Keane. Let the record reflect all the commissioners are here. Item number two, Public Comment on matters appearing were not appearing on the agenda. I would urge if you have comments that relate to the matters on the agenda, to hold them until we get to them because i think this may be a long meeting tonight and id like to minimize the repeat statement. But, anyway, lets go. We have missed you for a few months. Ive missed you. Im patrick. Im not appear to thank commissioner hur over all four years of service on the Ethics Commission as his term is set to expire in early february. Many of herhave been problematic but i would be remiss by not thinking him for his seminal boat when [inaudible] when he cast the Ethics Commission sold vote when behavior had not [inaudible]. As i wrote the time in our analysis which eventually turned out to be offered, i think i think the private practice attorney Stephen Burke [inaudible] before the respective hearings clearly demonstrated the mayors trumpe
Months later a and b are not what we described that i understand your point. My other main point question, had to do with this pro rata salary attribution. Very curious to hear what the view is on how we make that happen. It sounds incredibly difficult. This is under subsection where dr. . Yes if you have individuals who are essentially inhouse were doing activities that could count towards a qualifying threshold, the developing Public Relations materials during outreach, doing reports, urging others to communicate, the first question was, should those completely be exempt because their inhouse activities are not making a payment. This approach suggests they should be treated the same. Whether you make a payment for Inhouse Services were making a payment for the next consultant or organization to do that work. The second question is to when you count toward the 2500,and this is what i was getting a earlier, does the counting toward 2500 tied to a specific matter of legislative or admin
[gavel] welcome, ladies and gentlemen to the regular meeting for january 25, 2016 of the San Francisco Ethics Commission. I will call be roll call. [call of the roll] commissioner anders, cohen hur keane. Let the record reflect all the commissioners are here. Item number two, Public Comment on matters appearing were not appearing on the agenda. I would urge if you have comments that relate to the matters on the agenda, to hold them until we get to them because i think this may be a long meeting tonight and id like to minimize the repeat statement. But, anyway, lets go. We have missed you for a few months. Ive missed you. Im patrick. Im not appear to thank commissioner hur over all four years of service on the Ethics Commission as his term is set to expire in early february. Many of herhave been problematic but i would be remiss by not thinking him for his seminal boat when [inaudible] when he cast the Ethics Commission sold vote when behavior had not [inaudible]. As i wrote the time in
Neighbors house and get through a wall to get in. We have to do what we have to do. We have to be a little creative. This set up there is making people more creative. Its not your typical go through the front door an find it. Decisions have to be made very quickly and correctly or people will get hurt. Its working great. Very good. Thank you for that additional explanation. Madam president , i just want to add that our specialized training that weve had as of late, the members have been so enthusiastic about it. They have embraced it and come back for more and repeated, performed and come back. They have told me personally this is the best training they have had in their career. That speaks volumes to the Training Staff over seen by then captain column biney and now chief column biney. Wonderful work. The members of our department are always eager to test their skills, sharpen their skills and learn new skills. Thats what makes our Department One of the top two in the country. So, that
Lovely phrase the weapons of the spirit. The power you get from your belief in god. And at the end of the day, nothing can beat that. I tell a story bat about a william who on the strength of her faith forgives the murderer of heir daughter. The last story in the book is about a village in the mountains of france, a protestant village, that openly takes in jews during the Second World War in complete defiance of the nazis. And theres no mystery why. Two sets of people who have no external material advantage. They have no formal power. They had no money. They had nothing. But what they have is something in their hearts that says, i am empowered by god to do the right thing. And thats enough. And its very both uplifting and also kind of i was very writing this book moved me in a way that writing my previous books did not for that very fact. Just by the end i was to sit in the backyard of a womans a little bungalow in winnipeg and talk to a woman whose daughter was murdered brutally by a