privately, he chiued us oewed . there was very lengthy meeting, telling us what we needed to keep the performance, but what we needed, he just gave us, and the board of supervisors -- so that's the one thing i would say. this man was the most loyal person you could ever have as a friend. when our reappointments, commissioner -- some people were mad at us and some people were mad at the chief, he stood right by us, and there were some very good candidates that raised their hands that wanted to be fire commissioners. the mayor stuck with loyalty, and that is extremely commendable, and i'm extremely grateful that i was able to be his friend at least since the early 90's, and we used to call each other the railroasurvivor then, he was mayor, and i couldn't believe it. on a separate note, st. michaels's day, november 21st, i became grandfather to little alexandra michelle. i became a grandfather, so that's my biggest news of last month. thank you. >> thank you, commissioner hardeman. commissioner veronese. >> briefly. whe