2005-11-09 Board of Ethics Minutes Regular mc

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CHAIR: Could we ask directly what does Hiram KAMELAMELA: But I want to finish up my line of questioning, because, because he has a personal stake in this, and I want to see whether that's a real stake, a personal stake or, like I said, whether he's out to do the union's bidding here. And also he's saying he's here for—as an individual. I've been hearing him talk about being . But I'm going to try to focus —and that's why I asked questions about him personal PKO: Why don't we ask him first if he agrees that this is his gripe or not? KAMELAMELA: Oh, yeah. That's fine. PKO: If it's not, then we're barking up the wrong tree. KAMELAMELA: Yeah, okay. So Mr. Ganigan, what I have listed in the pre- hearing statement, in the introduction A, and there's three things that's set out there. Are you in agreement that that's what your complaint is about? GANIGAN: don't even go there. KAMELAMELA: Well, didn't GANIGAN: I didn't have a problem with Jose because he got a commercial license on his own time. Big deal, you know. The conflict of interest, that's the thing. Going out to County employees, training County workers and the County's got to reimburse —the County, with its own money, got to reimburse these guys because the trainer charged them. When they come back and show their CDL, and they show that they passed their thing, the County has to pay them back with that money. That's what they're paying him for. And these are County workers. That's what's my interest is in this thing, you know. Using money CHAIR: - -It's a conflict of interest issue GANIGAN: - -yeah— CHAIR: - -and then fair treatment is another issue- GANIGAN: - -yeah. I'm not getting training there. CHAIR: his business there GANIGAN: - -right, right. He's not there. Half the time I call him for ask him for certain papers, whatever, that I needed, but he's not there. He's off, he took off work, he's gone. ..