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The Board of Ethics' three-member hearing panel unanimously voted to deny Gabriele's request to limit the scope of the hearings. Chairman Dan Young said the investigating panel's finding of probable cause was broader than Gabriele and his attorney claimed.
"I would agree with Mr. Gabriele's motion if the report were written such that it made clear that the only evidence ... was this one disciplinary incident," Young said. "I don't read the finding of probable cause as that narrow. I think it presents a broad overview of what happened."
The Board of Ethics also discussed Thursday possible recommendations for changes to the city ethics code.
The code stipulates the board shall submit an annual advisory report to the mayor and president of the Board of Representatives by June 1 each year.
The seven-member board, which includes two alternates, decided to recommend expanding its membership to 11 full members and eliminating the requirement for alternates. Board members also said they would suggest the Board of Representatives reconsider the board's composition, which currently splits off into two separate...
"The design of it is awkward," said Cheryl Bader, a member of the investigating panel. "I think the structure hadn't been tested until recently."
Bader also suggested city representatives consider clarifying the role of Stamford's corporation counsel in ethics proceedings. Under normal circumstances, the Department of Legal Affairs would have represented the ethics board's investigating panel, Young said. The investigating panel recently secured $25,000 in fundi...
"I think there was some kind of uncertainty on the part of corporation counsel when we approached them," Bader said. "We specifically asked for a lot of advice and my sense was them telling us they had to be hands-off, arms-length. And I think that's maybe a wrong approach and legislators maybe need to make that clear ...
Young broached the issue of whether the city should pay for legal representation for city employees and officials accused of ethics violations.
"There's really no good solution there," he said. "But I don't like the idea of a public volunteer servant perhaps bankrupting himself or herself defending themselves on a Board of Ethics matter. I also don't like the idea of writing a blank check to a respondent and encouraging the respondent to litigate like it's a $...
While some board members suggested allocating a pre-set amount for legal fee payment, Sarah Summons expressed skepticism that city representatives would approve such a measure.
"What budget would it come from?" she said. "I just don't think it's for us to delve into."
Young said he would outline all recommendations for Code of Ethics improvements in a public letter.
Art Laske, an attorney hired to represent the Board of Ethics' hearing panel during proceedings, was present at Thursday's meeting. Dehmel and Chimes represented Gabriele and Scacco, who did not attend, in the hearing.
While the ethics board's investigating panel recently secured city funds for its own legal representation, Bader said members are still in the process of selecting an attorney.
She said the panel is searching for a lawyer with municipal experience, and would hopefully retain representation by the May 23 public hearing.
The PRWIRE Press Releases https:// 2005-04-07T15:40:00Z NetBotz closes the gap on security services 2005-04-07T15:40:00Z netbotz-closes-the-gap-on-security-services The last mile gap in security services in Australia has been closed, with the arrival of NetBotz IP-based remote monitoring. Introduced today in Sydney, Ne...
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- North Korea dwarfs all other countries when Gallup asks Americans whom they consider to be the United States' greatest enemy. Fifty-one percent now name the East Asian nation, more than tripling the 16% who cited it in 2016, with Russia, China and Iran distantly following.
These results are based on Gallup's annual World Affairs poll, conducted Feb. 1-10, 2018 -- the eleventh time Gallup has asked the "greatest enemy" question over the past 18 years. The only other countries cited by a measurable percentage of Americans in the most recent poll were Iraq and the United States itself, each...
This open-ended question relies on respondents to volunteer their own answers, and historically has produced a diverse list of countries. Yet this year marks a departure from the past, with one country dominating Americans' opinions and only four garnering considerable mentions.
North Korea's rise to the top of the list of U.S. enemies is not surprising, given the escalation of tensions between the two nations since 2016, when North Korea was roughly tied with Russia, China and Iran as America's greatest foreign enemy. Although relations between the U.S. and North Korea have been tense for dec...
