Two chances for rain today. You should have your umbrella ready to go. There is on radar most of the moment. Most of the rain coming into the eastern parts of the West Virginia panhandle moving into washington county, maryland. Friendly neighbors in frederick, maryland, the rain drops are 15 to 20 minutes away from leaving you. Likely to be coming towards the capital beltway. Grab the umbrella. Have your raincoat coming. Fog and rain visible this morning. Afternoon temperatures back into the 70s. That is nice. Be sure to keep your umbrella with you. Its all about preparation. It is. Inner loop at 450, a crash here. It sounds like its on the right shoulder. Heads up soubo the crash hanging around blocking the left lane. Response still on the scene. 95 north of courthouse, there is an issue. Theres a broken down bus. Sounds like a lot of folks are looking over to the side of the roadway there and we could start seeing some slowdowns because of that. Rock creek parkway, difficulty getting
Despite the directors recommendation Hillary Clinton faced no criminal charges for using her private email server and mishandling classified information she should not be allowed to access classified information during the campaign. With no the indictment occurring the least we can do given how she was so reckless and handling classified material and sending classified information on secure servers. Charles the speaker of the house saying that clinton should not be allowed access to classified information that all president ial nominees are given. Fbi director james comey is scheduled to answer questions tomorrow and how they came up with this decision. He will face tough questioning from the committees chairman. I want to understand the basis between gross negligence and extreme carelessness. They seem to be sentiments. I dont understand the difference. He also made some very strong allegations. Charles it could his testimony tomorrow could it damage her even more and could a special
Ethics commission for may 23, 2016. I will call the roll. Commissioner hayon, here. Commissioner andrews, here. Commissioner keane, here. Commissioner chiu, here. All present and accounted for. Item number 2, Public Comment on matters appearing or not appearing on the agenda and make the same caution that if you intend to make a specific comment on a specific agenda, i appreciate if we hold those until we get to that agenda but you are free to do as you wish. Im bob [inaudible] im leer as a member and also Spokes Person for the Informal Association known as friends of ethics. Last week a public polling of california completed a polling about Ethics Commission and potential ethics matters happening in the city. I want to give you brief summary of some the results. It was a simple bakers dozen of question squz people can say yes, punch 1, 2, no, 3, i dont know or 4, i dont care. The one i want to mention that i think stands out is there is a ballot measure drafted that will ban lobbyist
And limiting that it is helpful to ask the question what is innexus we create and talk about restriction of the contributions. It is a conscious point to put that here and should have spelt it out in more detail but it was a conscious choice. The expenditure lobbyist may be a corporation that has to register as expenditure lobbyist and why should they not have to be under the same restrictions as a contact lobbyist . If i can chime in. As i mentioned, we have a obligation to gep legislative record that justifies these restrictions and given there are no expenditure lobbyist it is difficult to develop a regard. How do we demonstrate having a undo influence through contributions on city officials . It is a impossible thing to prove from a evdincherary. We read about the corporations that pay for trips the Public Officials go arounds viz tding sister cities. The fact they are not registered as a expenditure lobbyist right now im notthe fact they dont exist doesnt mean if there isnt a need
Im bob [inaudible] im leer as a member and also Spokes Person for the Informal Association known as friends of ethics. Last week a public polling of california completed a polling about Ethics Commission and potential ethics matters happening in the city. I want to give you brief summary of some the results. It was a simple bakers dozen of question squz people can say yes, punch 1, 2, no, 3, i dont know or 4, i dont care. The one i want to mention that i think stands out is there is a ballot measure drafted that will ban lobbyist from contributing to officials which you support or oppose. Out of 521 people, 60 percent said yes they support. Only 14 percent said no. I want you to understand you seem to be on the right track with the public at large. There are other questions if a ethics measure would put on the ballot who would you have most confidence in based on the agency putting it on, ethics, a petition drive or officials that can put it on the ballot. It was that rank choice order