2012-12-12 Board of Ethics minutes

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remembering incorrectly. And to give the councilman that kind of latitude, to say that you misremembered, would be—it would have been okay. I know that now that he has lost the election that this had an impact upon the people and that the people are feeling the way they feel, and they took it to the voters’ poll. But there was 2,000 other people out there that did continue to support Mr. Blas, and I need for those people who are still out there, and for the people who have been elected because of Mr. Blas’ politics and the people surrounding him, that I plan to also build upon the case. This is not the end. This is only the beginning, because it was an incident and an event that triggered something that is systemically wrong with the 2010-2012 County Council. And so I don’t want to get into that now. I would say to you that I really am looking for you all to set the standard. If I can’t find it in the Ethics Code, anything about lying, because when I type in the very word lie or dishonesty or deception and I don’t find a word that even mentions these particular high standards—we’re talking about Socrates here. We’re talking about the very foundation of law. We’re talking about—I don’t want to _____. So if you get it, and I know Renee gets it, there’s a resolution. There’s something you all can do to shore it up and to make a statement, from this moment forward to the new Council, to the future Councils, to anybody, that if you cross this line, you in trouble. So think about crossing that line. I had to. I gave up a radio show when I was a legislative aide. I gave up all kinds of things to keep the appearance of no conflict of interest so that if I had to come before you, I could defend myself with the truth. You see what I’m saying? And that is not what happened. The reason we have these election things, and Dominic Yagong before us, and the County Council, is because they have a low standard. And they were desperate to get elected, and they meddled in other people’s district politics. And they were all over the place with their special this and their special that. It all backfired. And you all saw it. Chairman Dill saw it. You saw it, and you addressed it. And now everybody’s back in the corner trying to figure it all out and distance themselves from the cancer. I took the shots in the newspaper calling Fred Blas a cancer, and I was right. And the cancer has metastasized. And so therefore it’s going to take a radical, radical treatment. And that’s what I’m looking for here. So I’m looking for you all not to dismiss this because Fred left, but since he’s not here and he doesn’t have to answer to himself because it’s on video and it’s a matter of public record, that you should take it from here. And I would like to see you all put out an opinion, put out a warning, put out a standard that we can all set. Because you remember me—my boss was before you for throwing a pencil. My boss was before you for calling someone wacky. My boss was before you, splashed all over the newspaper. So tell me it’s not political. That didn’t happen with Blas. Blas got a side thing over here and a back thing over there, so I know—and that’s not your fault—but with all that I’ve just said, and I’m raising my hand under oath, that the truth I tell you about the district politics in this community is the truth and nothing but the truth and not my opinion, but it’s hidden and all the public transcripts for every goody that they ever came to the Council or the Planning Commission or anywhere and got. They’re so stupid, commissioner. These people are so inept that they are good to be caught, to the point where a recall and an election, a new election, may necessitate to set it all right. It’ll make June 16, 2008, when they had to recuse—they had to do it all over again with the County Council and all of the laws that they had passed. It’s going to pale in comparison if you do your job, because there’s a cancer and it’s spreading. And now they’ve divided into two districts. I’m not going to let it go by. Thank you.