Scalebound, developed by Platinum Games and published by Microsoft, was announced at E3
2014 exclusively for the Xbox One.
Two and a half years later, Microsoft pulled the plug and outright cancelled the game in
January 2017.
And that should've been the end of it.
But if recent rumors are true then it might not be and Scalebound could return.
According to rumors that have been flying around, Nintendo saved the project and Platinum
Games is currently working to put the game on the Switch.
Now there's no concrete evidence that this is happening, but if it does, Scalebound is
a game you might want to pay attention to.
So join us as we look at the history of Scalebound's development and why it might be worth picking
up if it does indeed come to the Switch.
While Scalebound wasn't officially revealed until 2014, the idea of the game has been
around as long as Platinum Games itself.
In a 2015 interview, Gamespot spoke with the director, Hideki Kamiya, about its origins
where he revealed that the idea of Scalebound was one of first ideas that Platinum Games
put forward.
The team was brainstorming ideas on what to work on and though the concept of Scalebound
was suggested, the company ultimately decided to develop Bayonetta first.
However Scalebound wasn't completely shelved.
Some work was done during Bayonetta's development in order to create a pitch of what the game
could be, potentially making it their next release.
Players would take the role of a young girl who had the ability to control dinosaurs,
not dragons.
And this would all be done with motion controls on the Nintendo Wii--yep, this project was
originally envisioned for Nintendo Hardware, so the Switch is almost too fitting.
But even Kamiya admitted that this version needed work and was ultimately shelved while
they finished Bayonetta.
Once Bayonetta was completed, Platinum returned to the idea and created a prototype with one
major change.
Dragons!
Which was something of a dream come true for Kamiya as he always wanted to create a fantasy
game featuring the mystical creatures.
But as the concept was being refined, he also realized that he didn't want to just be
watching the action, he wanted to have an active role.
Something that wasn't entirely possible with a little girl as the protagonist.
So the decision was made to change the girl into a swordsman or someone a bit older.
Unfortunately this prototype was never able to find a publisher causing the game to be
shelved yet again while they worked on The Wonderful 101 for the Wii U.
Once The Wonderful 101 shipped, Platinum put together a refined pitch of Scalebound for
Microsoft who ended up being interested in the project.
So in 2013 development of the game began in earnest.
However because of the new idea of having the human play a more active role in combat
this meant that they would essentially have two lead characters, one human and one dragon.
Ultimately, the problem was tackled by having the story focus on Drew while the gameplay
centered around his dragon partner, Thuban.
So Thuban would be able to be customized extensively while Drew could not, something better seen
in the E3 2016 gameplay trailer with the other dragons having drastically different designs
while the Drews only had different weapons.
Scalebound was officially revealed to the public at Microsoft's E3 2014 conference
with a cinematic trailer that showed off Drew and Thuban teaming up to take down a giant
creature.
It was only a taste of the ideas that Platinum had, but it did introduce Drew as a contrast
with the rest of the fantasy setting as he came from the modern world.
This is probably best signified by his headphones, which he puts on during the more intense fights
with monsters.
He also has access to a dragon hybrid transformation that temporarily increases his power.
Comparisons to Dante from Devil May Cry were also rampant and never really went away whenever
it was previewed, but Platinum never changed Drew's design.
While Scalebound didn't make an appearance at E3 2015, it did have a playable demo at
that year's Gamescom.
Here a pre-Alpha build was available to try which introduced what the gameplay would really
be like.
Drew and Thuban are always together as their lives are bound.
If one dies, so does the other.
Fortunately, Drew has the ability to heal his buddy thanks to his dragon arm, which
also had a few other gameplay uses like scanning enemies or unleashing energy.
However, Thuban couldn't be directly controlled by players at all times.
Instead, its AI would assist during combat until specific commands were given like targeting
certain enemies.
It was possible though for Drew to form a temporary mental link with Thuban.
This would switch gameplay to a first person perspective and allow the player to control
him directly.
But this would also leave Drew completely motionless and open to enemy attacks.
Unlike many other Platinum games, the world was very much non-linear although Thuban couldn't
actually be ridden until later in the game.
Drew could equip several different weapons which broke over time though there was no
crafting system.
In many ways it was similar to what Breath of the Wild would do in that they had to constantly
scavenge for new equipment.
The game showed promise, but the action never seemed as refined as their previous titles
though this is gameplay from a pre-Alpha build.
That said, combat wasn't Platinum's primary focus with Scalebound.
While they promised it would be up to the standards fans had come to expect, the more
realistic graphics and world-building were how they were making it stand out from their
previous games.
And there was also the multiplayer element.
This was shown as early as the reveal trailer, teasing that four players could work together.
But it wasn't fully shown off until Scalebound's E3 2016 presentation which featured an updated
take on the gameplay, specifically four players teaming with their dragons and each other
in order to take down a massive boss.
It was a promising showcase though not without its concerns as many worried that it lacked
the usual Platinum polish.
So the fact that it was delayed from its 2016 release date was no surprise.
What was a surprise was its outright cancellation on January 9th 2017.
Before this was officially announced, reports had started to circulate that Scalebound was
in trouble and Platinum had even stopped actively working on the game before the end of 2016.
Eurogamer even reported a rumor that Microsoft made the decision due to issues surrounding
the game's engine and overdue deadlines.
But later in 2017, Xbox Division Head Phil Spencer had an interview with the Japanese
site, Gamewatch, where he stated that the real reason the game was ultimately cancelled
had stemmed from announcing Scalebound too early.
This created pressure on the team, influenced development, and raised other hurdles.
As a result, both Microsoft and Platinum doubted that the game could offer what fans wanted
and ultimately it was decided to end development.
Whether or not this was the real reason, we can't say.
What we do know is that the cancellation of Scalebound along with the twin duds of Star
Fox Zero and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan nearly spelled the end
for Platinum.
It's only thanks to the breakout hit, Nier: Automata, launching a few weeks later that
the company ultimately survived.
And that's why the possibility of Scalebound finding its way to the Nintendo Switch is
so fascinating.
This is a game that's tied to the history of Platinum, a dream for Hideki Kamiya, and
an odd connection to Nintendo's past.
Even if this rumor is true, it's unlikely that Scalebound will play exactly as it did
before--after all, it was cancelled for a reason.
Aspects might be scaled back and the multiplayer may even be dropped.
Or it could even be doubled down upon in order to create a defining game for Nintendo Switch
Online, at least for those who haven't caught Tetris fever anyway.
It must also be said that Platinum Games already has quite the line-up for the Switch thanks
to both Bayonetta 3 and Astral Chain.
So whether this Scalebound rumor is true or not, Platinum is definitely supporting the
system in a big way.
Now, we just have to wait and see what happens next.
Thanks for watching and be sure to subscribe to GameXplain for more on Platinum and other
things gaming as well.
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Ex European president says there is still room for compromise Daily Mail Online
Britain and the EU can still find a compromise on if both sides make concessions, a former EU Commission president said today.
Ex Portuguese prime minister Jose Manuel Barroso said the negotiations appeared to be at a dead end but that the EU had a record for last minute breakthroughs.
Britain is demanding changes to the controversial Irish border backstop part of the Brexit deal amid Eurosceptic fears it will be permanent.
The former Portuguese prime minister Jose Manuel Barroso said the negotiations appeared to be at a dead end but that the EU had a record for last minute breakthroughs
Theresa May will not take the so called Malthouse Compromise to the latest round of talks with EU Commission President Jean Claude Juncker when she heads to Brussels tomorrow
The EU has so far rejected all three of the possible solutions proposed by Britain a time limit, unilateral exit mechanism or an alternative backstop arrangement.
It comes as Cabinet ministers were told a Plan C for Brexit drawn up by Tory Leave and Remain MPs will not work today, a day before Theresa May returns to Brussels for talks.
Speaking at a Euronews conference in London, Mr Barroso said: We are now in what seems a dead end in the negotiations.
It is possible, with some creativity and imagination to find some kind of compromise.
There is still some room for some negotiation.
Citing crises such as the Greek financial collapse, he said: The European Commission has a remarkable capacity to find compromises that seem impossible until they are done.
He said Brussels would naturally agree if Britain asked for an extension to its scheduled March 29 departure date.
Everybody needs to move a little, said Barroso, now a non executive chairman at Goldman Sachs investment bank.
Europe should make an effort to accommodate some of the concerns.
After a Cabinet meeting this morning, it emerged that the Prime Minister will not take the so called Malthouse Compromise to the latest round of talks with EU Commission President Jean Claude Juncker when she heads to Brussels tomorrow.
Cabinet sources confirmed to MailOnline ministers were told it was too late for the Malthouse plan to work.
Attorney General Geoffrey Cox pictured today arriving for Cabinet is due to give a speech on the backstop this week but it has been delayed from today as talks continue
EU negotiator Michel Barnier rejected the plan at talks with Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay last night. The idea had been to re write the divorce deal with a technology based solution for the Irish border.
But there is rising expectation Attorney General Geoffrey Cox will endorse a new document known as a codicil as enough to provide legally binding changes to the Irish border backstop, the said.
But any appendix or legal letter will fall far short of the re written backstop demanded by Brexiteers. They are due to meet Mrs May later tonight.
Leaving Eurosceptic Steve Baker ridiculed the Cox Codpiece this afternoon and warned: Never forget: there was a better way to reach a mutually beneficial deal.
The hardline Brexiteer European Research Group has vowed to vote down the deal for a second time if Mrs May fails to bring back a new version.
Sources at the group said there could be an explosion of anger from Brexiteer MPs.
Mr Cox has delayed a speech due today on the backstop as talks continue with Brussels.
Following Cabinet, Mrs Mays spokesman said: The Brexit Secretary said he had held productive talks with Michel Barnier to resolve the outstanding issues on the backstop and further talks will be taking place this week.
The PM said she would meet Jean Claude Juncker tomorrow evening in Brussels.
She said was working hard to secure the legally binding changes that Parliament requested to the backstop.
The spokesman insisted there is ongoing work on all three possible options to fix the backstop a time limit, a unilateral exit mechanism and an alternative system.
But a EU Commission spokesman said today: We cannot accept a time limit to the backstop or a unilateral exit clause.
Further talks will be held this week to see whether a way through can be found that could gain the broadest possible support in the UK parliament and respect the guidelines agreed by the European council.
Told Brussels was saying No, Mrs Mays spokesman said: The deal that is on the table was rejected by 230 votes. The EU has been clear it wants the UK to leave with a deal.
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The YouTube clip lasts for just 45 seconds. It is from a game in March 2018 when RB Leipzig hosted Bayern Munich and its star is Naby Keita
You wouldn't be able to boil a kettle in the time it takes to watch from beginning to end but in those 45 seconds, Liverpool fans were given a glimpse of what Keita – who had been signed the previous August for £52
5million – could potentially bring to their team.First there is a goal, swept in with his left foot after a surge into the area, that gives RB Leipzig parity; then comes a pass, perfectly delivered into the path of Timo Werner, which secures the winning goal and ensured Keita was on the end of a thunderous ovation
Share this article Share It is not unfair to say that Keita has not produced anything so dynamic since he arrived on Merseyside
There have been injuries, confidence issues and a lack of rhythm as he has tried to acclimatise to the demands of the Premier League
Keita has, however, improved over the course of the last month and his reward was a fifth consecutive start, this one coming against a familiar rival; what Jurgen Klopp would have done for the Guinea international to reproduce those heroics in Anfield's biggest game of the season
He was substituted early but it was not a performance reflective of a player who was lost in the frenzy
Keita was in the thick of the action from the outset and with the benefit of a kinder bounce here or there, could have left the field a hero
There is no doubt the 24-year-old remains a work in progress but he was always involved, starting in the 16th minute when he helped the ball along to Sadio Mane but saw the Senegal flyer crash his drive into the advertising hoardings
A thunderous tackle from the hulking Niklas Sule blocked his way to goal in the 33rd minute and there was another pass in the 53rd minute that was a fraction away from being perfect for Andrew Robertson, as he charged towards goal
The talent is evidently there. Keita just needs a big moment in a big game to really take off
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Chrissy Teigen Weighs In on the Pho vs Ramen Debate: 'This Is Very Hard' - US News - Duration: 4:41.