From 2001 through 2008, Iraq was first or second on the list of countries viewed as enemies of the U.S. In 2001, 38% named Iraq as the greatest U.S. enemy, which until this year was the highest proportion of responses any country had received. Notably, the question was not asked from 2002 through 2004 while the U.S. wa...
The only other time North Korea topped the list was in 2005 when it tied with Iraq. Since then, North Korea, Iran and China have consistently ranked high on the list of U.S. enemies. While Iran and North Korea are both military threats to the U.S., China has presented primarily an economic threat.
Historically, Russia has been toward the lower end of mentions on the list, yet in the past few years it has become more prominent. The Barack Obama administration had increasingly tense dealings with Russia after Vladimir Putin's election in 2012, and allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential elect...
Russian intervention in the 2016 election is likely a significant factor behind the 19% of Americans citing Russia as the greatest U.S. enemy -- the largest percentage for Russia in Gallup's trend. Democrats are about three times as likely as Republicans to cite Russia as the greatest enemy, and independents are about ...
Republicans are more likely than Democrats to name North Korea as the greatest enemy, 58% vs. 45%, respectively. And they are also slightly more likely than Democrats to cite China or Iran.
Americans' answers to open-ended questions often do not focus on a single response unless it is particularly obvious. In the case of the "greatest U.S. enemy" question, recent growing tensions with North Korea are top of mind for a slim majority of Americans.
While Russia is a distant second to North Korea, it is considered an enemy by more Democrats than Republicans, suggesting Russian meddling in the 2016 election is considered particularly dangerous to some partisan groups.
With North Korea and Russia dominating the news in recent months, Iran and China have faded into the background but remain on Americans' radar.
Results for this Gallup poll are based on telephone interviews conducted Feb. 1-10, 2018, with a random sample of 1,044 adults, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. For results based on the total sample of national adults, the margin of sampling error is ±4 percentage points at ...
A majority in the U.S. favors military action against North Korea if peaceful means don't resolve things, a shift from 2003. Half still say diplomacy can work.
While North Korea's recent advancements in nuclear technology present new challenges to the U.S. in keeping international peace, Americans have long had North Korea on their radar as a threat.
Americans' high level of confidence in the military is based on its perceived professionalism and competency, the importance of the job it does, and a respect for its people.
One of the most intriguing games on the horizon that we know very little about is Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding. We know it stars Norman Reedus from The Walking Dead but beyond that we have no idea about the game details... well, until now... sort of.
According to Siliconera, Kojima Productions have been tweeting out scant information about the upcoming third-person title, revealing that Death Stranding will have a "new form" of co-op. Kojima has been describing the co-op in terms of "sticks" and "ropes", mysteriously classifying the way multiplayer is handled in so...
If the idea is to connect players through experiences rather than PvP, then it's not something terribly new given that games from thatgamecompany have managed to do the same in the past with titles like Journey for the PS3 and PS4. The hook for that game was that players had no way to communicate other than through lig...
If Kojima and crew take that route then that could be very interesting for Death Stranding. But how would co-op be setup if it already has a single protagonist? Well, according to the tweets, there could be a female heroine. The account notes that casting is still underway and a female heroine could be included. What w...
The rest of the tweets focus on the release window for Death Stranding. The window is about as vague as the information we have on the actual plot of the game. According to Kojima Productions, we're looking at the game launching ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, which means it has a production cycle of j...
The Kojima Productions Twitter account does note that the release window is set in relative stone given that the budget is already in place.
Yes, Death Stranding has a set release date. Duh, how else would we be able to set a budget?
Some gamers are wondering about the platform release given that we're already halfway through eighth-gen and it would seem kind of weird to focus on releasing on the PS4 when it seems like it will no longer be the prime console of focus within four year's time. Sony already has a refresh in the form of the PS4 Pro, so ...
With Intel's Core i5 coming soon, it should come as no surprise that some pictures are starting to pop up concering compatible motherboards, especially since Computex just around the corner.
