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it is not the city attorney's role to determine what the defense of the sheriff is, and a proper defense, or which witnesses the sheriff should be able to call. that is not the city attorney's colorado. the sheriff can put on as vigorous a defense as he can against the charges. mayor agnos is a former mayor of san francisco. he surely knows a little bit about the responsibility of the mayor. he spoke on this exact issue. if the city attorney can have witnesses come in who have nothing to offer except some roundabout opinion on the responsibility of the sheriff and other parts of cali...

>> would only call her potentially as a rebuttal witness to miss florez or ms. lemon. >> i see your point with florez. lemon is an expert. why does nyevez rebut lemon? >> my understanding is that ms. lemon would testify that there must have been some other conduct at issue, or some other instances that would qualify as official misconduct regarding how the sheriff has interacted or interact with other people in his life. she lived with the sheriff for many years and could provide evidence to the contrary. >> ms. lemmon is not going to be providing testimony about other acts of miscon...

that is not the city attorney's colorado. the sheriff can put on as vigorous a defense as he can against the charges. mayor agnos is a former mayor of san francisco. he surely knows a little bit about the responsibility of the mayor. he spoke on this exact issue. if the city attorney can have witnesses come in who have nothing to offer except some roundabout opinion on the responsibility of the sheriff and other parts of california, and have no knowledge at all -- mr. henderson has no knowledge as to any of the underlying facts about this case. he can come in. we are suggesting he pe...

>> mr. wagner, is that correct, how mr. keith characterized what the former mayor would testify to? >> i believe i have already stated the testimony would impeach the credibility, vis-a- vis the conversations he had with nearly -- with mayor lee. >> what would he say? what is this other reason? >> excuse me. mayor agnos told mayor lee to talk to eliana lopez directly, and asked whether he had spoken to any other mayor about his intention to suspend the sheriff. he indicated he had not. at minimum, that is extremely relevant to the suspension of the sheriff, in terms of his motivation...

arguments. the mayor is not on trial for his decision to suspend the sheriff. >> comments or questions from either party? >> mr. wagner, is that correct, how mr. keith characterized what the former mayor would testify to? >> i believe i have already stated the testimony would impeach the credibility, vis-a- vis the conversations he had with nearly -- with mayor lee. >> what would he say? what is this other reason? >> excuse me. mayor agnos told mayor lee to talk to eliana lopez directly, and asked whether he had spoken to any other mayor about his intention to suspend the sheriff. he...