. >> my name is steven anthony wordsly and i flew in this morning from istanbul to speak to you and the north beach merchants association in efforts to save clay tower. clay tower is intention for the last five years is to change clay tower, the mural rotunda into a beer joint. and i think if we really look at this hard, i think the artwork in clay tower is art. shouldn't this be run by the arts commission because this art has nothing to do with parks, nor does it have to do with recreation. now, i personally successfully recommended clay tower to become a national historic site. we celebrated that. did the park commission allow me even a plaque to commemorate that? no. they consider me kind of an enemy to them. and, in fact, every one of you standing here were elected to your office and i congratulate your position. the supervisors of rec. and park are not. it's like a club, and they cannot and will not oppose the mayor. the mayor's concern, obviously, is budget cuts. clay tower -- i don't know if you've been in there, but it's -- and i speak as a third generation san francisco san fra