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[gavel] good afternoon ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the february 29, 2016 meeting of the Ethics Commission, which is substituted, or continued our regular meeting which is on february 22 our regular meeting which is on february 22, 2016 get our first call of the role commissioner andrews, here. Cohen here hur, here. Keane, here. Renne, here. All commissioners are accounted for. Turning to item to Public Comment on matters appearing and not appearing on the agenda. Do i have any members of...

Mr. Fitzpatrick i had very Small Community banks that i visited with yesterday and they are from bucks county, pennsylvania and has to do with the subject of Overdraft Fees. There are a lot of us who have concerns that the rulemaking that your bureau is limiting smool Community Banks to provide real choices and customers could be customers and Small Business owners. And they would be owners that uld seek out riskier nonbank regulations. In regard to the Overdraft Fees and you are looking and a r...

Pablum. Dr. Derek kirk. January meeting for a view expressed resistance to the mayors directive to cut your budget by 3 over two years. It is troubling that your funding depends on the good graces of the same city hall folks that youre supposed to monitor. That inhibits your independence. If you like to sharply into city corruption your funds can be choked off because your budget is your leash. There is enough control just by having your appointments made by elected city officials. Compare your ...

Ultimately it will be up to governor christie, who controls any deal that nj transit will make. Id like to know just exactly how much influence the governor has on the talks. Reporter chuck, an excellent question. He has the ultimate power of the purse in this situation. He can decide whether tax dollars will go into nj transit, whether there will be a fare increase. He has to sign off on anything that is done to cover whatever money is given to the unions. What we dont know is how much money wi...

Yes, good evening commissioners and director pablum. Dr. Derek kirk. January meeting for a view expressed resistance to the mayors directive to cut your budget by 3 over two years. It is troubling that your funding depends on the good graces of the same city hall folks that youre supposed to monitor. That inhibits your independence. If you like to sharply into city corruption your funds can be choked off because your budget is your leash. There is enough control just by having your appointments ...

That issuey to hear again and again. While at the same time, trump lays out his vision for the u. S. In the world. Mr. Trump america, first, will be the major and overriding theme of my administration. John what that means and how thats different. And john, Ted Cruz Kasich scour the playbook for anything that might help them block trumps nomination. Goes one step further. If i am nominated to be president of the united states, will run with my vice nominee, carly fiorina. John will it do any goo...

That issuey to hear again and again. While at the same time, trump lays out his vision for the u. S. In the world. Mr. Trump america, first, will be the major and overriding theme of my administration. John what that means and how thats different. And john, Ted Cruz Kasich scour the playbook for anything that might help them block trumps nomination. Goes one step further. If i am nominated to be president of the united states, will run with my vice nominee, carly fiorina. John will it do any goo...

Ambiguous about chinese aggression and territorial claims in the east and the South China Sea. Painfully ambiguous about human rights issues and chinas troubling alliance with russia. We take all of that up with general jack keane and china expert forbes contributor gordon chang. Also tonight, House Speaker boehner shock all of washington with his announcement this morning that hes resigning from congress. Boehner said in an emotional News Conference he simply woke up, said his prayers and decid...

Ambiguous about chinese aggression and territorial claims in the east and the South China Sea. Painfully ambiguous about human rights issues and chinas troubling alliance with russia. We take all of that up with general jack keane and china expert forbes contributor gordon chang. Also tonight, House Speaker boehner shock all of washington with his announcement this morning that hes resigning from congress. Boehner said in an emotional News Conference he simply woke up, said his prayers and decid...

Dont like to talk about. So lying is okay in politics . Whats behind winning the presidency . When it comes to winning the presidency, id like to think the choices about whose ideas are better. But when you talk to people behind the scenes, they talk about moments. There are series of moments and thats what matters. Remember the scream . Howard dean led john kerry in early polls and then after a t loss he tried to rally troops. W in california and texas and new york. The room was noisy and peopl...