This time around we have the ASUS P7P55 Pro motherboard running the Intel P55 Express chipset. The black and blue design holds four DIMM slots, two PCI-e X16 slots, and two PCI-e X1 slots. Ironically enough, there are still three legacy PCI slots on this modern motherboard.
The big news comes in the form that the source seems to have Intel's release dates for both Lynnfield and Havendale. If the information is correct, Intel will be releasing five Lynnfield chips on September 9, 2009, while five Havendale processors will be launched on January 10, 2010.
Manchester United chief executive David Gill has hinted Sir Alex Ferguson could have £100million to spend in the summer transfer market.
There have been widespread rumours Ferguson's hands are being tied by United's owners at present, which explains why the vast majority of the world record £80million fee received from Real Madrid for Cristiano Ronaldo remains unspent.
But Gill insisted Ferguson has plenty of cash at his disposal and told BBC Radio Five Live: "The owners understand that they will only get value back by ensuring the team continues to be successful and continues to attract exciting players and produces results off the pitch as well. They are in it for the long term."
Even a £12million deal for Fulham's highly-promising England Under-21 defender Chris Smalling will not go through until the summer.
And with debts, excluding the controversial and highly expensive payment-in-kind notes owed by the Glazer family - nudging over £500million, the worry is the situation is not going to get any easier.
But Gill added: "I do not have a clue about how many players we would buy in the summer. We do our planning throughout the year but the money will be there and it might be more than £55million.
"We have well over £100million in the bank, so we will assess the squad over the next few months and go into the market as appropriate."
One man who definitely will not be sold is Wayne Rooney as the doom merchants have suggested.
Indeed, Gill is adamant a new contract is in the offing this summer for the 24-year-old, who scored his 22nd goal of the season in Sunday's astonishing demolition of Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.
"We would hope Wayne would stay with us until he has finished playing," said Gill. "He has a contract to 2012 and that will be addressed during the close season because we would want to put him on a new long-term contract."
Rumors that Janet Jackson and husband Wissam Al Mana are talking divorce have been swirling for a while and although the media continues to speculate on the situation, Janet and Wissam have made it clear that the rumors are simply lies.
The couple were married in 2012 but managed to keep it a secret for several months. Their wedding ceremony was small and private, but they did confirm the marriage in 2013.
“Our wedding gifts to one another were contributions to our respective favorite children’s charities. We would appreciate that our privacy is respected and that we are allowed this time for celebration and joy,” the couple said in their wedding announcement.
Janet hasn’t always been lucky in love and her marriage to Wissam makes her third. Janet was not able to find happiness with her two previous marriages, and rumors suggested that she wasn’t able to do so with Wissam either. Wissam is a billionaire, and it was alleged that she had only married him for money in the first...
But friends of the couple insist that these rumors are not true and say that they are happier than ever.
Do you think Janet and Wissam will end up getting a divorce or do you believe that they are still in love?
A mounting state protest against changes supported by the GOP-controlled General Assembly, which many feel disproportionately affect lower income North Carolinians, came to New Bern Tuesday.
N.C. NAACP President Rev. William Barber II spoke to a crowd of more than 250 people from at least four counties at the New Bern Omega Center on Cedar Street, saying �don't be silenced� about their dissatisfaction in proposed and enacted changes in education funding, election laws, unemployment benefits, and Medicaid a...
Barber said, �You don't have to get arrested but we need a contingency from Eastern North Carolina ... to be part of the nonviolent civil disobedience� which so far has resulted in the arrest of about 300 people, including 151 at the "Moral Monday" protest at the Legislative Building in Raleigh.
Two of them arrested Monday, New Bern residents Evelyn Paul and Michael "Sandy" Schachter, were applauded by the crowd that grew through the evening and included Craven County black leaders in health, government, and business.
Barber said the rallies were organized in April after NAACP leaders were rebuffed in their efforts to speak with key Republican leaders including Gov. Pat McCrory, House Speaker Thom Tillis and Senate Leader Phil Berger about their concerns on an assortment of voting rights and social issues.
