another part of pride that really makes a huge fference is our contractors. some of them are had are with us today. they play a huge role with many many years of service of pride that helps with the operations, our parade, exhibitors and they stick with us since day one for at least, some of you guys average 20 years. they have a lot of years. we also have legal council a long time with us. brook is here with us today and played a big role in supporting us during this time year. so i just want to thank you, i want to thank the community that came out. we know there is changes to community pride and we welcome it and thanks for the hearing. >> thank you very much, any other questions? why don't we turn it over to -- anything else? yes. >> did supervisor wiener have any questions that he would like to ask? that i may answer for you? >> i don't have any questions that's been asked. whatever criticisms that others may have, i do want to acknowledge that over the last 2 years there has been a lot of work towards clearing the debt and turning around that problem an

so you had tactical differences but no big philosophical fferences. suddenly, i was in a situation where, you know, there was such a diversity of opinion, and one of the things i learned is that if you just talk to people all the time who agree with you, right, you know, you feel good with yourself, you feel maybe you can delude yourself, you're winning, but activism is about, in my judgment, if you believe in the political correctness of what you are trying to do, you must believe that you can go into any forum, however conservative it might be, however backward in their thinking that it might be, if they are talking and making and influencing decisions that affect the future of our planet i feel i should go. so now, i'll be honest with you. it's not the favorite place in the world. you know, before i went to greenpeace, i went as human rights, gender equality and that time i could never get a single business ceo to agree for a sit-down meeting, right? in fact, i used to, like, have to follow them in the corridors, ananthe best lobbying i did was usu