. >> good afternoon, supervisors, i am adam maguire, i am a maintenance man for the housing authority. i was born and raised holly court and i am a product of the housing authority. 20 years ago when i started my job, i was on the verge of going one way or another. meaning to be a criminal-type gangster person or worker. and when i got the job for the housing authority it took me in the right direction. there are a lot of black, polynesian, asian kids that will not get hired for a good-paying job unless the housing authority. i want you to consider this, when you hand this over for the directors to make a good amount of money and the maintenance workers don't. there will be a problem. my workers and i insulted by mr. torres that the maintenance will be better, and without the workers i don't see how. >> thank you. >> i am grace martinez, i am an organizer for ace. i organize typically around foreclosure issues. but previous to that i did organized work in public housing for years in the southeast sector. and a member from seiu made a good point, where are the residents in this. do we