has spoken! The star weighed in on the pho versus ramen debate after rapper kicked things off by asking Twitter to choose between the two similar dishes
"Pho or ramen? Let's argue," he declared. The 33-year-old responded quickly, indicating she needed more information from the musician, whose real name is Olubowale Victor Akintimehin, before revealing her verdict
", this is very hard. I need more details," she tweeted in response. "Are you hungover? Lunch, dinner? Are we comparing the best pho to the best ramen?" Then, seemingly indicating which noodle soup dish she might choose over the other, Teigen added: "I LOVE pho but I feel like bad pho is worse than bad ramen
" Pho (pronounced "fuh") is a Vietnamese soup consisting of broth, rice noodles called bánh pho, a few herbs and meat – usually either beef or chicken
Ramen, though similar to pho, is a Japanese dish that features wheat noodles served in a meat or fish-based broth that has typically been flavored with soy sauce or miso
Ramen also uses toppings such as sliced pork, nori, menma and scallions. Furthermore, while the clear pho base (which is cooked at a simmer) is made from beef and scented with star anise, cinnamon and charred ginger, ramen stock tends to be darker, richer and cloudy since it's typically made from pork bones cooked at a rolling boil
Before long, other social media users began putting their own two cents in, perhaps causing the Lip Sync Battle cohost to switch sides
"I am going GREAT PHO," she declared. Still, Teigen, whose mother is Thai, wasn't exactly firmly in the pho camp
When a Twitter follower asked her to choose between average pho and average ramen, she flip-flopped yet again
"Then I choose ramen. So weird," she explained. "But at its best, there is nothing like a piping hot bowl of pho
" After was seemingly flooded with support for ramen, the Cravings author even offered an explanation as to why social media users might be more willing to vouch for the Japanese dish over its similar Vietnamese counterpart
"These people haven't had good pho, as good ramen is more readily available," she noted
Displaying her ever-present sense of humor, the star later told a follower who asked what makes good pho: "A place with a C rating, truthfully
" When later revealed he "found new life wit ramen," Teigen offered up her favorite variation of the popular soup, replying, "creamy pork tonkotsu broth with bamboo shoots and spicy bean sprouts
" The soup debate came hours after Teigen got into an "actual fight" with husband over Totino's pizza
That debacle began after Teigen was "having a Totino's craving" that entailed a desire for "a pizza from my childhood, with sliced fresh tomatoes on top," and left it to Legend, 40, to order the meal via Postmates
Apparently unaware that the company makes actual pizzas, the "Love Me Now" crooner ordered Totino's Pizza Rolls instead, which angered his wife
"For 30 minutes we have been discussing how to ensure crispness. I say it needs to be on the rack
He says no it has to go on a pan," Teigen tweeted, later adding of her spouse: "He thinks I am so stupid I would think tiny pizza rolls go directly onto the rack
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Express Is Having a BOGO 50% Off Deal on Jeans and These Are Our 5 Favorite Picks - US News - Duration: 6:19.
It's BOGO time, baby! This flash sale is blowing our minds right now. We're kissing our stretched-out and ripped-in-the-wrong-places denim goodbye and stocking up on the very best jeans has to offer while this buy one, get one 50% off sale is still going strong
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Keita is still a work in progress but just needs a big moment - Duration: 3:08.
The YouTube clip lasts for just 45 seconds. It is from a game in March 2018 when RB Leipzig hosted Bayern Munich and its star is Naby Keita
You wouldn't be able to boil a kettle in the time it takes to watch from beginning to end but in those 45 seconds, Liverpool fans were given a glimpse of what Keita – who had been signed the previous August for £52
5million – could potentially bring to their team.First there is a goal, swept in with his left foot after a surge into the area, that gives RB Leipzig parity; then comes a pass, perfectly delivered into the path of Timo Werner, which secures the winning goal and ensured Keita was on the end of a thunderous ovation
Naby Keita has improved recently and impressed during the game against Bayern Munich With the benefit of a kinder bounce here or there, Keita could have left the field a hero It is not unfair to say that Keita has not produced anything so dynamic since he arrived on Merseyside
There have been injuries, confidence issues and a lack of rhythm as he has tried to acclimatise to the demands of the Premier League
Keita has, however, improved over the course of the last month and his reward was a fifth consecutive start, this one coming against a familiar rival; what Jurgen Klopp would have done for the Guinea international to reproduce those heroics in Anfield's biggest game of the season
He was substituted early but it was not a performance reflective of a player who was lost in the frenzy
Keita was in the thick of the action from the outset and with the benefit of a kinder bounce here or there, could have left the field a hero
Keita — in the thick of the action — attempting an audacious overhead kick against BayernThere is no doubt the 24-year-old remains a work in progress but he was always involved, starting in the 16th minute when he helped the ball along to Sadio Mane but saw the Senegal flyer crash his drive into the advertising hoardings
A thunderous tackle from the hulking Niklas Sule blocked his way to goal in the 33rd minute and there was another pass in the 53rd minute that was a fraction away from being perfect for Andrew Robertson, as he charged towards goal
The talent is evidently there. Keita just needs a big moment in a big game to really take off
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Where Is It Now? The Saw from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 - COLLECTION COMPLETE 2.3 - Duration: 7:29.
Hi, I'm Sean Clark and I collect movie props from my favorite films.
Horror.
Comedy.
Romance… whatever tickles my fancy.
A lot of creature stuff, a lot of monster stuff, a lot of gory stuff, a lot of fun stuff
cuz if it isn't fun then what are you doing collecting it?
I began collecting, probably by accident, I mean, I just started buying things and then
keeping them.
I've always been very mindful of the value of something.
Somebody would go "just trash that" and I'd be no, you know that could be worth something
later or somebody might want that.
Back in the day, when they would wrap on certain movies, they would throw stuff away in the
dumpsters.
I mean they would just trash stuff, nowadays it's getting crazy.
Especially since the auction house Profiles in History had a show called Hollywood Treasure,
which basically they would track down something and they would follow it all the way through
to auction and what it sold for and everything.
They'll hoard all the stuff and they'll have one of these places do the auctions for them
and make a killing and that show really put a focus on the value of things and made people
realize what this stuff is worth.
On the new Star Wars films, they microchip every prop.
Every gun, every helmet, they put microchips in the plastic embedded so they can track
them.
That's how crazy this stuff is gotten because they know the value of these things.
"This is used specifically in the scene where Vader's holding it, Luke chops off his
hand and it flies out of his hand."
What they can sell in props on some of these films, they probably get their budget back
you know it's nuts.
"You have all the components of a $500,000 x-wing for $60,000."
A $5 piece of plastic some jerk like me will pay $50 grand for.
We're stupid.
That's one thing about us is we're really stupid, us collectors.
I obtained a prop recently, the chainsaw from Texas Chainsaw Massacre part 2.
It just doesn't fit in any of the cases I have so I need to have something custom made
for it and I want to be able to lay it down so I'm gonna want to have something built
that's a stand of some sort and plexiglas case around it.
I mean, it's a chainsaw.
It's gonna stay a chainsaw forever.
It's pretty heavy-duty piece of equipment but I want to keep the dust off it.
I want Leatherface's DNA to stay on it.
So right here is the chainsaw from Texas Chainsaw Massacre part 2.
You can see right here, autographed by Bob Elmore.
I don't like to get prop signed but the guy came to my house verified it was legit so
I had him sign the bottom.
Mind you this is on plastic, it's just a sharpie, take a little bit of rubbing alcohol
it'd come right off if I wanted to remove it but I don't cuz Bob's the man and it's
mine so.
Poor Bob had to lug this thing around for a long time and when you guys actually hold
this thing you're gonna be like ****. "We were running real chainsaws with real blades
and it weighed about 75 pounds it was the biggest chainsaw that they made at that time."
So Horror's Hallowed Grounds started as another thing that just kind of happened by accident.
Hi, I'm Sean Clark, today I'm standing in front of the Cut Right Chainsaw Store from
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre part 2.
Welcome to Horror's Hallowed Grounds.
I was working, I think at Horror Channel at the time, with "Uncle Creepy" (Steve Barton).
I said look, I have this idea where I'm gonna go back to original filming locations, you
know, we could do an online article showing it then and now, I'll talk about where they're
at and all this stuff and he loved it.
So, we started doing it as an online article.
The next thing that happened, was I was working on 25 years of Terror the documentary and
I was at Malek Akkad's office and we were discussing bonus features and he said you
know, we need more stuff, we need extras.
I said, well you know, I got this article I do online that's starting to build a following.
People seem to really like it and I've had an idea to do it as a show.
I'm now standing alongside Old Farm Road 969, this is where the chicken scene took place
between the Yuppies and the Sawyer family and we know that didn't end so well for the
Yuppies.
I've tried to get every iconic piece that I can.
If you're a Halloween fan you want a Myers mask, I've got several.
If you're a Phantasm fan you want a sphere, I have one.
If you're a Freddy fan you want a glove.
I don't have a real one yet, I've got a replica.
If you're a Jason fan, you need a hockey mask.
I've got replicas, I don't have a real one.
If you're a Hellraiser fan, you want a box.
I have one.
If you're a Texas Chainsaw Massacre fan, you want a chainsaw.
I got one.
So I'm knockin a few off the list.
I'm gonna get there but you know as a collector you also be very mindful of fakes and you
know fortunately one thing that the online community has provided is people that will
scrutinize every little bit maybe to the point of being annoying but there's enough connections
out there with people online and whatnot that you can verify if something's legit or not
and there's been lots of people that have been busted for you know trying to pass things
off that weren't real.
I had a lot of people scrutinized the chainsaw at first when I got it because there was the
blade wasn't matching up with the screen it wasn't there like this isn't right this isn't
matching up.
Till I got it home, took it off and flipped it, and put it back on cuz apparently at some
point somebody had taken it off and put it back on backwards.
Once I put it back right, I look on screen, everything matched perfect and I posted the
pictures, had Bob Elmore himself who played Leatherface in most of part 2 all the actual
saw work was Bob Elmore, he came over to my house and verified it he looked at it said
absolutely it's 100% the real thing.
Everybody shut up.
Do you hear that?
It's the haters, I don't hear them anymore.
There's so much stuff out that we don't know if it still exists, we don't know where it
is, we don't know who has, it does it still exist?
Does it not?
We're always gonna be in search of those holy grails you know.
Will we ever find them?
Who knows.
That hunt is always gonna be in you so the collection is never gonna be complete.
The only time the collection is complete is when you give up and you stop collecting.
That's usually when you go broke.
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'Twenty is plenty' Bayern fans protest sky-high ticket prices during Liverpool clash at Anfield - Duration: 2:35.
BAYERN MUNICH fans protested their sky-high ticket prices during their clash with Liverpool at Anfield tonight
Reds supporters joined in the protest after the Bundesliga club faithful unfurled a banner hitting out at ticket costs
Both sets of fans spread signs across one the Anfield Road End and observed a minute of raucous applause around the 50-minute mark
One banner read: "Away ticket: LFC £48. FCB €55. The greed knows no limits. "Twenty is plenty
" This is not the first time Liverpool fans - huge supporters of the Twenty's Plenty campaign - led by Virgin Media and the Football Supporter's Federation
In 2016, Reds fans left the ground in the 77th minute of the game against Sunderland over rising costs
In the same year, the Premier League announced away tickets were to be capped at just £30 after a series of protests
However, for the two legs of the Champions League tie between Liverpool and Bayern, both sides had to pay around the £50-mark for their road trip
And if tonight is anything to go by, both sets of fans are on the same page. Dejan Lovren concerned as Liverpool stars stuck in lift before Bayern Munich Champions League clash
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FOR YOUR CITIZEN VOLUNTEER WORK ON THE DWI TASK FORCE. >> TESTIFIER: THANK YOU >> CHAIR MARIANI: CHAIR LESCH;
WE HAVE HOUSE FILE 1061..
CHAIR LESCH I BELIEVE YOUR MOTION IS TO HAVE HOUSE FILE 106
0 1B RE-REFERRED TO THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
>> REPRESENTATIVE LESCH: YES MR. CHAIR THAT IS MY MOTION >> CHAIR MARIANI: VERY WELL.