Though the New Bern event was largely attended by blacks, both of those who were arrested in Raleigh were white from a mixed crowd which, according to the Associated Press, included about 1,000 people, with hundreds of them entering the building later. Those intending to get arrested wore green wrist bands.
He said legislation diluting funding to public education, eliminating Medicaid for a half million poor children, eliminating unemployment benefits for 165,000 in the state beginning July 1, might seem partisan even though it also affects Republicans. But cutting earned income tax credits initiated by Ronald Reagan for ...
Barber was more specific, saying the changes, particularly those for voter ID and open polls, are being pushed by �bad tea� from right wing conservative individuals and groups like Art Pope, Civitas and the John Locke Foundation.
He said the NAACP initiated the protests, but their membership and those joining the protest are not just those of the group�s historical movement for basic rights and now includes many from the educational, medical, and religious communities who see threats to all Americans.
Protesters will be back Monday, gathering in Raleigh at Martin Street Baptist Church at 3 p.m.
Marshall Williams, president of Craven County NAACP that hosted Tuesday's public event, and Alfred Barfield, head of the group's Eastern North Carolina District 14, also spoke.
Gimmy Schiavi is trying to explain the function of the Casa del Pellegrino (Pilgrim House) in Sotto Il Monte, but his phone is ringing off the hook.
"As soon as possible," he advises one woman inquiring when she should book for a group of elderly locals to come for a visit. "Because May is already looking very busy."
He gives her the options for a visit with guided tour: €25 (£20) with lunch and €12 without. "We're getting many calls about many different things," says Schiavi. "The 27th is a fundamental date – for us, it's just a starting point – but it's clear that the requests are many. People want to find out what we offer, beca...
In this little town in northern Italy, near the foothills of the Alps, preparations are in full swing for the biggest date in its history – the biggest, at least, since 28 October 1958, when Angelo Roncalli, fourth child of Marianna and Giovanni from the house on via Colombera, became pope. The son of sharecroppers wen...
On Sunday, before a crowd of hundreds of thousands in St Peter's Square, Pope Francis is to canonise this popular Italian pontiff alongside John Paul II, recognising them both as saints. And Sotto Il Monte – total population around 4,300 – where Roncalli was born and raised for the first 10 years of his life, is bracin...
Ever since the middle ages, places associated with the lives of saints have benefited economically from their attraction to pilgrims seeking bed, board, and, very often, relics. "That idea of business going alongside popular piety and devotion goes all the way back," says Dr Rebecca Rist, papal historian at the Univers...
But Assisi this is not. While St Francis's Umbrian home town now lives off the tourist industry, shuttling in pilgrims and art lovers on escalators with piped music, Sotto Il Monte doesn't even have a hotel. All its sites can be visited for nothing. The clearest examples of commercial anticipation are to be found in th...
Often described simply as Il Papa Buona, the friendly pontiff who went walking around Rome and endeared himself to ordinary people in much the same way as Francis today, John XXIII is regarded by his admirers as one of the most courageous and important popes in history. Roncalli, who had spent much of his career as a V...
Monsignor Claudio Dolcini, Sotto Il Monte's parish priest, hopes the canonisation will fuel a fresh interest in the real John XXIII and an understanding of him that goes beyond the "limited" idea of the Good Pope. "If this man began a work of this importance [Vatican II], consciously, despite his advanced age, it was b...
In an attempt to ease pilgrims' way around the quiet roads of Sotto Il Monte, the Pilgrim House – established in 2012 – has set out a route that takes in sites including Roncalli's childhood home, the church in which he was baptised and a sanctuary where he celebrated his last hometown mass before becoming pope. The mo...
Local businesses, hit in recent years by Italy's longest recession since the end of the second world war, are anticipating a surge in takings this weekend. Beyond that, though, the future remains uncertain given the town's low-key infrastructure. "For the moment reservations are down because of the crisis," says Pieral...
