Here is the full speech that I tried to give at FTB’s 2020 Annual Taxpayer Bill of Rights Meeting (12 minutes).
For those that prefer reading over video, here is the written speech.
Unfortunately, State Controller Yee muted me after 5 minutes.
Usually, FTB lets people speak for 8 minutes, and last year they let me talk for 11 minutes without cutting me off.
Controller Yee said that they had already received my written submission (which was longer and more detailed than the speech), and all of the requests I’d made would be addressed in their response due on February 1, 2021.
Just like last year, FTB did not deny any of the allegations that I made, neither verbally at the meeting nor in their written response . If my allegations were false, FTB would have denied them.
I think it was obvious to everyone that regularly attends these meetings that the Board knew what I was going to say and the Board cut the time short this year stop me from speaking the truth.