REPRESENTATIVE LESCH YOUR BILL IS BEFORE US. THE MOTION
TO BE REFERRED TO
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
REPRESENTATIVE LESCH >> REPRESENTATIVE LESCH: THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.I THINK
MY TESTIFIERTO THIS
MUCH BETTER THAN I CAN. HOWEVER; I WOULD
NOTE THAT THIS BILL
STOPS DRIVERS
LICENSE SUSPENSION WHEN THE ONLY VIOLATION IS
TRAFFIC TICKETS AND ILLUMINATES THE ADDITIONAL SUSPENSION PERIOD
[INAUDIBLE
] OF PEOPLE WHO PAY THEIR FINES CAN YOU BACK TO WORK AND MAINTAINS A COLLECTION PROCESS. IT ALSO I
WOULD NOTE DOES NOT IMPACT SUSPENSIONS FOR DWI RECKLESS DRIVING OR
HABITUAL OFFENDERS.
BUT NOTING THAT MY TESTIFIERS CAN SPEAK IS BETTER
THAN ME I WOULD ASK YOU TO
PUT THEM TO SPEAK TO THIS. >> CHAIR MARIANI: VERY WELL CHAIR LESCH. WEBER WANTS TO START BEGIN JUST
INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR
THE RECORD AND BEGIN
YOUR TESTIMONY. >> TESTIFIER: THANK YOU MR. CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS LEAH JACKSON.
[INAUDIBLE] I LIVE
IN MINNEAPOLIS. I'M A SERVER BARTENDER AND OURS DAN
CE INSTRUCTOR.. THANK FOR THE CHANCE FOR ME TO TALK ABOUT HOW THIS DRIVING SUSPENSION
HAVE CAUSED
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON ME BOTH FINANCIALLY AND OCCUPATIONAL. SO BACK IN 2014 IN OCTOBER I WAS TAKING A LEFT TURN AT A GREEN LIGHT
AND I PULLED OUT INTO
THE INTERSECTION LIKE I WAS TAUGHT HOW
TO DO AND I WAS WAITING FOR THE
BREAKING TRAFFIC GIVING ME THE TIME TO TURN
BUT AS THE LIGHT TURNED YELLOW EVERYONE STARTED SPEED UP AND DID NOT GIVE ME THAT TIME. SO WHEN I WAS SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO GO. WHEN THE LIGHT WAS
ALREADY READ. I WAS PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY AND I WAS
TOLD THAT THAT WAS ILLEGAL.
I WAS GIVEN A TICKET FOR OBSTRUCTING TRAFFIC AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE SQUARE BOX.
ORIGINALLY THAT WAS $135 TICKET WAS 20 AT
THE TIME. I JUST GOT A
NEW JOB AS A STORE MANAGER
. I WAS ACTUALLY IN ROCHESTER ON TRAINING. SO I WASN'T EVEN HOME. I WAS
DRIVING BACK TO THE HOTEL WHEN IT HAPPENED AND I JUST MOVED INTO MY VERY OWN APARTMENT FOR THE
FIRST TIME.
I HAD NOT GOT THE FIRST PAYCHECK YET AND I HAD TO PAY FOR RENT IT A LOT
MORE RESPONSIBILITY THAN I HAD EVER BEEN USED TOO.
I WAS GOING TO WAIT A LITTLE TO BE MY TICKET
TO JUST GET MY FEET ON
THE GROUND.. I DID NOT KNOW THAT THERE WAS A TIME LIMIT
ON IT. SO THE
FOLLOWING FEBRUARY WAS PULLED OVER AND TOLD THAT MY LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED. I HAVE
BEEN GIVEN A
SUSPENSION TICKET. IF I REMEMBER IT
WAS LIKE 280 SOMETHING OTHER THAN I ENDED UP PAYING A LOT LESS
THAT THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD
HAVE BEEN. THEN I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED ABOUT THAT
SUSPENSION. SINCE THEN COME I
JUST MOVED
[INAUDIBLE] MY DRIVERS LICENSE WAS AT MY PARENTS ADDRESS BECAUSE THAT WAS THE ONLY
MAILING ADDRESS AND I NEVER GOT NOTIFICATION.
SO I HAD NO IDEA I WAS SUSPENDED UNTIL I WAS
PULLED OVER. NOW ABOUT $500
IN FINES; BY MIDDLE
OF FEBRUARY WHEN I GET MY TAX RETURN THAT'S ONE OF THE PAY EVERYTHING BACK
I WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO GO
-- ACTUALLY CAN HOL
D ON >> TESTIFIER: IF AND I STILL HAD TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY SO I KEPT DRIVING.
PART OF MY RESPONSIBILITIES AT WORK
IS THE STORE MANAGER WAS BANK RUNS THAT I HAD A COUPLE
DIFFERENT DELIVERY RESPONSIBILITIES THAT
I HAD
AS A TUXEDO AND FROM STORE. SO WITHIN ABOUT 2 WEEKS OF THAT
FIRST DRIVING TICKET I GOT 2 MORE
THAN ONE FOR DRIVING TO THE BANK AND ONE FOR DRIVING TO MY
2ND JOB AS A DANCE INSTRUCTOR. SO AT
THAT POINT I HAD TO ASK FRIENDS TO DRIVE ME TO THE BANKUNITED TO ASK FRIENDS TO JOIN ME TO WORK
JUST BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE THAT MUCH TIME BETWEEN JOBS TO
TAKE BUSES
LIKE A 2 HOUR BUS DR. SO THAT WAS NOT AN OPTION FOR ME AT THE TIME. THEN; ON DAYS WHEN
I WASN'T A STORE MANAGER IT WAS
VERY STRESSFUL.I COULD NEVER REALLY VISIT MY FAMILY
WHICH WAS ABOUT 45 MINUTES AWAY. FINALLY WITH MY TAX RETURN CAME BACK I ACTUALLY WENT
TO COURT AND TALK TO MY HEARING OFFICER
AND 3 DRIVING AFTER
SUSPENSION [INAUDIBLE] WENT FROM 900 SPEAK TO 2 600S WAS GRATEFUL FOR THAT AT THE TIME BUT I PAID IT OFF AND WAS ABLE TO GET MY LICENSE BACK. BUT THAT'S
NOT WHERE THE PROBLEMS
AND APPEARED [INAUDIBLE] MY AUTO INSURANCE COMPANY HAD DROPPED TO ME
IT IS A CLIENT AND AFTER COMEDIES
AND COMPANIES
ARE TRYING TO GET QUOTES AND STUFF;
THEY DIDN'T ACCEPT ME AT ALL OR NOTHING LESS FOR $1000 A MONTH.
SO LUCKILY NOW
THIS TIME I WAS A SERVICE OF IS
CONNECTED THROUGH A BROKER THROUGH A CUSTOMER
ACTUALLY AN INSURANCE BROKER. HE WAS ABLE TO GET ME INSURANCE
FOR 350 WHICH I WAS VERY HAPPY AT THE
TIME BECAUSE THAT WAS 3 AND 50 LESSON OF WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT
NOW IT'S 4.5 YEARS LATER. I FINALLY
GOT IT DOWN TO $200
A MONTH. WHICH TO ME IS ACTUALLY PRETTY
GREAT CONSIDERING 650 WAS WHAT I WAS PAIN AT THE TIME. NOW AFTER THESE 4.5 YEARS
ALL OF THE FEES AND FINES ARE PAID AND ALL
THE INSURANCE THAT
ARE PAID IT'S JUST UNDER $16;000.
I PAID JUST BECAUSE OF THAT ONE TICKET THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF I HAD A LITTLE TIME TO PAY IT.
THANK YOU.
>> CHAIR MARIANI: THANK YOU
MS. JACKSON FOR
YOUR TESTIMONY. I DON'T THINK
FRANCE KAFKA GOOD WRITTEN A MORE
[INAUDIBLE] WORST TALE OF YOURS.
>> [LAUGHING]
REPRESENTATIVE LESCH
CHAIR LESCH >> REPRESENTATIVE LESCH:
>> TESTIFIER: MR. MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE ON
THE MINNEAPOLIS CRIMINAL DEPUTY
IN ANNAPOLIS
[INAUDIBLE]; MISDEMEANOR PROSECUTOR FOR 21 YEARS BUT I SAW THE OFFICE
1997 AND OUR OFFICE WE ALWAYS DO MISDEMEANOR
PROSECUTIONS ADULTS COUNTY ATTORNEY DOES NOT ONLY SEND YOU WORK AND I'M HERE
TO TESTIFY ON BEHALF OF MY OFFICE AND
I'VE HAD MEDICATIONS WITH THE ST. PAUL CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AS WELL AND I KNOW THEY SUPPORT THIS BILL
AND HAVE WORKED WITH US
IN PARTNER BUT I'M HERE TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF
THIS BILL. I CAN JUST TELL YOU FROM MY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
THAT TYING
DRIVING PRIVILEGES TO
FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS CONSISTENTLY DOES NOT WORK.
WE HAVE GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT
ARE SIMPLY NO MATTER WHAT
WE DO THEY ARE JUST NOT GONNA TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR TICKETS AND YES; THIS IS GOING TO ASSIST THEM BUT I THINK IT'S A VERY SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT
WE ENCOUNTER; BUT THE TRUTH IS; THAT WE ENCOUNTER A LOT MORE PEOPLE THAT SIMPLY WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND DON'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL MEANS TO DO IT
AND TRAFFIC TICKETS; IF YOU ARE NOT REALLY FAMILIAR WITH THE SYSTEM; AS YOU CAN SEE FROM
LEAH STRAIGHT NOT ONLY CAN BE REALLY DAUNTING AND CONFUSING AND
COMPLICATED PROCESS; BUT THEY CAN ADD A VERY VERY QUICKLY.
WE ARE A PR
OUD PARTNER OF THE DRIVERS DIVISION PROGRAM WHICH WE USE FOR MANY MANY YEARS NOW 12 PEOPLE LIKE
LEO GET THEIR LICENSE BACK BY PAYING OFF THEIR TICKETS AND I'VE SEEN PEOPLE APPLY FOR
THE PROGRAM WHO HAVE 8; $10;000 WORTH OF
OUTSTANDING TICKETS GOOD ONE TICKET CAN QUICKLY BALLOON IN THE NORMAL FIND OF A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS INTO
7; $800 BY THE TIME YOU TACK ON THE FEES DELINQUENCIES;
COLLECTION FEES. ALL THE WHILE PEOPLE LOVE TO CONTINUE TO
DRIVE BECAUSE THEY NEED TO GET TO WORK IN ORDER TO
MAKE MONEY
TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILY AND PAY OFF
THEIR FINES. WE JUST CREATED THIS VICIOUS
VICIOUS CYCLE AND THE OTHER THING I'VE LEARNED IS THAT WHEN SOMEONE DOESN'T HAVE A VALID DRIVERS LICENSE THEY OFTEN DON'T HAVE VALID INSURANCE.
FOR ME AS A PROSECUTOR WOULD I WANT ON THE ROADS ARE VALID
LICENSE GOOD DRIVERS AND RIGHT NOW;
WE HAVE
THOUSANDS OF DRIVERS THAT ARE DRIVING AROUND UNLICENSED
AND UNINSURED
AND THIS LOT DOES NOT DO ANYTHING
TO PEOPLE OUT THERE DRIVING RECKLESSLY DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE WHO CONTINUE TO VIOLATE LAWS HABITUALLY. I FULLY SUPPORT
REVOKING AND SUSPENDING LICENSES
FOR CONDUCT TO WHAT I CANNOT SUPPORT ANYMORE IS SIMPLY SUSPENDING LICENSES
FOR PEOPLE SIMPLY ARE JUST TOO POOR
TO PAY AND WE HAVE TO MAKE A CHANGE TO MAKE THE ROADS SAFER
. IN
MY OFFICE; 20-30% OF OUR CASELOAD IS SPENT ON PEOPLE COMING INTO COURT AND DRIVING AFTER SUSPENSION; DRIVING AFTER
REVOCATION TICKETS.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S
A VERY GOOD USE OF OUR
LEGAL RESOURCES THAT WE
HAVE OTHER CASES TO REPEAT DRUNK DRIVERS THE HIT AND RUN THE DOMESTIC ASSAULT WEAPONS CASE; THOSE ARE THE CASES I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MY ATTORNEYS FOCUS THEIR TIME ON.
