Happened here was that supervisor farrell in his 2010 campaign took an Illegal Campaign contribution of almost 200,000 thats what happened then in terms of it being the mechanism in which it was done, it was done through a committee another another committee that was cooperated by his own Campaign Chair that was running his campaign so it is as syrup as that a 200000 Illegal Campaign contribution that contemporarily took in 2010 question hesitate become in turn of the attachment we have to the agenda tonight t is who the statute of limitations has run on that matter and first mandates to the statute of limitations question i would point out to everyone here that illegal matter that a court will decide a judge will decide that a couple of our members are not its third reading im an attorney been one more 50 years deans of a law school i teach and practice law for a practitioner for thirty years i look at the letter that was put in by mr. Bell relating to who the statute of limitations h
Its third reading im an attorney been one more 50 years deans of a law school i teach and practice law for a practitioner for thirty years i look at the letter that was put in by mr. Bell relating to who the statute of limitations has run ive also read the case that thought citations put forward showing the statute of limitations has 0 not run in their opinion the sthaument has not run the final accounting that was due in relation to the coordinated committee was due on december january 31st, 2011, that was when the final accounting was done our commissions demand in the letter was issued december 9th. That was within four years in terms of what we did was within the four years statute of limitations even if that were seen this is clear thats the end but if this is not enough to satisfy people mr. Bell put in his letter to the come back doctrine the statute of limitations can only run when something it known in terms of that being known it was not indeed milled by the farrell people un
And its latest order has glaring legal flaws that is sure to keep the fcc mired in litigation for a long time. Turning to the designated entity program. The fcc must take immediate action to end its abuse. What once was a wellintentioned Program Designed to help Small Businesses has become a playpen for corporate giants. The recent aws3 auction is a shocking case in point. Dish, which has annual revenues of 14 billion and a market cap of over 34 billion holds an 85 he can witd stake in two companies that are claiming 3. 3 billion in taxpayer subsidies. That makes a mockery of the Small Business program. The 3. 3 billion at stake is real money. It could be used to underwrite over 585,000 pell grants, fund School Lunches for over 6 million children or incentivizing the service of 100,000. It denied them spectrum licenses they would have used to give Rural Consumers a competitive wireless alternative. In my view, the fcc should quickly adopt a further notice of proposed rulemaking so we c
Opening statements and comments were near and dear to some of the comments that i want to make today. But before i do that, i would like to make an observation. The observation that i have is that it was my opinion that the purpose for the Affordable Care act was to guarantee all americans have the same bad health care. And i believe that this title ii decision made by this commission is to guarantee all americans the same bad internet service. I also believe two things. And i dont believe im wrong. One is, the purpose of this open Internet Order is one, to regulate and restrict content. And number two its to open the door to taxation. What i would like is commissioner oreilly and party to tell me why im wrong. Senator, ill tackle part of the question, with respect to taxation youre right, it opens the door to billions of dollars and fees on broadband. As a result of reclassification were going to expect to get a recommendation from the joint board on april 7th and it might be kicked o
Repeated budget cuts have tested blms ability to keep up with industry demand for new permits and to enforce safety and environmental standards. Thats why the president s budget calls on congress to support a strong on shore inspection program, partly funded through fees. This proposal takes a page from the offshore Energy Industry where industry pays fees for permits and inspections. Which means we can keep pace with the work load, and we dont have to divert funds from other programs to support permitting, leasing or inspection activities. Coupled with the transition to a new automated permitting system, which is under way, that eliminates paper applications, these Budget Resources will strengthen the capacity to do its job well. Thats a perfect example in the budget where Congress Needs to move beyond mindless austerity, brought about by sequestration and i can tell you, my first year in this job was 2013. I thought i left the private sector for this . Crazy budget. But this enables