable, and that is not for one moment ever to criticize the community that protect people who need it. i hopew v$ that you members of e board of supervisors can be equally brave in-t defending y rights as a voter to elect r