NOT THE PERSON WHO'S DRIVING
TO THEIR 2ND JOB BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION THAT WORKS WELL FOR THEIR SCHEDULE
SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY COULD AFFORD TO PAY OFF ONE TRAFFIC TICKET THAT
THEY GOT. SO I FULLY SUPPORT THIS BILL. I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT TIME TO MAKE THIS CHANGE AND I THINK IT WILL IN FACT MAKE THE
ROADS SAFER. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR MARIANI: THANK YOU
DEPUTY AT CITY ATTORNEY.
I BELIEVE WE ALSO OF
JEANETTE BRUNER. >> TESTIFIER:
GOOD AFTERNOON. MY APOLOGIZE FOR SOME YOU ALREADY HEARD THIS LAST WEEK SO IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE REDUNDANT BUT
MY NAME IS JEANETTE BERNARD IS IN TACOMA THE FIRST OF SENATE
[INAUDIBLE] IN HENNEPIN COUNTY. THE PUBLIC
DEFENDERS OFFICE MR. MINNESOTA
IS THE LARGEST
CRIMINAL DEFENSE FIRM IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.
WE REPRESENT 57% OF ALL CRIMINAL DEFENSE CASES IN
THE STATE AT APPROXIMATELY 61%
OF THEM IN HENNEPIN COUNTY.
PUBLIC
DEFENDER CLIENTS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE OUR CLIENTS WHO ARE CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL
OFFENSES AND FALL BELOW THE FEDERAL
POVERTY GUIDELINES. FOR A FAMILY OF 4 THAT'S A $24;000
INCOME. FOR
AN INDIVIDUAL IT'S A 12;000 OUR
ANNUAL INCOME. THE REALITY IS THAT OUR CLIENTS
LOOK MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THAT FOR THE MOST PART. MANY OF
THE PEOPLE WHO I REPRESENTED IN MY 25 YEARS OF PRACTICE
ARE HOMELESS OR
BETWEEN HOUSING ARE UNEMPLOYED OR BETWEEN EMPLOYMENT AND ARE FRANKLY
JUST DESTITUTE. THE REALITY
IS THAT IN THE STATE PARTICULARLY IN OUT STATE MINNESOTA; YOU NEED TO HAVE A LICENSE TO BE ABLE TO WORK
; TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR YOUR FAMILY. I THINK
IN THE TWIN CITIES WE ARE MORE FORTUNATE IN THAT WE HAVE A PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THE ABILITY TO QUICKLY USE
UBER OR TO LIFT WITH THE
CAMPY USE FOR OUT
STATE MINNESOTA AND THE CLIENTS THE
Y SERVE. IF YOU ARE POOR THE SUSPENSION IS DRAMATIC
. THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT
YOU OWE IS
MORE MONEY THAN YOU CAN GET IN A MONTH TO PROVIDE FOR YOUR FAMILY.
MOST OF THE TICKETS AS INDICATED;
ARE ABOUT $130 AND WE ARE
NOT GOING INTO ALL THE OVER SURCHARGES FINES
AND FEES. AS I INDICATED IN MY
CLIENT
YVONNE LESS THAN THAT A WEEK. I THINK IT CREATES A TREMENDOUS DISPARITY BETWEEN PEOPLE
WHO HAVE MEANS AND WHO PEOPLE WHO DO NOT; AND IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT THIS HAS
A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. IT
GETS PRETTY WELL KNOWN THAT YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO
BE STOPPED BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT IF YOUR LICENSE
IS SUSPENDED.
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF HOURS THAT WE SPEND
AND MS. -- INDICATED ON THE
SUSPENSION CASES AND
PUBLIC DEFENDERS WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DEDICATE THEIR TIME
TO MORE SERIOUS CASES. I THINK YOU ARE WELL AWARE; I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD FROM MR.
WARD AND MR. -- BUT OUR CASELOADS IN OUR FUNDING AND WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS OUR TIME AND ENERGY ON CASES THAT REQUIRE
OUR TIME
AND ENERGY. THAT'S NOT TO SAY WE DISMISS THESE CASES AND WE DON'T CARE. WE DO BUT TO MAKES
IT A BONUS AMOUNT OF RESOURCES AND IF YOU HEARD
HER NUMBERS THE CASE THAT
COME INTO THE SYSTEM WE ARE PARALLELING A REPRESENTATION ON THOSE CASES.
I WOULD CONCLUDE BY TELLING YOU THAT THIS IS A NATIONWIDE;;
NATIONAL TREND. WE ARE
SORT OF LAST A LOT TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT THIS.
IN WASHINGTON THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
. SUSPENDING DRIVERS LICENSE FOR
UNPAID TICKETS IN 2012. IN CALIFORNIA
THEY STOPPED
IN 2017. MISSISSIPPI STOPPED SUSPENDING THE DRIVERS LICENSE FOR THESE TICKETS IN DECEMBER OF
MISSISSIPPI STOPPED SUSPENDING THE DRIVERS LICENSE FOR THESE TICKETS IN DECEMBER 2017.
MOST RECENTLY; THE TENNESSEE
FEDERAL COURT FOLLOWED SUIT
AND DECLARED THAT CORRECTING DEBT FROM INDIGENT DEBTOR IS NOT A
RATIONAL BASIS
FOR REVOKING A LICENSE. THE RATIONAL CREDITOR ONCE A DEBTOR TO
BE SIDELINED FROM PRODUCTIVE ECONOMIC LIFE WERE LESS ABLE TO HOLD
A JOB OR COVER OTHER COMPUTING
LIVING EXPENSES.
THEY CONCLUDE; THE LOSS OF
ONE ABILITY TO DRIVE COMPROMISES A PERSON'S CAPACITY
FOR ECONOMIC
SELF-SUFFICIENCY. YOU CANNOT UNDERESTIMATE THE VALUE OF A
DRIVERS LICENSE IN OUR SOCIETY AND AM HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. >> CHAIR MARIANI: THANK YOU PUBLIC DEFENDER. WE DO HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS. THERE ALSO
IS A A - ONE AMENDMENT. WE'LL SEE IF SOMEONE WANTS TO MOVE THAT BUT IN THE MEANTIME I HAVE
REPRESENTATIVE GROSSELL.
AND REPRESENTATIVE LONG. REPRESENTATIVE GROSSELL >> REPRESENTATIVE GROSSELL: THANK YOU; MR. CHAIR. JUST
YOUR FIRST TESTIFIER THERE;
. YOU SAID YOUR
LICENSE WAS STILL ADDRESSED AS YOUR
PARENTS RESIDENCE >> TESTIFIER: YES. IT WAS.
>>
REPRESENTATIVE GROSSELL: SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS; AS F
AR AS THE FINE GOES; HOW LONG AGO
WAS THIS? WAS IT FOR YEARS
OR 5?
>> TESTIFIER: IT WAS 4.5 YEARS AGO AND ORIGINALLY GOT THE
FIRST TICKET. IN
OCTOBER 2014. >>
REPRESENTATIVE GROSSELL: SO I GUESS WHEN DID YOU ASK
YOUR FOLKS
FOR THE CHANGE TO HELP YOU WITH THAT CITATION
? IT COULD'VE
SAVED YOU LIKE YOU SAID
ABOUT $16;000. >> TESTIFIER: WELL
FAMILY DYNAMIC
WAS IN THERE FOR ME TO BE ASKING THEM
FOR MONEY. I DID EVERYTHING
BY MYSELF. >> REPRESENTATIVE
GROSSELL: OKAY. I'VE HEARD HER STARE
I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST SESSION
AS WELL AND THIS SESSION A COUPLE OF TIMES AND I JUST WAS KIND OF
CURIOUS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MY
DAUGHTER AT THAT AGE RECEIVED
A CITATION AND NEEDED
SOME HELP WOULD'VE GLADLY DONE IT
HINDSIGHT BEING 20/20 I
GUESS MAYBE
YOU ARE THINKING HE PROBABLY SHOULD'VE FOUND A FRIEND OR SOMEBODY
THAT WOULD SPOT YOU THE MONEY SO YOU
COULD AVOID; NOT KNOWING WHAT WAS COMING YOU
COULD'VE AVOIDED A HECKUVA LOT OF HEADACHE; WOULD YOU BE YOU?
>> CHAIR MARIANI: I SUSPECT LIKE MOST OF US WE LEARN THE HARD WAY BUT PLEASE;
IF YOU WISH TO RESPOND.
REPRESENTATIVE GROSSELL
I'M SORRY; ARE YOU DONE
>> REPRESENTATIVE GROSSELL: I'M DONE WITH THE YOUNG LADY. HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR
THE OTHER TESTIFIERS.
>> CHAIR MARIANI: PLEASE. THANK YOU MS. JACKSON.
>> TESTIFIER: THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. NOT ALL FAMILIES ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE FAMILY COULD'VE HELPED >> CHAIR MARIANI:
REPRESENTATIVE WHEN WE HOLD THAT. I SEE HER ON THE LIST OF AN OPPORTUNITY. REPRESENTATIVE GROSSELL >> REPRESENTATIVE GROSSELL: THANK YOU; MR. CHAIR. COUNTY ATTORNEY;YOU MADE THE
STATEMENT THAT THERE'S JUST SOME GROUPS
THAT JUST ARE NOT GOING TO
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THEIR CITATIONS. IT
ALSO FOLLOWS WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE HELPING THEM TO CONTINUE TO
BE IRRESPONSIBLE.
IS THAT REALLY WANT TO DO WITH THIS?
>> TESTIFIER: THANK YOU MR. JIM EVERS OF
THE COMMITTEE. WHAT I MEANT BY THAT STATEMENT IS I DO
THINK -- I SEE PEOPLE COMING TO THE COURT ALL THE TIME
AND THEY DON'T SHOW UP AND THEY
DON'T
CARE IF YOU HAVE A BENCH WARRANT THAT JUST GONNA DO THEIR THING AND WE DO SEE IT IN THE SYSTEM. WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THAT IS; RIGHT NOW;
THOSE PEOPLE ARE HAVING A SUSPENDED LICENSE BECAUSE NOT PAIN
THEIR FUNDS
AND NOT TO JOIN THE OFFENDER PROBABLY STILL AUTHOR DRIVING TO THE STORE COMING TO COURT
AND SO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE ARE GOING
TO BENEF
IT BY MAKING THIS CHANGE; PEOPLE THAT WANT TO TRULY BE RESPONSIBLE AND SIMPLY DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO DO IT; I THINK
IN AN IDEAL WORLD EVERYONE WOULD STEP UP AND
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY BUT THAT'S NOT REALITY.
ARE YOU WHILE IT MAY ALLOW PEOPLE TO NOT LOSE OR DRIVE BUSINESS [INAUDIBLE]
THEY WILL HAVE THE COLLECTION PIECE OF IT THAT MAY OR MAY NOT IMPACT THEM DEPENDING ON THEIR ABILITY BUT
I THINK MOTHER MAY BE A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE
THAT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DRIVE
LEGALLY AND STILL IGNORE THEIR TICKETS THE NUMBER OF PEO
PLE THAT WE ARE GOING TO UP I THINK IS MORE IMPORTANT
THAN THAT SMALL GROUP THAT SIMPLY; NEVER SHOW UP FOR COURT DON'T TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY. I DON'T KNOW SHORT OF HOLDING THEM
IN JA
IL UNTIL THE CASE IS RESOLVED; WHICH WE ARE TRYING TO CHANGE THAT PRACTICE; I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THAT SMALL GROUP BUT THE GOOD THAT THIS BILL WILL DO WILL
FAR OUTWEIGH THE FACT THERE ARE GOING TO BE PEOPLE THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THIS CHANGE.
