. >> next speaker is john bettencourt, retired from the san francisco fire denied, followed by john. followed by joe. >> retired san francisco fire department. this last week i talked to a widow of one of the pre96 retired. his name was tony rodriguez. she was shocked to hear that she didn't equal for the supplemental cola. she didn't know anything about it. i told her this group, protect our benefits, were fighting for her and all the other widows of i'm going to say the greatest generation. when i came in 1974, the fire department, there were a lot of firemen that came from world war ii. they taught me how to be a fireman. i think they, it's not that many of them left. their spouses and i think they deserve the supplemental cola just like from what i understand, they were receiving the supplemental cola before proposition c came in a few years back. i think there's a precedence there, if they receive the supplemental cola for proposition c, was ruled proposition c part d was ruled invalid, now that decision has been made, all retirees should qualify for the supplemental cola that t