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CHAIR: Oh, yeah, yeah, sorry. Sorry. And the second one, the source of the gift or gifts
<br />have interests that may be affected by official action or lack of action by the officer or employee,
<br />and 3, the gift is not exempted by subsection (d) from reporting requirements under this
<br />subsection. The reason why I stopped at I is because again, it needs to meet all three of these
<br />requirements in order to be a violation. And because the petitioner is not present today and not
<br />providing any additional documentation or evidence showing that it reaches this hundred dollar
<br />threshold, we're left with what was filed with this petition. And in my research of the supporting
<br />documents, I can't find any evidence showing that it violates Section 2-91.5(a), subsection (1).
<br />And at this time I'll ask the other Board members if they have any questions for the respondents.
<br />LCM: Well the only thing we have is the statement from the petitioner that Ms. Leithead-
<br />Todd told a reporter she estimated the value of the dinner as in excess of $100. Now I just have
<br />a question about that, if you don't mind you don't need to, or
<br />LEITHEAD -TODD: No, I don't' mind.
<br />LCM.• Okay, I think that it at least well, but the thing is, this is like third -hand or
<br />something. And it's a long time ago. Do you remember anything about the dinner?
<br />LEITHEAD -TODD: Well
<br />LCM.• - -Not, I mean about the cost of it.
<br />LEITHEAD -TODD: Well, the only thing that I recall is the only thing that I specifically
<br />ordered off the menu was the entree, which was $28. Somebody else had a appetizer, and they
<br />offered me some of their appetizer, so when I just pulled a number out of the air, `cause I was
<br />being asked right after, in the middle of a hearing, and I got pulled over by Pat Tummins and
<br />asked. And I said well, you know, maybe a hundred bucks, `cause I said but the only thing that
<br />I do know for sure is that my entree was 28 bucks. So the person sitting next to me, and I don't
<br />remember who was sitting `cause most of the people were Chinese doctors from Singapore
<br />had a pupu they had ordered, and they offered me some to taste. So I had some of that, so I'm
<br />thinking okay, I had a pupu, right. And then when I ordered the entree, and then they said would
<br />you like soup or salad. And I said I'll take a small dinner salad. But I didn't know what the
<br />price of that was. And then at the end of the meal, there was dessert, and somebody it was a
<br />Chinese lady sitting next to me ordered a dessert and three of us, we shared it and we each got
<br />a spoon and shared the dessert. So when I sat down and I later on, after the interview I'm
<br />sitting, I'm thinking, okay the entree 's 28. I had part of a pupu. I had a dinner salad, and I had
<br />part of a dessert. So I started going, you know what is it 12 bucks for the pupus, is it 12 dollars
<br />for the salad. `Cause I'm thinking, no way the salad's 28 dollars if my entree's 28. So
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<br />UM - -This is what I was kind of wondering about
<br />LEITHEAD -TODD: - -But hey, you know, somebody calls you and you're just kind of
<br />going well, okay
<br />LCM: - -I was wondering if you were counting for the two of you, whether in your mind
<br />you were thinking well, between the two of us probably it was a hundred dollars
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