>> REPRESENTATIVE GROSSELL: THANK YOU; MR. CHAIR. AS FAR AS
THAT GOES; I LIKE
THE IDEA AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS
IN PLACE IN THE COURTS FOR PEOPLE THAT
WERE INDIGENT TO GET IT
-- WHAT IS THE WORD-WHO DO NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO PAY IT RIGHT AWAY OR UPFRONT
THAT THEY WILL WORK IT OU
T THAT THEY CAN MAKE PAYMENTS OR INSTALLMENTS ON THESE THEM. IS THAT STILL
A PRACTICE? >> TESTIFIER:
MR. CHAIR; REPRESENTATIVE; YES. YOU'RE LOTS OF OPTIONS WHEN YOU GET A TRAFFIC TICKET. THEY ARE
WHAT CALLED
PAYABLE OFFENSES IN THE STATE COURT HAS DEEMED CERTAIN MISDEMEANOR OFFENSES THAT
YOU CAN [INAUDIBLE] IF YOU WANT TO BE A SET FINE
DOLLAR AMOUNT AND OTHER SURCHARGES
AND WHATNOT. IF
YOU HAVE THE MEANS TO DO THAT AND YOU ARE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT ANY
COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES
YOU CAN GO ON YOUR COMPUTER AND SIMPLY PAY THE FINE. FOR PEOPLE WE ARE TALK ABOUT WHO DON'T HAVE THE FULL FINE AMOUNTED THEIR ONLY OPTION IS TO EITHER COME TO SEE A HEARING OFFICER
IN HENNEPIN AND RAMSEY COUNTY AND TRY TO GET THAT
FINE REDUCED OR GET SOME ABILITY TO WORK
OUT FINE OFF WITH HAVE TO COME TO COURT AND
YOUR PROSECUTOR AND PLEA-BARGAIN THE CASE
DOWN. AGAIN; THAT TAKES THEM AWAY
FROM JOBS WERE OFTEN THEY DON'T HAVE PAID SICK TIME. IT FORCES PEOPLE GOING TO MAKE REALLY HARD CHOICES.. DO I TAKE THE
TIME OF FROM WORK TO GET A REDUCED FINE OR JUST GO
TO WORK AND -- SO YES; THERE IS
[INAUDIBLE] AS A PROSECUTOR ACTUALLY TRY TO TAKE ALL SORTS OF STANCES INTO ACCOU
NT AND GIVE A FIND THAT I THINK IS GOING TO GIVE A MEANINGFUL CONSEQUENCE BASED ON INCOME. NOT ALL PROSECUTORS DO THAT TO
SOME PROSECUTOR'S I MET YOU DON'T HAVE TO PLEA GARDEN I HAVE 2 IN MY OFFICE. WE
ARE DOING 70;000 CASES A
YEAR AND JUST BY THE
SHEER VOLUME WE HAVE TO MAKE DEALS AND WE
HAVE TO DECIDE WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE
AND WHEN WE STICK TO OUR GUNS AND CELIAC'S THESE ARE THE
[INAUDIBLE] WE NEGOTIATE THE
FINES BECAUSE WE HAVE TO IN ORDER TO SPEND OUR TIME ON A MORE SERIOUS OFFENSES.
BUT I THINK THE FACT IS;
THESE PEOPLE STUFFED UP A SPIRIT THEY
HAVE TO COME IN THE HAVE
TO SIT THROUGH ONE OUGHT TO GET THAT [INAUDIBLE] AND AGAIN IT TAKES AWAY FROM THEIR ABILITY TO WORK AT THESE JOBS AND
I THINK IT'S BETTER NOT TO PUT THEM IN THAT POSITION IN THE FIRST PLACE.
>> CHAIR MARIANI:
REPRESENTATIVE GROSSELL WE HAVE A LONG LIST YOUR COLLEAGUES HAVE QUESTIONS. >> REPRESENTATIVE GROSSELL:
I LIKE THE IDEA REPRESENTATIVE LESCH. I LIKE THE IDEA. TO
HELP PEOPLE AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO IS A DEPUTY MYSELF
2 OF THE PEOPLE I
ENCOUNTERED BUT TO REWARD IRRESPONSIBILITY
WITH NOTHING; WITH
NO FINES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT; THAT'S A
LITTLE HARDER THING TO SWALLOW.
MR. CHAIR; JUST ONE MORE FOR
THE DEFENSE? JUST QUICKLY;
>> [INAUDIBLE / OFF MICROPHONE] A >>
>> [LAUGHING] >> REPRESENTATIVE GROSSELL:
MY APOLOGIES. >> CHAIR MARIANI: I'M SORRY
. WHO ARE WE >> [LAUGHING]
>> [INAUDIBLE / OFF MICROPHONE]
>>
REPRESENTATIVE GROSSELL: IN LISTENING TO THE ONE STATEMENT YOU MADE ABOUT PEOPLE
OF COLOR BEING MORE LIKELY TO
BE STOPPED; I WILL
HAVE TO AGREE TO DISAGREE WITH YOU ON THAT ONE BECAUSE AS A PATROL
DEPUTY MYSELF I NEVER LOOK AT THE COLOR OF A PERSON'S SKIN.
IT WAS THE CONDUCT OF THE CAUSE ME TO STOP THOSE ECHOES
TRAFFIC STOPS AND WORKING A LOT OF
NIGHT SHIFTS I CAN SEE
WHO'S IN THAT VEHICLE. SO TO MAKE A
BROAD STATEMENT AS LAW ENFORCEMENT DOES THIS;
I WILL HAVE TO DISAGREE WITH YOU ON
THAT ONE. >> CHAIR
MARIANI: -- >> TESTIFIER: THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. I THINK
IS A LITTLE BROADER THAN THAT A RELEASE FOR RESPECT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING SHOULD I THINK [INAUDIBLE]
A COMMUNITY OF COLOR AND PARTICULARLY IN HENNEPIN COUNTY
ARE POOR AND POOR PEOPLE ARE NOT ABLE
TO PAY THEIR FINES AND FEES AND THEREFORE THEIR LICENSES ARE SUSPENDED AND SO YOU KNOW YOU CAN
RUN A PLATE NOT KNOWING WHO'S IN
THE CAR; TO YOUR POINT; AND IF YOU
ARE SUSPENDED IT'S A BASIS TO PULL YOU OVER AND THEREFORE IT
DOES HAVE
AN INDIRECT IMPACT. SO I'M NOT TESTING ASPERSIONS ARE SAYING THERE'S A MOTIVE NOT TO OPEN UP A CAN OF WORMS
TO MAKE SURE WE ALL ARE HERE FOR THE NEXT 3 HOURS AN
D I KNOW IT WOULD BUY FIG IS FAIR TO SAY JUST WITH THIS
[INAUDIBLE] IT DOES HAVE ITS PROVEN PHYSICALLY TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND THAT'S MY POINT. >> CHAIR MARIANI: VERY WELL.
THANK YOU. REPRESENTATIVE LONG. >> REPRESENTATIVE LONG:
THANK YOU; MR. CHAIR I WILL
BE BRIEF SO WE CAN MOVE ALONG
. I WAS GOI
NG TO MENTION; TO THE FIRST TESTIFIER; THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY. I THINK IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT TO SHARE STORIES LIKE THAT BUT IT'S AN
IMPORTANT EXAMPLE AND YOU ARE IN A TOUGH POSITION WAS THAT
YOU NEEDED TO WORK TO MAKE MONEY
.. YOU NEED TO TRY TO
WORK AND WAS ACTUALLY PART OF YOUR JOB
TO DRIVE
AND SO YOU ARE PUT IN A TOUGH SPOT
AND YOU HAD TO DRIVE TO MAKE MONEY TO PAY BACK YOUR TICKET BUT BY DOING THAT YOU ARE INCURRING EVEN MORE FINES. SO THAT WAS PUTTING YOU IN A REAL POSSIBLE SITUATION TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT SO I JUST
WANTED TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND ALSO
MENTIONED THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE AND YOU ARE
NOT UNIQUE. THERE WAS A STUDY DONE LAST YEAR
THAT 57% OF AMERICANS COULD MAKE A $500
EMERGENCY PAYMENT THEY CAME UP. SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY SPEAKING FOR THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE A PAYMENT FOR
AN EMERGENCY BILL THAT COMES DO AND A LOT
OF US THAT 55% DON'T HAVE A PARENT THEY COULD CALL FOR A FRIEND
THEY COULD CALL TO BE ABLE TO
GET $500 AN EMERGENCY BASIS
WERE $900.. SO JUST WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR BEING PRESENT AND SHARING
YOUR STORY AND I
THINK YOU THINK YOU REPRESENT A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO A
RE IN [INAUDIBLE] THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN OR THROUGH A FAULT THEY WANT TO PAY
.
NO FAULT THAT THEIR POOR AND THEY WANT TO TAKE ACTION ON PAIN THE TICKET
BUT OFFER ON ABLE TO SO
THANK YOU TO THE BILL SPONSOR FOR BRINGING
THIS FOR. >> CHAIR MARIANI: WELL SAID.
MS. JACKSON; ONE OF THE I THIN
K [INAUDIBLE] I CAN SPEAK FOR OTHER STATES IS THAT WE DO
TRANSPARENTLY OPEN UP OUR
DELIBERATIONS [INAUDIBLE] SO WE CAN
HEAR DIRECTLY FOR PEOPLE OF ALL VIEWS WERE
DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY
OUR LAWS.SO PUTTING A FACE ON THE
LAW IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US HERE IN
THE LEGISLATURE.
THANK YOU FOR OFFERING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO PUT A FACE ON THE ISSUES THAT
THIS LAW IS SEEKING TO ADDRESS.
REPRESENTATIVE DEHN >>
REPRESENTATIVE DEHN: THANK YOU;
MR. CHAIR AND ALSO THANK YOU MS. JACKSON FOR
YOUR TESTIMONY. WE'VE A
TERRIBLE SYSTEM. WHEN PEOPLE ARE IN
FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES AND THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO SPAY A
SMALL FINE THEIR LIFE CAN BE
TOTALLY UPENDED AND I DON'T KNOW WHY WE
DO THIS. I DON'T KNOW WHY
WE CRIMINALIZE POVERTY BECAUSE
WE DO.. IF SOMEONE GETS A FINE AND THEY CAN PAY IT
THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW THE LICENSE
IS SUSPENDED
THEY CAN PAY THAT FINE. WE WANT THEM TO WORK IT WE WANT THEM TO DO ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO BUT THEY'RE
STARTING FROM 30; 40 YARDS BACK IN IT ALMOST MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE. WE CAN
TALK ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
HOW THEY PULL PEOPLE OVER AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS
. CLEARLY; IF
YOU'RE DRIVING WITH A SUSPENDED LICENSE THAT'S CAUSE BUT OFTENTIMES
PEOPLE GET PULLED OVER FOR
EQUIPMENT VIOLATIONS
AND PEOPLE THAT GET NEW CARS EVERY
3 YEARS AND NOT TO HAVE EQUIPMENT VIOLATIONS
; IT TENDS TO BE PEOPLE THAT
ARE DRIVING 10; 16 YEAR
OLD CARS. BY THE WAY OF BREAKING A LOT RIGHT NOW BUT WHEN MY LIGHTS IS
OUT. SO
I FEAR YOU HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY;
I FEAR IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN I
DRIVE HERE IF I WAS LIVING SOMEWHERE ELSE I PROBABLY WILL NOT HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT BUT I LIVE IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS
IT'S POSSIBLE TONIGHT WHEN I GO HOME I'LL GET PULLED OVER BECAUSE OF A HEADLIGHT
THAT'S OUT. NOW I'M GOING TO BE A HUGE ADVANTAGE FOR A LOT OF THE PEOPLE IN
MY COMMUNITY
BECAUSE THE OFFICER IS GOING TO SEE HIM WAITING
TO BE PROBABLY HANDLED VERY
VERY DIFFERENTLY. WE COULD TALK ABOUT
WHO GETS PULLED OVER.
I LIVED ON THE NORTH SIDE ALMOST
20 YEARS OF GERMAN DOWN
STREETS SOMETIMES 5; 6; 7 TIMES
A DAY SOME THE
BUSIEST PRIESTS IN NORTH MANAUS AND I'M
NOT GOTTEN PULLED OVER THIS IS THE FIRST
TIME I
NOT THE FIRST TO MY HEADLIGHT HAS
BEEN OUT. SO I THINK THAT WE KNOW
POOR COMMUNITIES ARE IMPACTED A VERY
DIFFERENT WAYS AND THAT WE
REALLY NEED TO MOVE
BEYOND CRIMINALIZING PEOPLE
BEING POOR IN THIS INSIDIOUS
DOWNWARD SPIRAL OF FINES
AND FEES AND FINES ON TOP OF FEES AND FINES ON TOP OF THESE. SO I THINK
THIS DEFINITELY IS A BILL WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD AND
WE SHOULD
STOP MAKING PEOPLE'S LIVES HARDER AND START MAKING IT A LITTLE BETTER FOR THEM.
