borderline and i am going to lose my mind you just keep on pushing those prices over the border line borderline da daut of dimes ♪ supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. mr. kelly? >> commissioners, i am here on behalf of the fellow merchants association where for the past couple of years we have tried to find a way to support this study and given the way that our feedback has been handled over the years, it has been very hard. there are three reasons this is true. with all due respect, there is a war going on right now that has been for a number of years. businesses moving over the border continue to do so because they try to escape san francisco taxes. this program, dunn sensitively within the context of other measures could be a way of leveling the playing field. or it could make things worse. we have been trying to give that feedback. no response and nothing in the study. basically we need to have that to make a decision. second, the other two proposals are on 18th street. not only through the middle of my neighborhood, but also the commercial district. i should not have to explain to you how stupid th