mr. flanagan, you had already spoke. [inaudible] >> chair ronen: is that possible? even though you already spoke -- >> clerk: thank you. as a party to, i don't think public comments are allowed for applicants. >> chair ronen: it's just i've never confronted this situation, so i'm learning. deputy city attorney jon givner? >> mr. givner: the practice of the rules committee over the last public years has been to not allow public comment by people who are applicants. at least for the past few years, you treated public comment as -- you've not allowed applicants to speak in public comment. >> chair ronen: okay. and since you already spoke, i'm just going to follow that policy, that informal policy. okay. is there any other members of the public who wish to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel]. >> chair ronen: well, supervisor mar, we have our impossible task again. it's almost punishment to be on the rules committee because there's so many fabulous san franciscans who want to serve on our councils, and it's hard to choose. i'm going to make a couple pro