Bundle it to any candidate other than those for which theyve registered, it seems to me we may be missing a chance, we may lose somebody may attack it and some court may say, you should have tattered your bundling, but i would be disposed to try and stop the bundling. So, the rational for preventing in this proposal, direct contributions to the lobbyist to a direct [inaudible] that theyre supposed to o lobby, we think that contribution will allow them to curry favor with the official, make the official more receptive to whatever the lobbyist is proposing or advocating for or maybe opposing in some instances. I think and correct me if im wrong, i believe that the commissions view on bundling is largely the same, its not different inkind, its different in scope, that instead of simply talking about a single up to 500 individual contribution from a lobbyist, we should also be concerned about the corruptive influence of not my 500 check if i were a lobbyist but a fairly decent stack of 500
News website that i got over the weekend pertaining to linar corporation, and the developments that are occurring both at both locations in the city. Theres a significant and new items that are being reported in regards to the three indictments that have come down, so i did want to alert you to that and if you dont have it, i can forward it to you. Or to your executive director who will forward it to you, okay, i wanted to alert you to that important item. Im bob plant hold, i just wanted to offer comment about what may be change tos the pending whisleblower ordinance that supervisor breed has introduced and because of their [inaudible] may not be heard in committee for some time. Our group, friends of ethics is suggesting that there ought to be added a requirement that there be mandatory training for all City Employees. Right now, department heads, certain levels of managers, commissioners have to get training in ethics and sunshine, the kurntd draft of the whisleblower seems to requi
Ins this measure would still be within your purview. Thank you. Thank you. Thats c3 6799 c3 69911. Im david, im a member of represent us and i would like to very much thank you guy, thank the commission for taking into consideration this action to try and bring some conference back to government, we formed our group about a year back, this is our first full reign trying to see how Government Works and how we can make our mark on it and attempt tog make sure that every person in the city of San Francisco has an equal voice and no one is given preferential treatment because of the amount of money they can contribute, in what way and what manner and what rules they circumvent is important to us, weve been working to make sure that peoples perception of government which is currently rock bottom both in the city and the state and nationally in terms of corruption and in terms of undue influence of money, we seek to curtail that, and we are very glad that you are helping us in trying to pass
Sure that its clear, with regard to the Campaign Contribution prohibition, this is page 13, subdivision e, line 4, it says no lobbyist shall make any Campaign Contribution and it says if that lobbyist is register to city elected afflicting or have been [inaudible] in the past 90 day, expenditure lobbyists do not contact officials directly, they will never register to contact an official director, a small technical cleanup that miektd provide more clarity to the law, its also more noting that there is a corporate ban on contributions in San Francisco, so most expenditure lobbies cannot make contributions to begin with as well, thank you very much, i appreciate your time. Thank you. Hello again, michael petrelis, i would like to see this move forward and i am really concerned that if the matter goes forward before the voters and its approved, it doesnt make effect until 2018, thats what im reading in your documents, okay, and i think that is a reason why you need to move this forward now
[inaudible conversations] you are the real deal. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the southern festival of books from nashville. News with Alan Lightman recalls his life in his memoir Screening Room family pictures. I know about that. Get started. Hello, everyone. Can you hear me . Great. Welcome to another session on this gorgeous day at the southern festival of books. I teach at vanderbilt and the is my pleasure to be your host this hour as Alan Lightman discusses and reads from his new book Screening Room family pictures. I will make two quick announcements before i introduce my speaker, first a word about format. After Alan Lightman speaks there will be time for questions, ten minutes until the hour, start clearing their room, the conversation can continue while Alan Lightman signs books on the plaza and you can purchase his book at the sales arianna and a portion of the proceeds will directly benefit the festival. Second quick announcement. The festival depends