. >>> supervisors, angus mccarty. i am here as an individual in my own capacity here today [speaker not understood] to support the appointment of mel murphy to the port commission. ~ you know, as i think it was really great questions that you asked earlier, particularly supervisor cohen there, with regard to, you know, why you want this job. when i stepped into the commission position, mel was a great transition person for me. he helped me out and showed me all the ropes. he didn't point out he sat on that commission in a difficult time, people lost their jobs. hard decisions had to be made, very unpopular decisions and he did that. he sat there. now that i'm on the commission, thing are humming and i have a great time. i don't have as hard a time at work as he did then. the other thing i want to point out, the immigrant thing, and i think they touched on that's correct he worked his way, there were no handouts in life. we came from a country where we didn't have an opportunity to give back. we are very compelled here