>> CHAIR MARIANI: THANK
YOU. REPRESENTATIVE HOWARD OF >> REPRESENTATIVE HOWARD:. I'LL BE BRIEF.
I; TOO WANT TO THANK MS. JACKSON FOR
YOUR TESTIMONY.
I AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER
IN LITCHFIELD HAD A CONSTITUENT WHO HAD A VERY
SIMILAR ISSUE TRAPPED IN
THE CYCLE AND I KNOW
THEY BE GRATEFUL FOR SHARING YOUR STORY AND RAISING UP THIS ISSUE. IT IS A CYCLE
. BACKING OF FINES; NEEDING TO DRIVE TO WORK
AND THERE WAS A MENTION OF
COLLATERAL WEIGHT FOR PUBLIC
SAFETY SYSTEM. OUR
POLICE DEPARTMENT IN LITCHFIELD KNEW
THIS INDIVIDUAL
WAS DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE
.. THEY WOULD SEE THEM AND
FELT COMPELLED TO PULL THEM OVER. THEY
WERE ALSO I THINK THEY WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR US CHANGING
THE SYSTEM WHICH IT JUST STRIKES ME AS THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY IS DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND EXPECT IN A DIFFERENT RESULT.
WE JUST DON'T REALLY HAVE A
PRACTICAL SYSTEM FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND JUSTICE SO I THINK THIS BILL IS HELPFUL
AND IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO THANK YOU. >> CHAIR MARIANI: THANK YOU.
REPRESENTATIVE
[INAUDIBLE] THEN WE HAVE THE A - ONE AMENDMENT.
ONCE IF ANYONE AUTHORS AND WILL GO FROM THERE.
REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON
>> REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON: >> TESTIFIER:
>>
REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON: I'M JUST ONE OF THE PUBLIC
DEFENDER'S OFFICE [INAUDIBLE]
WAS IT JUST THE SPEEDING
ORDER THAT GET YOU RECKLESS; DW IN
THAT AREA >> TESTIFIER: THANK YOU
>> CHAIR MARIANI: WE ALSO HAVE THE STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER.
>> >>
[MULTIPLE VOICES.] >>
>> [LAUGHING] >> TESTIFIER: WE REPRESENT A
MISDEMEANOR CRIMES
WHICH THE PERSON APPEARS IN COURT. SO IF A PERSON HAS A PAYABLE FENCE WHICH COULD BE A MISDEMEANOR
AND THEY ELECT TO PAY
IT ONLINE AND THAT WE DON'T GET INVOLVED IN THAT BUT IF THEY DO SCHEDULE A COURT APPEARANCE WE REPRESENT
THEM. SO ANYBODY IS FACING THE LOSS OF LIBERTY
INCARCERATION TO THE MISDEMEANOR [INAUDIBLE]
A GROSS MISDEMEANOR BY A YEAR AND A FELONY BY MORE THAN A YEAR
A REPRESENTATION
KICKS IN. >> REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON:
MR. CHAIR; THANK YOU
VERY MUCH BUT I JUST WANT TO LET PEOPLE
KNOW THAT IF IT IS A
MISDEMEANOR [INAUDIBLE]
THE PUBLIC DEFENDERS IS THERE TO UP WITH
A QUALIFY. AND FOR THE PROSECUTORS
IN MY COUNTY THE COUNTIES OF
WORKED IN
A BEEN IN THE COURTS A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT COUNTIES AND ALL THE PROSECUTORS
WHETHER IT'S CITY OR COUNTY
WE ALWAYS PLEA BARGAIN WHENEVER WE CAN.
IF SOMEBODY COMES IN AND HAS
A SITUATION THAT THEY
NEED ASSISTANCE IN MY AREA OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY HAS NO PROBLEM WORKING WITH
THEM. UNFORTUNATELY;
THE STATE WENT TO A SYSTEM WHERE
IT'S A [INAUDIBLE] PAYMENT SYSTEM AND THAT SYSTEM WAS VERY MESSED UP
I KNOW A COUPLE OF
MY FRIENDS WHETHER
LICENSE SUSPENDED AND THEY HAD THE DOCUMENTATION THAT
THEY PAID
. THE SYSTEM DID NOT NOTIFY THE COURT SYSTEM..
TO PAY REINSTATEMENT FEE TO GET BACK. THE REASON I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT;
LAW ENFORCEMENT; I DON'T KNOW IF IT
STILL DONE; IT HAS A
LIST OF IT SENDS A LIST OF SUSPENDED DRIVERS
EVERY YEAR. PROBABLY EVERY WEEK OR
EVERY MONTH; DWIS AND STUFF
LIKE THAT. SO THE
COUNTY ATTORNEYS IN THE CITY PROSECUTORS TO WORK
WITH THE PEOPLE IF THEY
HAVE ISSUES. WE HAD A VERY ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND JUDICIARY
AND THE BIGGEST ISSUE THEY'
RE HAVING THE PUBLIC DEFENDERS AND EVEN SOME OF THE JUDGES; IT'S
THE SURCHARGES. THEY CANNOT
BE WAIVED. OUR SURCHARGES ARE
MORE THAN A LOT OF TIMES AND
SOMETIMES DOUBLE WHAT THE
FINES ARE. THAT'S
AN ISSUE WE DO NEED TO WORK ON. BUT LAST QUESTION I
ACTUALLY HAVE WHOEVER WANTS TO
ANSWER IT; ANSWER THIS.
THEY TALKED ABOUT JUST THERE'S A FEW PEOPLE THAT NEVER PAY
THEIR FINES AND THEIR TICKETS. THEY DON'T CONTACT THE COURTS
TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR PAYMENT
AND THAT'S A SIMPLE PHONE CALL TO THE PROSECUTOR AND THEY CAN
MAKE ARRANGEMENTS
TO PAY THE FINES BUT IT'S REALLY EASY TO DO. I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE DONE IT NUMEROUS TIMES.
THE ISSUE IS THESE PEOPLE
HAVE NEVER TAKE CARE OF IT..
I UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THIS BILL. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH
IT EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT
THESE PEOPLE TECHNICALLY THEY CAN HAVE 100
MOVING VIOLATIONS IN THE WAY THIS IS WRITTEN; IF THEY DON'T
PAY THEM; NOTHING HAPPENS.
THEY COULD HAVE 100
SPEEDING TICKETS;; NOTHING HAPPENS
UNTIL THEY FINALLY
PAY THEM. THEN THERE LICENSE COULD BE SUSPENDED BECAUSE THEY HAVE
MORE THAN 4 VIOLATIONS AND
12 MONTHS OR 5 AND
24 MONTHS. SO UNTIL THEY PAY
THE TICKETS THERE'S NOTHING ON
THE RECORD AND IF THE TICKET IS NOT PAID
IT DOESN'T GO ON THE RECORD. SO
I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY TAKE A CLOSE LOOK
AT THIS AND I DO HAVE A AMENDMENT THAT I'M
GOING TORINGING UP TO
TALK ABOUT; BUT I'M
GOING TO HAVE THE PROSECUTOR ANSWER THIS BUT WHAT SHOULD WE DO WITH THESE PEOPLE THAT CAN TRULY REFUSE TO PAY THEIR FINES?
>> CHAIR MARIANI: CITY TURN IF YOU WOULD ANSWER THIS QUESTION I DO WANT TO GET TO YOUR AMENDMENT WHOSE EVER OFFERING
THAT AMENDMENT. MEMBERS DO HAVE
QUESTIONS. MEMBERS; WERE NOT DONE WITH OUR AGENDA TODAY. WE
WILL BE RECESSING
AND RECONVENING AT 5 PM IN ROOM
300. SO CITY ATTOR
NEY >> TESTIFIER: THANK YOU MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE. WE HAVE THAT
PROBLEM NOW. WITHOUT THI
S BILL WHETHER YOU PASS IT OR NOT THE
PROBLEM EXISTS
AND IT DOESN'T EXIST JUST FOR DRIVING OFFENSES. IN
HENNEPIN COUNTY THEY DECIDE
D THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT AND CLEAN UP OLD WARRANTS. SO LAST YEAR I WAS SENT A LIST OF NO
LESS THAN 50;000
MISDEMEANOR OFFENSES OF AL
L SORTS BETTER IN WARRANT STATUS FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS THEY SAID; WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THOSE AND THEY WERE EVERYTHING FROM SERIOUS
OFFENSES; PEOPLE ON
DWI TO CONSUMING
IN PUBLIC TO DRIVING AFTER REVOCATION; AND THERE WERE CERTAIN OFFENSES I LOOK AT AND SAID WELL; THIS IS 5
YEARS OLD AND ON MY SCALE OF WHAT REALLY IMPACTS PUBLIC SAFETY;
I SAID
WE NEED TO DISMISS THEM. WHEN A MANAGER OF THIS PERSON COMES IN AND 5 YEARS LATER I DON'T OF THE OFFICERS STILL ON THE FORCE. WE HAVE THE PROBLEM
RIGHT NOW. SO
THIS BILL IS NOT GOING TO MAKE THE PROBLEM BETTER. IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE
IT WORSE. BUT
THE BENEFIT THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO TO PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS SPIRAL THAT
'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT FAR OUTWEIGHS BY THE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT RIGHT NOW; ARE DOING NOTHING AND JUST TAKING THE CHANCES OF EVER GETTING PICKED UP ON A WARRANT
. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DO TO BRING PEOPLE INTO CORD SO WE CAN HOLD THEM RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LEVEL OF OFFENSE
. BUT THAT PROBLEM EXISTS ALL THROUGHOUT THE STATE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
AND PASSING OR PASSING THIS BILL IS NOT GOING TO
CHANGE THAT. THERE'S JUST SOME PEOPLE THAT
FRANKLY; JUST DON'T CARE ABOUT
THE LAWS THINK THEY DON'T APPLY IN JUST DO THEIR THING UNTIL THEY GET CAUGHT AND
ARE FORCED TO DEAL WITH IT UP AT THE NUMBER PEOPLE
; WHAT I FOUND; ESPECIALLY
WORKING WITH DRIVING DIVERSION PROGRAM ONE OF THE THINGS I
WAS REALLY
SURPRISED ABOUT IS WHEN GIVEN THE CHANCE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE AND TRY TO DO THE RIGHT THING A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO DO THAT. THEY JUST NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO IT
IN A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE FOR
THEM FINANCIALLY.
THAT IS OFTEN A PAYMENT PLAN FOR SOME PEOPLE GET A PAYMENT PLAN IS $10 A MONTH IS MEANINGFUL PAYMENT PLAN. SO THEY CAN AFFORD AND I REALLY THINK THE MAJORITY PEOPLE WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND THEY WANT THE SYSTEM TO WORK WITH THEM
SO THEY CAN BE RESPONSIBLE;
TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY EVERYBODY MAKES MISTAKES AND YOU SHOULD HAVE THIS LIFELONG 5
-6 YEAR STRUGGLE FOR ONE MISTAKE THAT
YOU MADE. YOU'RE NOT GONNA TAKE I'VE GOT SEVERAL TICKETS.
IT HAPPENS. IT'S
LIFE. SO WHILE I UNDERSTAND
YOUR CONCERN I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU AND OTHER LAWMAKERS NOT TO FOCUS ON THE GROUP BECAUSE
THEY ARE GOING TO EXIST REGARDLESS OF WHAT
YOU DO;; BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE PEOPLE THERE TRYING TO
BE RESPONSIBLE THAT NEED SOME HELP AND I
DO THINK MAYBE IF
I HAD LESS OF THESE CASES I MIGHT BE ABLE
TO -- SOME OF THESE OFFENSE ARE PAYABLE OFFENSES IN A WAY I CAN BRING THEM TO COURT
IS BY CHANGING THEM BY COMPLAINT. ANOTHER RESOURCE IN MY OFFICE TO HAVE AN ATTORNEY
CRANKING OUT COMPLAINTS ON ALL OF THESE MISDEMEANOR OFFENSES; BUT IF
MY CASELOAD
WAS REDUCED BY 23% ME BACK AND LOOK AT SOME OF THESE OFFENSES AND SAY THIS IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH
I'M GOING TO FILE COMMAND AND BRING THEM INTO CORD THAT WAY IN THAT WILL GET THEM INTO COURT. SO I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNBUT
I THINK THIS BILL IS GOING TO DO
MORE BENEFIT
THAN HARM AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO EXIST REGARDLESS OF WHAT
YOU DO.
