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MS. FORD: Thank you, gentlemen. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: Any other—any further comments? At this point I’d like to thank you for coming forward. There is no other—I’m sorry, but (Ms. Cash was raising her hand to speak) at this point I’d like to say thank you, you can return to your seats if you like. Mr. Weinert, do you have any further comments before the Board goes into discussion here? <br /> <br />MR. WEINERT: Yes. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: Please come forward. Go ahead. <br /> <br />MR. WEINERT: The point that I waited until before the eve of this election I want to point out is incorrect. I filed this complaint the day that the statement was made. It turns out that this Board only meets so often, and this was the first available day that it was heard. So I filed it immediately. I did not know what the procedure was. I expected it to be heard right away, and I didn’t even know that there would be a hearing. So that’s not true. Thanks. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: Thank you very much. At this point I’d like to ask the Board if you have any discussion or comments amongst ourselves here. Do you have any, Glen? <br /> <br />MR. HISASHIMA: No. <br /> <br />MR. ADAMS: I do. I think that the statute under which the—it’s my view that the statute under which the Board of Ethics operates, both the Charter and the Code, provides for an expansive view of our authority. Of course, you still have to pay attention to what the specifics are within the Code, but we have the ability to not necessarily be super-narrow—we have the ability to consider things that would be expansive. Having said that, when we take a look at 2-84, in the element, it appears to me that the petition is looking at 84(a)(1), no officer or employee shall take any official action directly affecting (1) a business or other undertaking in which that officer or employee has a substantial financial interest. I think that that’s where we’re probably focusing. And so you then take a look at whether or not there is a substantial financial interest. You can do that—I think I’m actually looking, in my view, at official action as a part of the conversation. I think that when we hear petitions that are talking about conflicts committed by legislators—in this case the council members—within the context of their official duties, within the context of their legislative duty, I—it’s going to be a high bar for me personally to see a conflict when that--when the legislator is doing things such as submitting legislation that’s going to be considered by the entire council, when there is discussions that are being held by the council in the context of their legislative duties. If there are, there are times when the council has executive duties, when they have oversight responsibilities. I think that those are closer calls, and you might consider those in those situations. But when it’s in their legislative duties, I think that there is a responsibility for the legislators to be given the responsibility. The voters