we tried, senator kopp and paul renne and i tried for a year and a half to get a measure like this through the ethics commission. and i was the chair, and i had two very well known individuals, paul renne and senator kopp, and we thought we had it through. for the ethics commission to put something through, it requires four votes. we thought we not only had four votes, but we thought we had the four votes. we had the assurance of the fourth vote. and then, on the day of the vote, it was just the three of us. me, commissioner renne, and senator kopp. and it was just a blunder bust -- i'm not an impulsive guy, but when i announced the vote, saying the measure fails, these four votes, measure fails by three -- i said the measure fails, i resign, and i walked away. i'm not someone who is dramatic for the sake of being dramatic. my family will tell you i'm a rather dull guy. but when i did that, after i did that, john gollinger and tom ammiano and i said let's go as directly as we can to the voters. the voters want this, because they've been frustrated on so m many levels. and you, supervisors,