>> CHAIR MARIANI:
THANK YOU. I'M THINKING ABOUT A COUPLE
TRAFFIC TICKETS OVER THE YEARS THAT I'VE FORGOTTEN AND I PAID
MORE THAN I SHOULD HAVE PAID IN THE FIRST PLACE BUT I
EVENTUALLY CAUGHT UP THAT I DO
NOT PAY $16;000 OR HAVE
MY INSURANCE
RATES SKYROCKET. SO THE COLLATERAL DAMAGE FOR A
SIMPLE ERROR FOR
SMALL MISJUDGMENT IS SOMETHING
THAT [INAUDIBLE] ON PEOPLE PAYING
THE
PRICE. REPRESENTATIVE CONSIDINE REPRESENTATIVE O'NEIL THAT WILL GO TO THE AMENDMENT THAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO
OFFER. REPRESENTATIVE CONSIDINE >> REPRESENTATIVE CONSIDINE: THANK YOU; MR. CHAIR AND
THANK YOU CHAIRMAN LESCH FOR BRINGING
THIS BILL.
TOMORROW WE WILL BE SEEN A BILL THAT WILL ENHANCE
PENALTIES FOR DEATH
AND MAIMING AND MS. JACKSON IS NOT THE PERSON I WANT TO CATCH
OR BE PROSECUTED WITH THAT
. WE NEED TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE SUSPENSIONS ARE FOR PEOPLE THAT
NEED IT AND THAT HAVE
EGREGIOUS BACKGROUNDS.
SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
THIS FORWARD. OTHERWISE I DON'T GET A BREAK MY
BILL FORWARD. ONE OTHER LITTLE THINGS THAT I KNOW
REPRESENTATIVE GROSSELL
EVENT IS IN THE BEST
POSSIBLE WAY AND I'VE
A DAUGHTER THAT WOULD COME TO BE; TO BUT WE CAN ASSUME PEOPLE HAVE THE
SAME RESOURCES THAT
WE DO THAT WOULD BE TO SOMETHING IN GENERAL TO KEEP IN MIND AND AGAIN I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SAYING BECAUSE YES
IF MY DAUGHTER HAD COME TO ME I WOULD'VE WRITTEN A CHECK BUT THAT'S ARTWORK EVERY
RACE EXPENSES. >> REPRESENTATIVE GROSSELL: THAT'S EXACTLY MY POINT. SORRY
MR. CHAIR.
IT JUST BAFFLES ME. I JUST THINK
ABOUT THAT >>
REPRESENTATIVE CONSIDINE: I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE COMING FROM. WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT ASSUMING EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME ADVANTAGES. >> REPRESENTATIVE GROSSELL: I DON'T ASSUME ANYTHING.
>> CHAIR MARIANI: THANK
YOU; BOTH. THERE
ARE FOLKS CAREFULLY TRYING TO THINK
THROUGH ISSUES.
REPRESENTATIVE O'NEIL THEN WE'LL GET TO
THE AMENDMENT
REPRESENTATIVE O'NEIL >> REPRESENTATIVE O'NEIL: THANK YOU;
MR. CHAIR. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE BILL. IF WE CAN TURN BACK TO THE BILL LANGUAGE.
>> CHAIR MARIANI: THANK YOU
REPRESENTATIVE O'NEIL. >> REPRESENTATIVE O'NEIL:
CHAIR LESCH;
THIS IS ONLY A PART OF
LAST TIME THE BUILDER I LOVE THE BILL. I DO
HAVE CONCERNS
ONLY BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
REINSTATING FEES AND WAS A CHANGE IN POLICY NOT NECESSARILY A CHANGE IN STATUTE. SO I BRING THAT UP AGAIN. I NOTICED
WE DIDN'T HAVE A AMENDMENT. I
WAS HOPING YOU WOULD HAVE SOMETHING
THAT WOULD CLARIFY MAYBE I SHOULD'VE BROUGHT A AMENDMENT BUT IF ON PAGE; LINE 5.24 THROUGH 5.26
AND IT REALLY HAS TO DO
MORE WITH
NOW THAT MNLARS IS UP AND OPERATIONAL AND THEY ARE STACKING UP THESE VIOLATIONS
THE LICENSE NEED
TO BE REINSTATED I GUESS IS THE BEST WAY TO STAY IT. IT'S $20 FOR REINSTATEMENT AND WONDERING IF YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT
SINCE IT'S REALLY A REINSTATEMENT FEE IT SEEMS THAT A
SINGLE ACTION TO MAKE IT CLEAR IN
STATUTE SO INSTEAD OF IN
STOCK FOR $20 FOR EVERY VIOLATION ABOUT THAT NEED TO BE REINSTATED TO HAVE IT BE A SINGLE FEE OF $20 INSTEAD OF
A STOCK FEE OF $20 HOWEVER
MANY TIMES. SO THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BRING UP.. I HOPE YOU
CAN CLARIFY
SO WE DON'T HAVE YET ANOTHER IMPUDENT TO SOMEONE GETTING HER LICENSE BACK. >>
REPRESENTATIVE LESCH: MR. CHAIR REPRESENTATIVE O'NEIL
WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT BUT WITH THE
PATH HERE >> CHAIR MARIANI: CHAIRMAN LESCH I BELIEVE WE ARE REFERRING TO THIS COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION.
>> REPRESENTATIVE LESCH: OKAY. DO WE KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING AFTER THAT? >> CHAIR MARIANI: I BELIEVE TO
YOUR COMMITTEE >> REPRESENTATIVE LESCH:
YES WE WILL GET THAT DRAFTED IT SO MAYBE YOU CAN DO
THAT. [INAUDIBLE] >>
REPRESENTATIVE O'NEIL: THANK YOU. I WILL MAKE SURE WE POINTED OUT PLEASE AFFORD TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR FOLKS TO GET THEIR LICENSE BACK NOT
BECAUSE OF
FINANCIAL HARDSHIP THAT ACTUALLY IS PRETTY BIG FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. NOT JUST ONE SINGLE $20 THEORY AND 7
BUT MULTIPLE. WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP AT THE
LAST HEARING. KIND OF
A SURPRISE GOING THROUGH
THE BILL SOMETHING WE SHOULD FIX GOING
FOR. THANKS.
>> CHAIR MARIANI: I AGREE REPRESENTATIVE O'NEIL. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP ON THE
RECORD. REPRESENTATIVE MOLLER THERE IS A A - ONE AMENDMENT IS SOMEONE WOULD MOVE
THAT AMENDMENT
. REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON >> REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON:
CHAIR MARIANI; THAT WAS
MY AMENDMENT. I DON'T THINK
I DO BELIEVE HIM CAN OFFER
THAT AMENDMENT. THERE'S AN ISSUE DEALING WITH HOW DO WE DEAL WITH HIS PEOPLE
THAT CONTINUALLY DON'T PAY
THEIR FINES; CAN GENTLY DRIVE AND
CONTINUALLY DRIVE
SPEEDING RECKLESSLY ENDANGERING THE PUBLIC. THEY'RE GONNA DO THAT WHETHER THEY HAVE A LICENSE
; OR A SUSPENDED LICENSE BUT I THINK
SOMETHING WE WANT TO LOOK AT
AFTER X NONPAYMENT OF FINES IS THERE A CERTAIN
TIME PERIOD; A NUMBER OF OUTSTANDING
DEBT OF NEVER GOT TO COURT REFUSED TO SHOW UP IN COURT; MAYBE IT SOMETHING WE WANT TO
WE WANT TO LOOK AT TO PUT A LITTLE TEETH BACK INTO IT SO THE PEOPLE THAT HABITUALLY TO THAT END UP IN COURT. >> CHAIR MARIANI: CHAIRMAN LESCH >> REPRESENTATIVE LESCH:
I'VE DONE THIS FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS AND I'VE A [INAUDIBLE]
FROM FOLKS WERE SITTING IN JAIL CANNOT AFFORD TO MAKE BAIL
AND THERE SITTING
IN JAIL ON A DRIVING AFTER SUSPENSION. IT WAS
MY JOB THEY WERE ENTITLED TO A TRIAL
THAN 10 DAYS IN A MISDEMEANOR AND I TO TRY THE CASE. I DID
THAT I TRIED THOSE CASES IN THESE PEOPLE WHO WENT
IN FROM HENNEPIN
COUNTY WORKFORCE; MC COUNTY WORKOUTS
CROW WING COUNTY KOOCHICHING COUNTY; BECAUSE THEY WERE
SITTING THERE
IN JAIL ON MUCH MORE SERIOUS OFFENSES.
QUITE FRANKLY; THE VAST MAJORITY
OF INSTANCES THIS WAS NOT EVEN REALLY WORTH HER TIME. THEY
WERE SITTING
IN ON MURDER. THEY WERE SITTING IN ON KIDNAPPING
OR CSC OR
SOMETHING. SO IF IT WERE UP TO ME IN THE SAME
WAY THAT MS. -- STATED;
WE GET THEM ON THE BIG TAMALE
. THE PERCENTAGE OF THE
POPULATION THAT'S
THREADED THAT NEEDLE WHO REALLY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING
WORSE THAN BASIC MISDEMEANOR SCARF
LOT STUFF AND COME
OUT [INAUDIBLE] IT WAS AN
EXTERNALLY NARROW
PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION COULD YOU ARE RIGHT. THOSE PEOPLE IRRITATE ME; TOO. IT'S EXTREMELY IRRITATING
. I'VE CLIENTS LIKE THAT JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
>> [LAUGHING] HE PAID ME SO I WAS LESS IRRITATED THAN BUT YOU
ARE RIGHT. IT'S
JUST THAT WE BOUGHT THIS IN LOOKING AT THE
MAJOR PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE IN THAT POSITION. I SEE WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM.
>> CHAIR MARIANI:
THANK YOU. MEMBERS; I WANT TO
THANK THE CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD. REALLY
PLUNGING DEEP INTO WHAT
THE CONSEQUENCES ARE AND OBVIOUSLY WE TALKE
D ABOUT VERY CLOSELY RELATED ISSUES. AND THANK
YOU DEPUTY CITY ATTY.; FOR
LAYING OUT IN PAINTING FOR US WITH THE BIG PICTURE IS
OUT THERE. NOT IN THIS
POPULATION. [INAUDIBLE] BUT THAT MS. JACKSON'S; IF YOU WILL;
BUT ALSO ALLOWING
US TO TALK WHAT THE OTHER CHALLENGES.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT
WISHES TO TESTIFY ON THIS BILL? IF NOT;
REPRESENTATIVE LESCHRENEWS
HIS MOTION THAT HOUSE FILE 1061
1060 1B REFER TO THE
TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE. THE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY; AYE. [CHORUS OF AYES.] THE
SAME SIGN THE MOTION PREVAILS. >> [GAVEL] >> CHAIR MARIANI: THANK YOU REPRESENTATIVE LESCH. THANK YOU TO
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Champions League draw: When is it? How can I watch it? When are the quarter-finals? - Duration: 2:05.
The Champions League has reached the knockout stages with last week's games the start of a fascinating few months of European football.
Manchester United must overcome a 2-0 deficit in Paris after falling behind to PSG in their first leg.
Meanwhile, European champions Real Madrid are on course for the quarter-finals having recorded a 2-1 win away to Ajax on Wednesday.
Tottenham stunned Borussia Dortmund 3-0 while Roma edged a 2-1 win over Porto.
Tonight's matches sees Liverpool host Bayern Munich and Barcelona travel to Lyon.
The final first-leg last-16 ties commence tomorrow with Atletico Madrid taking on Juventus and Manchester City visiting Schalke.
Teams will no doubt be focusing on the present but some fans will of course be looking ahead to the quarter-finals already.
Champions League draw: When is the quarter-final draw?
The draw for the quarter-final takes place on Friday, March 15.
Proceedings begin at 11am GMT and the semi-final draw will then follow immediately after.
The draw will take place at UEFA's headquarters in Nyon.
Champions League draw: How can I watch it?
A live stream of the draw will be available to fans on uefa.com while Starsport will also be bringing you live coverage.
