i'm abraham simmons a pleasure to meet you all in this context. the board president, and members, i have two thoughts. one, if you're struggling for someone, i will accept the nomination. [laughter] but short of that, short of that, a couple of other things. there has been a lot of discussion about whether you should or should not pick someone. and i think that's a ridiculous conversation. of course you should. and of course you should give -- pick someone with enough time for them to figure out how to handle the financial and other problems of this city. they are tremendous. and there are things that need to be attacked with as much -- as soon as possible. and with as much confidence as possible. but aside from that, there are other issues. of course you want to pick someone who will survive the resulting shenanigans that are sure to follow if you choose anyone at all. that's one of the things that you want to focus on. but should you decide to move forward, and should you decide to do that today, and should you decide to pick someone, there's on