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
Guide our lawmakers across their toiling hours, illuminating their moments with the light of your wisdom. Lord, empower them to live with integrity and wisdom amid the corruption that seeks to keep them from glorifying you. May they be unafraid to contend steadfastly for truth, as you give them the ability to see it use their labors to hasten the day when justice and understanding will encompass our world. We pray in your great name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. 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. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington d. C. , january 30, 2014. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable christopher murphy, a senator from the state of
Im heidi, im the attorney for appellant linus oha who is the holder of ramp taxi medallion and also for best cab, the taxi company or the color scheme. The regular taxi medallion operates under the also, and theyre both here to answer any questions should you have any. Mr. Oha has worked in the San Francisco taxi industry for the past ten years. His permit is restricts for use in a disabled accessible van. Hes worked as a parking control officer at sfmta. Mr. Oha immigrating to the u. S. In 19 85. That started best cab company in 2006. While many Cab Companies in San Francisco have 100 plus medallions, best cab is one of just a handful of Small Companies with one or two medallions. As a condition of holding a taxi medallion, all are required to drive their taxis at least 800 hours a year. As of august 4, 2009, they may modify their hourly driving requirement based on them being unable to drive due to illness or disability. In 2012 they amended the transportation to require that taxis p
Well hear from them. And hockey heroes with the win heard round the world. Team usas dramatic shootout over the russians. Goal team usa wins. And you were lucky enough to be there. Two of the teams biggest stars are here live today, monday, february 17th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the olympic winter games with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from olympic park in sochi, russia. Take a look at that shot from the biathalon center. Here in sochi, the temperatures and fog will accompany some. Here is a live shot of the same area of rosa khutor in the mountains. As you can see, you cant see much. Good morning. Im matt lauer. Im Savannah Guthrie alongside al roker and Natalie Morales. I dont have nails now. We have two stars of the game. T. J. Oshie and Jonathan Quick here live this morning. We all went there and we were out numbered by russians, 2001. That foosball game is in sudden death overtime as well. Meantime, bode miller is in the recor
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the november 30, 2012 im sorry december 7, 2012 meeting of the local Agency Formation commission. My name is david campos and i am the chair of the commission. We are joined by the clerk linda wong and i want to thank the San Francisco gtv staff for the coverage of this meeting. Madam clerk, if you can please call item number two, roll call. Supervisor avalos, absent. Supervisor olague. Here. Supervisor im sorry, commissioner schmeltzer. Here. Commissioner mar. Commissioner pimentel absent. Chairperson campos. Present. Mr. Chair, there is a quorum. Item two approval from the minutes from the regular meeting and november 30 joint meeting with the San Francisco Public Utilities commission. Great. Before we take action on this item i would like to open it up for Public Comment. If there is any member of the public that would like to speak on item number two please come forward. Seeing none Public Comment is closed. Colleagues this is an action item.