i think for a period of time that predates me and frankly proceeded -- preceded blumenthal, there was in-kind tax credits not just for the space but our overall relationship with city college. they also use -- use significant number of our fields -- and not just this facility but other facilities as well. i think it is an important time to point out that we have a very strong relationship with city college. it transcends this particular department and this particular class. during the course of the last year that i have been on the job, i have actually had conversations with -- with trustee chair milton marks who specifically requested that when this issue was ripe six months ago that we delay six months because the class had already been put in the program guide. i have had conversations with -- with the chancellor, with chancellor griffen, we have had a few conversations with peter goldstein about this. this was a letter that again repredated my tenure as g.m. in june asking for a reconciliation with city college on various deeds for fields and facilities. there has been a year's wo

. -- blumenthal. it's a great honor to be standing here before you,, a native daughter. what did you think of the 65-foot ladder race? pretty incredible. i would be certainly remiss if i didn't introduce personally each member. most of them are not working today and they volunteered their time to come here. just like the sheriff's department and police department that play a large role in the city, we're part of this -- the fabric of this great estimate so engine company 41, operating a rig under the direction of o'neill, and i would like to introduce each and every one of the members. it's a 10-person lift that made the demonstration. first, ramon simone. kevin walsh. julio delucchi, dave cites. doug menguay, pat moran. sasha grande. marco lopez. jonathan ashbrook. down to two. daniel mccloskey. and the person that called the ladder and bravely climbed the ladder and flew our beautiful flag, larry mcdonald. i'd also like to acknowledge paul barry in the red shirt. paul is president of our san francisco fire historical society and there are many members today, including

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dan moss, ocean engineer, and john blumenthal, with aeration and flow generators. i did that to qualify who we are. we are not presently on the gulf. we are getting ready to make booms hiring local people. what we need to say to you, the commission, we think outside the box. we have an awful lot of inoat vative -- innovative ys and plans that would work -- innovative ideas and plans that would work rather than what's going on right now. right now it's everybody going this way, that way, nobody's getting anything done. it's just building up, building, up building up. it's not really a moratorium that you're looking. what you're looking at is companies that is trained in order to recover this kind of a spill. and that's what we offer you. now, if we can control that spill and keep the fishing industries open and things like that, you need to drop the moratorium and let the people drill and let the people keep their jobs here in louisiana. we're down here just for the people of louisiana and the gulf states and we came here to do a job and that's what we're going to d