Champions League draw: Which teams are left in the competition?
Manchester United or PSG
AS Roma or FC Porto
Ajax or Real Madrid
Tottenham or Borussia Dortmund
Liverpool or Bayern Munich
Lyon or Barcelona
Atletico Madrid or Juventus
Schalke or Manchester City
Champions League draw: When will the quarter-final ties take place?
The first leg of matches take place on April 9 and 10.
Second legs will take place the following week, on April 16 and 17.
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Is This the Real Life? Is This Just Fantasy? The New York Times - Duration: 3:58.
Is This the Real Life? Is This Just Fantasy? The New York Times
LONDON — In the British capital, it is the calm before the storm. The countrys scheduled departure from the European Union — Brexit — is mere weeks away, although no deal has been reached. And so little is clear about what will become of Britain in the wake of its decision to Leave that many people seem resigned to the uncertainty of the moment. There is a tempest bearing down. But until then?
Until then, it is London Fashion Week, which wrapped up its biannual round on Tuesday.
Fashion is a multibillion dollar industry in Britain, and a global one: It can neither afford to grind to a halt for Brexit nor afford to ignore it.
Theres nothing we can really do, Molly Goddard said after her show in answer to the inevitable questions. We have a lot of European partners but beyond that I dont really know. Ms. Goddards signature are many tiered tulle dresses, candy pink confections that can each require 200 feet or more of fabric — the lady as layer cake — but this season she showed them undergirded with trousers and boots beneath, and balaclavas above. Everything was meant to be stomped in, she said.
Like the Boy Scouts say: Be prepared. Ms. Goddard, whose dresses can look princess y, has always understood that there is no inherent contradiction between sweetness and strength. Not for nothing is one of her most famous customers Villanelle, the deadly assassin in Killing Eve. Never mind that Villanelles fictional.
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It is unfair to demand that designers reflect the politics of the moment in their work, and unfair to ask them to be spokespeople for the decisions of government ministers. Yet the question bubbled up again and again over the course of five days in London, in the backstage scrums where they faced the press and explained their work: Dont you hate Brexit? said a voice from the crowd that was facing down Riccardo Tisci, Burberrys chief creative officer, on Sunday under the hot, sharp glare of the lights at the Tate Modern following his second show for the brand.
I cannot answer, Mr. Tisci said. Everyone has a different opinion, of course.
But he had called his show Tempest. And he had just finished opining that we need the younger generation to be more free, and express themselves. He felt there had been greater freedom 20 years earlier, when he was studying at Central St. Martins. But two days before, London schoolchildren had skived off classes — Americans call it cutting, but the Britishism really captures the sense better — inaction on climate change in the streets. It seemed Mr. Tisci was the less free one, practicing the diplomatic parry of the corporate steward.
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He has, after all, a behemoth to consider. Burberry aspires to be all things to all people, and Mr. Tisci ticked off the strength he felt the label deserves to have: not only fashion, but accessories, evening wear, streetwear, underwear, expensive clothes, affordable clothes. All things being relative: Burberry T shirts, like the one Mr. Tisci was wearing, can cost dollar 390.
To me, Burberry is lifestyle, he said. Its not a fashion label. It represents a lifestyle. And it represents a country.
With a remit that broad, it only makes sense that he based his collection on the idea of including, not excluding things. In the Tate, he divided his show space into two: one room, concrete, grimly lit, with chain link fence; the other a kind of private theater with gleaming wood and cushioned seats. The tough and the posh.
He divided the collection along the same lines. There was a streetwear section of rugby shirts and puffers, trainers and track pants. Then came the bourgeois: the good old Burberry trench, fluty dresses, trailing scarves. It would be nearly impossible to mistake one for the other, but if, say, you were viewing from space, the hair was the tell: gorgeous, elaborate curlicues more or less tattooed to the models foreheads for the street; sober, severe buns for the rest, snug in their own little nets.
It had more sharpness and more bite than , which was washed out in a medley of dutiful beige. But it nevertheless had more of the attitudes of aggression familiar to Mr. Tiscis fans from his years at Givenchy than real snap. For all its enormous breadth, it felt more styled than meant, a tempest that would fit neatly in a teapot.
Mr. Tisci played with references of Cool Britannia, rave and chav British for lout , and the vaunted DNA of Burberry — a word fashion executives love to use, in an eerily eugenic way. But the effort to be everything to everyone is enervating, and no doubt exhausting. Its no secret in the industry that lifestyle is the lifeblood of the business: Those that cant afford or cant wear luxury runway fashion have to be invited in with a T shirt, a boxer brief, a perfume, a handbag, a keychain. But is that effort killing fashion?
Im sorry. Thats grouchy.
Its not Mr. Tiscis fault that fashion has grown so giant. Lifestyle is the general ambition.
It is clearly Victoria Beckhams. But then, shes already a lifestyle. Ms. Beckham is an icon in a truer sense of the word than is usually meant by the terms constant invocation — images of her are studied and revered — and she has built up a line offering women a way to dress like her.
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This fall, after a trial run with Estée Lauder, she intends to introduce her own makeup collection. And at a preview at her studio in West London a few days before her show, she said that skin care will follow after that.
So when a bright red she called lipstick red rippled through the collection, you got what she was gesturing at. But it went down gently because Ms. Beckham delivered a collection, on a sunny Sunday morning at the Tate Britain, that was focused, appealing and, most importantly, real: suits and nipped waist blazers, slouchy trousers and longish skirts, dresses and coats and muzzy knits that women could wear. Not only out but in: Into the office, into the lunch meeting, into the Tube.
We know my customer, Ms. Beckham said, and for a change, you believed it.
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Fantasy predominates at fashion week, often fabulously so. When Joan Collins finally comes scampering into an Erdem show half an hour past its scheduled start gasping, I was stuck in the lift!, you pinch yourself. Is this a dream? When Christopher Kane designs a collection around balloon fetishists and latex kinksters, looners and rubberists, you pinch yourself — or worse. Im not here to judge.
But throughout London, the strongest impressions were made by clothes that seemed destined to go farther than the runway and Instagram, more life than lifestyle. No disrespect to the palliative power of fantasy but, with tempests on the horizon, the real way may be the wise way.
Away from the hamster wheel of hype are designers who have been working away steadily for decades, artists of the small detail and subtle tweak. Margaret Howell is one of those: After more than 40 years in business, she remains so discreet and so untroubled by the need for acclaim that you could spot her if you could spot her casually chatting, unrecognized, in the stairwell to her show space as dozens of guests there to see her show streamed obliviously past. But her collection was filled with pieces you would be glad to own, their proportions ever so slightly improved. Hussein Chalayan, who celebrates in business this year, is another: He has a wonderful way of reworking something you know — a white shirt, an unstructured blazer — into something recognizable but new, so you see it fresh.
Real women, real clothes. They were there at Simone Rocha, whose show was all the more affecting for its casting of models of different ages and different sizes, just as her real clients are. When Chloë Sevigny came ambling down the runway, smiling, it didnt feel like a stunt, any more than when Jeny Howorth or Jade Parfitt or Tess McMillan followed. Ms. Rochas collection has a place for them all.
And real clothes were at J.W. Anderson, who often strays into hinterlands of the esoteric. He didnt here, although he also didnt dull himself into normalcy either. Jonathan Anderson said he wanted to take the noise out and focus on clothing, and the collection was a reminder that he can: That behind the theatrics and the riddles that sometimes dog his efforts are often very good clothes. Here they were on dazzling display, in particular, his beautiful wrap coats and puddling trousers.
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Its tempting to think of Mr. Anderson floating above it all, especially when he said that he had designed his set, with its little rocks poking out of cream colored carpet to suggest mountaintops poking through the clouds — as if his models were sailing over the sky, safe from the storm. But this was a much more grounded collection for Mr. Anderson, and all the better for it.
Shows like that put me in a good mood, Sidney Toledano, the chairman and chief executive of the LVMH Fashion Group, a minority stakeholder in the brand, whispered to Mr. Anderson.
Little else at the moment may be clear but this: I felt the same.
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Meghan Fashion - Meghan Markle news: REAL reason Duchess is 'perfect match' for Prince Harry REVEAL - Duration: 4:01.
Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, and Prince Harry are enjoying a fairytale romance and, to many, the royal couple are a refreshing, modern twist on the British monarchy
In Amazon Prime's "Meghan Markle: From Hollywood to Windsor", royal editor Robert Jobson said: "She's obviously a very determined young woman
"Somebody who has excelled in her acting profession, has become very successful, has made a good amount of money out of that
"But also has thrown a lot of her personality and her finances into good causes. "So her as a person, fantastic, perfect background, clear perfect match for Prince Harry, particularly with their interest in Africa and beyond
" David Starkey, a constitutional historian, said in 2017 documentary Prince Harry & Meghan: Truly, Madly, Deeply: "Harry has got something of his mother's talent, for rubbing along with very different people
"I think that someone like Meghan, the fact that she is self-made, self-created, is an independent figure in society in her own right
"They seem to me to be rather an evidently good match." The Duchess was born in Los Angeles to a conventional Californian family while Prince Harry was born in the UK into the most famous family in the world
But Meghan and Harry had similar upbringings. They both attended private school and they both endured their parents separating at a very early age
The royals are both were very comfortable in front of audiences — Meghan performed at a small acting studio in north Hollywood, while Harry in front of the entire world
Harry and Meghan are both well known for their charitable work. As a member of the Royal Family, Harry is the founder and patron of a number of charities around the world, including the Invictus Games for wounded soldiers, which was held in Toronto in 2017
In 2016, Meghan became a global ambassador for World Vision Canada, working for their Clean Water Campaign in Rwanda, and as an advocate with the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
Meghan Markle had her first date with Prince Harry in 2016 and the Amazon Prime documentary revealed how the Duke of Sussex initially reacted when he first set eyes on his future Duchess wife
Ingrid Seward, Editor of Majesty Magazine, claims that Harry saw Meghan's photograph on Violet Von Westenholz's Instagram
Ms Seward claims: "He [Harry] saw the photograph of her and said 'wow, she's hot!'" Meghan unknowingly sharpened her abilities for life as a future Royal
"There's a natural affinity between the Monarchy and the stage," says Mr Stakey. "Monarchy is a performance; actors and actresses are just like Princes and Princesses, Kings and Queens, they're performers
"Virtually every 18th and early 19th-century prince of Britain had at least an affair, and usually a marriage with an actress
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Keita is still a work in progress but just needs a big moment - Duration: 2:27.
The YouTube clip lasts for just 45 seconds. It is from a game in March 2018 when RB Leipzig hosted Bayern Munich and its star is Naby Keita.
You wouldn't be able to boil a kettle in the time it takes to watch from beginning to end but in those 45 seconds, Liverpool fans were given a glimpse of what Keita – who had been signed the previous August for £52.5million – could potentially bring to their team.
First there is a goal, swept in with his left foot after a surge into the area, that gives RB Leipzig parity; then comes a pass, perfectly delivered into the path of Timo Werner, which secures the winning goal and ensured Keita was on the end of a thunderous ovation.
Naby Keita has improved recently and impressed during the game against Bayern Munich
With the benefit of a kinder bounce here or there, Keita could have left the field a hero
It is not unfair to say that Keita has not produced anything so dynamic since he arrived on Merseyside. There have been injuries, confidence issues and a lack of rhythm as he has tried to acclimatise to the demands of the Premier League.
Keita has, however, improved over the course of the last month and his reward was a fifth consecutive start, this one coming against a familiar rival; what Jurgen Klopp would have done for the Guinea international to reproduce those heroics in Anfield's biggest game of the season.
He was substituted early but it was not a performance reflective of a player who was lost in the frenzy. Keita was in the thick of the action from the outset and with the benefit of a kinder bounce here or there, could have left the field a hero.
Keita — in the thick of the action — attempting an audacious overhead kick against Bayern
There is no doubt the 24-year-old remains a work in progress but he was always involved, starting in the 16th minute when he helped the ball along to Sadio Mane but saw the Senegal flyer crash his drive into the advertising hoardings.
A thunderous tackle from the hulking Niklas Sule blocked his way to goal in the 33rd minute and there was another pass in the 53rd minute that was a fraction away from being perfect for Andrew Robertson, as he charged towards goal.
The talent is evidently there. Keita just needs a big moment in a big game to really take off.
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