Ken Russell

He's allowed to whip votes. He's allowed to call up a commissioner and say, vote this way if this is what I really care about. He's allowed to do that. But he's not allowed to say, Alex is going to vote this way, and you need to vote this way, too. And what they said to me was, well, this has already been promised to Alex.

He's allowed to whip votes. He's allowed to call up a commissioner and say, vote this way if this is what I really care about. He's allowed to do that. But he's not allowed to say, Alex is going to vote this way, and you need to vote this way, too. And what they said to me was, well, this has already been promised to Alex.

The full $20 million public benefit for green space has already been given to that commissioner, so you can't demand that it be taken away. The votes aren't there for it. And they thought Alex wouldn't budge. And so I already knew at that point I'm on a collision course with the public benefits I'm demanding and what Alex wanted with that money. But I already knew where I stood.

The full $20 million public benefit for green space has already been given to that commissioner, so you can't demand that it be taken away. The votes aren't there for it. And they thought Alex wouldn't budge. And so I already knew at that point I'm on a collision course with the public benefits I'm demanding and what Alex wanted with that money. But I already knew where I stood.

So when he said at that point, get the fuck out of my house because I wouldn't agree. Who said that? Francis did. I happily got up and the Moss's faces went white because they knew they needed my vote. Francis couldn't control his anger because he was losing grip on it. They had really said, Francis, I need you to help go around and whip these votes. And when they got to me, I wasn't agreeing.

So when he said at that point, get the fuck out of my house because I wouldn't agree. Who said that? Francis did. I happily got up and the Moss's faces went white because they knew they needed my vote. Francis couldn't control his anger because he was losing grip on it. They had really said, Francis, I need you to help go around and whip these votes. And when they got to me, I wasn't agreeing.

And so he kicks me out of his house. But inside, I was happy because now I realize he had given me the ability to send a message to him that I don't care. I will walk out of your house. I'll walk out of this vote and I'll vote no on the dais. And I thought that that was enough for them to then realize that I need to get these benefits for the public or I'm a no vote.

And so he kicks me out of his house. But inside, I was happy because now I realize he had given me the ability to send a message to him that I don't care. I will walk out of your house. I'll walk out of this vote and I'll vote no on the dais. And I thought that that was enough for them to then realize that I need to get these benefits for the public or I'm a no vote.

But you didn't get the benefit. But I did get the vote. I got the vote. I got the vote. And here's where we get to the reality where you're right and I'm wrong. Because I really stood my ground. And what happens after that tape is not Ken waves the white flag. It's that Ken got every single one to a letter of that list of public benefits.

But you didn't get the benefit. But I did get the vote. I got the vote. I got the vote. And here's where we get to the reality where you're right and I'm wrong. Because I really stood my ground. And what happens after that tape is not Ken waves the white flag. It's that Ken got every single one to a letter of that list of public benefits.

And Francis stops the meeting because they were about to vote. He says, I want to know that the mover. And the seconder, Joe Carollo and Alex Díaz-Bordilla, agree with Russell's amendments. I want it captured on the record. He said it twice. They did it. We voted. And so those things must happen, and they're not. Here's where you are right.

And Francis stops the meeting because they were about to vote. He says, I want to know that the mover. And the seconder, Joe Carollo and Alex Díaz-Bordilla, agree with Russell's amendments. I want it captured on the record. He said it twice. They did it. We voted. And so those things must happen, and they're not. Here's where you are right.

Yes, the mayor signs the legislation after we make it. But they took out— Those amendments, yes.

Yes, the mayor signs the legislation after we make it. But they took out— Those amendments, yes.

Right. But it doesn't matter because the vote happened and it's memorialized in the minutes and the That is what prevails over whatever he signed. I mean, that was a bad document. And I filed a bar complaint against the city attorney and him.

Right. But it doesn't matter because the vote happened and it's memorialized in the minutes and the That is what prevails over whatever he signed. I mean, that was a bad document. And I filed a bar complaint against the city attorney and him.

Well, they didn't literally violate it until this last month. They were keeping, as far as I know, with the spirit of those public benefits until this month when they, for some reason, brought legislation to undo what I had forced them to promise.

Well, they didn't literally violate it until this last month. They were keeping, as far as I know, with the spirit of those public benefits until this month when they, for some reason, brought legislation to undo what I had forced them to promise.

Let's not go there yet because I was effective in my role and job in getting those amendments passed. It's not my job then to see that the attorney doesn't write illegal legislation, that the mayor doesn't sign illegal legislation.

Let's not go there yet because I was effective in my role and job in getting those amendments passed. It's not my job then to see that the attorney doesn't write illegal legislation, that the mayor doesn't sign illegal legislation.