. >> i'm bob planthold. i want to say that during the time off that you have over this holiday season and in the next few weeks, it is time to congratulate yourself but also to take stock and see what else is ahead of you. not just in the work plan, but what you've done so far. is it adequate? appropriate? responsive? specifically on the accountability act. i think you passed something that was too pharaoh in its application by only applicable to a commissioner for groups, agencies, people with business before that commission. the very fact that there haven't been problems reported is because there was no such prohibitions before. i can see scenarios where somebody from such as let's say the fire commission could go to contractors who may be having business before building inspection commission or human rights certifications and seek some donations. and a commissioner from one of those other two going to people appearing before the fire commission. i can see a back and forth cross channeling of efforts to ra

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. >> i'm bob planthold. i was a member of the group that worked on this years ago so i have more experience than i say than kate or other staff. part of the difficulties in this issue that we found from earlier discussions is not everybody read the report and it's important to read and then when you see something that you do not understand or you do not like, ask a question. we found people saying, no, no, to something that we didn't suggest. something that we did not recommend. but to give help to you folks to understand some of the problems, d.m.v. is bound to honor any legitimate requests signed by any of the 16 different types of health care professionals. an amazing variety of people, you can certify somebody with a red placard or a blue placard. so, for example, the mayor or the supervisors or the city attorney all had blue placards and produced a document from their doctor, gotta accept it. it may seem fraudulent, illogical. so d.m.v. is bound by those difficulties which goes into why doctors, various

. >> i'm bob planthold. i'm glad you considered the change initially. i'm glad you are looking again. it is a going to be widely, consistently available on tv. i support this. and i want to pointed out that sfrat attending in person, people can monitor these meetings, ao*eltser through the cable tv station or because these are cablecast simultaneously. so, people at work, on a, muni bus, up in their attic, wherever they are, they can keep track of this. in terms of the call-in phone number, before i wrote my comments to you, i check with the acting director on disability about the long-term practice about having a call-in phone line and she verified that it is free. it is not prescribed to any part of a domestic's budget. so, it is a zero cost item and the staff there can help ethics staff with getting whatever equipment. there is typically one extra phone. i think you'll find a way to plug in an extra phone here in this room or in 408 as need be. because the i.t. folks downstairs are pretty adept at managing public communications of public meetings. so