"Five percent a year is fair; that would be a good, realistic settlement," he said, acknowledging fears that other union leaders would criticize him for reducing his demands too quickly.
Paul Hancock, a lawyer for the state's Democratic attorney general, Robert A. Butterworth, was frank in urging the court to use "the full reach of its authority to establish procedures that ensure that this results in a process that, first of all, is fair, that is perceived as fair to the world and in fact is fair, that it counts the votes of all people who attempted to exercise that vote".
Allowing for taxes and a multiple of 18, which industry analyst Andrew Speller of A.G. Edwards says is fair, that would value Kinray at $540 million, a far cry from $1 billion.
"Taken together, these reforms reflect the department's age-old commitment to a criminal justice system that is fair; that deters serious criminal conduct; that holds people accountable for their crimes; and that utilizes incarceration wisely — to punish, deter, and rehabilitate — not merely to confine and forget," he added.
"My advice is to push the pause button on this hearing, get the information together, bring in the experts and put together a hearing that is fair, that is impartial, that is not biased by politics or by myth, and bring this information to the American public," she said.
It is fair that the rich pay their share of taxes, with no avoidance.
To be fair, that is the half that interests him.
And, to be fair, that's sometimes enough.
He said, oh, yes, that's fair; that's fair.
To be fair, that's for good reason.
And, to be fair, that's not far off.