Tina has always been devoted to John XXIII, "even before he was beatified" in 2000. "Because, like Pope Francis, he was sincere. He was near to the people."
This is also an attraction for Emmanuela and Mauro, a married, middle-aged couple from Turin, taking a stroll around the town. They like Sotto Il Monte's quiet charm, and infinitely prefer it to Assisi – "too commercial". "This is more simple," says Emmanuela. Like, in fact, John XXIII? "Yes. Very basic. Normal."
John Paul II is probably the most revered figure in contemporary Polish history. He is also the country's biggest superstar, even in death – and at the risk of sounding crude, probably the main industry in Wadowice, his home town.
Here, even before his sainthood, you can buy everything from framed photographs of the late pope to Wadowice's most famous culinary item – "Papal Cream Cakes" a John Paul favourite and a registered trademark.
There are John Paul II museums in Kraków and Warsaw, hundreds of statues all over Poland, countless books on his life (which are more bought than read) as well as movies and plays about him.
But Wadowice is the principal pilgrim destination. A £5.1m multimedia museum in the refurbished building in which the late pope was raised has been opened. The exhibition is a walk through his life, from his army youth to his time as archbishop of Kraków and his latter years in the Vatican.
Everything is here, from his socks and trainers to the Browning handgun used to shoot him in 1981. The Wadowice museum charges £5 per person for a visit and expects 250,000 visitors this year.
Poland's central bank is also cashing in. This month, it issued 1.7m commemorative coins for the occasion of John Paul II's canonisation. People waited in long queues to buy the coins, the most expensive of which cost £1,500, though the more entrepreneurial are already selling them online for much more.
Some think the commercialisation of the late Pope has gone too far. In January, Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz, who used to be the pope's personal secretary, caused uproar with a book of John Paul's personal notes from 1962 to 2003, even though the pope's will instructed him burn them. The cardinal said he lacked the coura...
"The authorities here treat the late pope like a cash cow who they can simply make loads of money on," said Zbigniew Janowski, a student. "So do many store owners. They sell all sorts of papal souvenirs and books but have probably never read a page of JPII's teachings, much less reflected on them," echoed Tomasz Kowals...
Cab driver Darek Wójcik, is quite satisfied with the way things are. "Thanks to the fact that John Paul II was born here, tourists visit us and spend money in our city, which is good for us. We are proud of our pope and don't think he would have minded Wadowice getting all this attention."
• This article was amended on 25 April. It said the cost of a visit to the Wadowice museum was £25. It actually costs 25 Polish Zloty, which is equivalent to £5.
This is the second week of the General Assembly Session and we are still in a fast sprint mode to complete the business of this session. Thus far the issues that could become "Hot Button" issues for this session are: ABC stores privatization to pay for transportation, employee contributions to the Virginia Retirement S...
On Monday, Jan. 17, 2011, Gov. Bob McDonnell held a press conference to discuss his "Top Jobs of the 21st Century" package; "The Virginia Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011." The "Top Jobs" legislation comes from the work and recommendations of the Governor's Bipartisan Higher Education Reform Commission for whic...
Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011, was not a good day for Dr. Alan Grant, Dean of Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He testified to the House Appropriations Committee to brief members on the Virginia Extension Reorganization Plan, which involves the consolidation of extension offices across the Commonwea...
Friday, January 21, 2011, was the deadline for the filing of bills to be introduced this session and almost 200 bills have either met an early death sentence or have been "laid gently on the table" never to be seen again until possibly next session. Several of mine have been in those numbers.
HB 1401 and HB 1402 would have allowed voters to vote early by absentee without having to give an excuse. Both bills received a lot of support but not enough to get them passed out of the Elections Subcommittee.
For those who have conversed with me in regards to the process of how bills become law know that I equate it to riding a horse. The 140 members of the General Assembly are the only horses that can run on this track and can only run if they are carrying a passenger (a bill). We all try to get our passengers to the finis...

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