. >> the board, my name is alex hodson, a field representative from service employees international. i want to echo what many of my colleagues here have stated with regards to the proposal to contract out security forces at our san francisco hospitals. i just want to reiterate that private visitation will not provide the quality or level of security the public deserves at the city at san francisco general and laguna honda hospital. we have a robust civil service system that we should use. look at the classifications we have already available to us and work together to find solutions to save money at the same time provide excellent services and maintain a robust public work force so we have a choice, we can either race to the bottom with hiring rent-a-cops or we can continue to hire competent, committed and competitive work force. so i would humbly request that this proposition j be denied. [inaudible] [no audio] >> there, >> there, i don't know where to begin but with a poem i had over memorial weekend. unfortunately, i leave with -- [inaudible] [no audio. [inaudible] >> they did not