p. Call the meeting to order. Roll call, commissioner leslie katz, leer. Commissioner leslie brandon, here. Item 2, aproofrl of minutes for the march 24, 2015 meeting. So moved. Second. All in favor, aye. Opposed . Minutes are approved. Item 3, Public Comment and executive session. Any Public Comment on executive session . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Item 4, executive session. So moved. Second. All in favor, aye. Opposed . Well now move into pars3 executive session existing litigation matters. Is there a motion to. I move to reconvene in open session. So moved. And not disclose . All in favor, aye. I move not to disclose anything discussed in closed session. Second. All in favor, aye. Next item. Item 6, pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Please be adviced that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar
Bothersome debate. And maybe its a symptom of why so Many Americans are kind of put off by the war. Why do you argue about stuff like that . But lets look at those names in a different way. Each of those names represents a perfectly valid perspective on the war. And each is a potential gateway for americans to engage in this story. This worldchanging story. The problem is and for reasons that seem mysterious to many, people who are not inclined toward history the problem is we continue to throw barriers large and subtle in the way of those intellectual gateways into this history. We view the labels, these names as not able to stand side by side but mutually exclusive. If the war is a war of northern aggression, it cant also be a war for emancipation. But, in fact it was. It was all those things. And thats okay. So like our fellow americans our history always challenges us to be better. We draw strength and inspiration from those who risked and gave all for our communitys protection, ou
They give you less time. I remained silent. I wouldnt address the court. And people said to me, why dont you do that . And maybe i was polly annaish about this but i felt it was a matter of principle. I felt i was in a kangaroo court. I felt my Constitutional Rights had been violated, and i wasnt going to participate. And as a result, i turned down a deal, by the way, i could have had a deal on one count probably would have done 18 months. The doj was going to insist on prison time, but the deal i turned down was 1 count, 18 months. It was a 10,000. My restitution would have been 10,000. I would have been fined 1 million. Instead, i said, no, they indicted me on 43 counts, faced 430 the government asked for 430 years in prison. I ultimately got only 72 months. I had to forfeit 62 million and fined 19 million on top of it. And then, of course, there is a story for another time, how enjoyable it is to be in federal prison 4 1 2 years when the feds are watching you. Because there are spec
Flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Please be advised thatd ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar soundproducing devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person responsible for the ringing of or use of a cell phone, pager or other similar soundproducing advice. Please be advised a member of the public has up to 3 minutes. Item 5, items be listed on the agenda. Item 6a, executive directors report. Good afternoon, commissioners, port staff and our two member s of the public that have joined us three, sorry, thank you for coming. You can always tell when were doing our financials by the incredible turn out that we have of the public. Having said that, i do have a very short executive directors report and then i want to mention a new section of our agenda called the commissioners report.
Please be advised the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person responsible for the ringing of or use of a cell phone, pager or other similar soundproducing advice. Please be advised a member of the public has up to 3 minutes. Item 5, items be listed on the agenda. Item 6a, executive directors report. Good afternoon, commissioners, port staff and our two member s of the public that have joined us three, sorry, thank you for coming. You can always tell when were doing our financials by the incredible turn out that we have of the public. Having said that, i do have a very short executive directors report and then i want to mention a new section of our agenda called the commissioners report. First is that the on february 13th, which is this thursday, we will be welcoming the maiden call of the asmara club west. This will be her first call to the port of San Francisco and she will be arriving february 13 and staying for two nights so she and her guests will be here fo