The committee is about to take up the item that would give Mayor Peter Carlisle after-the-fact approval to use a gift to the city to pay for his wife to travel with him overseas.
Before Ann Chung could begin, Nestor Garcia raised his hands and said he has a pending matter before the Ethics Commission and would not feel right listening in or voting. He then stood up and walked out.
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