[inaudible] i dont know what has been said, but i would like to maybe so has already raised this point. I dont really see, i dont see how the age of twitter, if thats what age we are in, obviates longform journalism. First of all im reminded of one of the great jazz trumpeters luster was asked, what do we know about jazz . He said it depends on what you know. If you want long form listen, its out there in many forms. To the extent it is as much as used the, many things besides twitter are at fault. But there, i think twitter can actually be a facilitator to all forms of journalism. I know, you know, listen, ive also people like Stephen Colbert just because its fun. I follow a lot of people because i know that they will link me to Interesting Articles about ukraine or cyberwarfare or something that im otherwise going to miss. And so i say twitter you know, used in a certain way. And i assume as most of you, see it as a great facilitator, a new kind of curator that was otherwise unavaila
To be in the cia. I grew up during the 50s and 60s. It never once crossed my mind to eventually join the cia. I wasnt even a fan of the ian fleming books as a kid which most of my generation was. It just never occurred to me. I graduated from law school in 1972 and went to work. I had seen enough of private practice turing summer clerkships and decided i didnt want to do that and probably wouldnt be very good at it so i went into federal Government Service upon the graduation of law school which i did and i joined a Treasury Department as a lawyer which is fine for first job. After couple of years you know how it is when you are in your 20s. For me i was in Washington Young and ambitious wanting to make some sort of mark and i knew i would never make it in treasury. Around that time the that first revelations about the cia were really hitting the media bigtime for a series of exposes by sy hurst and the New York Times followed by, and im looking at the audience and i think most of your
Introducing this resolution. I sat here tonight and ive listened to all of you and ive listened to the message that you sent. Its not just the message thats a powerful message. Its a tsunami in terms of who this woman is and in terms of what you think of her and in terms of her importance, particularly in the minority community. And in the black community ~. And i agree, based upon everything that youve said, that to go ahead and terminate ms. Ellis would be sending a terrible message to the city and county of san francisco, particularly to minority individuals who want to be part of Public Service in san francisco. It would be, it would be miss perceived and it would be underably misperceived. It would be misperceived in the way many of you said. So, in regard to there being some sort of hidden agenda or any sort of racism, van jones had it right. We stepped in it. Thats what happened. And i want to withdraw the resolution. [cheering and applauding] i think there is no objection from
Explore it, but when cost came into play and it made it cost prohibitive, that ultimately was the determinant of you not doing it, different than its just something as a policy we are not going to do. So, you did entertain it enough that it was an idea. Absolutely. Explore it and brought it back the commission engaged in a conversation and explored whether it was a policy decision. As i mentioned, its was not my call. I did Due Diligence and bring it to the commission for full discussion on whether they were willing to spend the funds to reconfigure to allow for that. And also weighed in on the City Attorneys judgment whether we were violating or abridging any public right of speech by not allowing to engage in Public Comment. And based on those factors of the commission took action not to allow that. And their recommendation was to allow for any of the presentations to be printed, copied, and made available at the back of the room for the public. So, again, we feel strongly that it do
Arent going to be supporting us. I understand what youre saying, commissioner. Its not a matter of supporting. Its not taking a stance on any given issue. Its simply providing the information that then the commission lib rates on. So, can i ask well, first of all, i want to bring this up as a former member of the Library Commission. First, i think were being misled a little bit, the language of invited presenters i think is misleading. My recollection is that av presentations are only used to inform the commission on the business at hand at the library. And because so much of what the library does has to do with construction or, you know, architectural renderings, the budgetary presentation which you make, you know, thats how the av equipment as i recall has been used. So, i think its misleading to say that youre invited people who use it. So, if youre inviting outside guests to make presentations thats one thing, but i dont ever recall you having outside presenters just doing a presen