it would be a shame if there was no music on cortland. i played there and there is no resemblance between what it was then and now. i mean music is vital to the life of a community. i urge you to grant this permit. >> i never parked in that parking lot. i made lots of friends. when they no longer had a license, i missed it. i want to go back to the neighborhood. there i get a lot of entertainment and made friends. i support them. >> moved -- i moved out here and i think keeping live music live is what makes neighborhoods flourish and what keeps people coming out. i think that is what the city has. i>> good evening. i am a small business. i have been the jobs, as a small business. so i am glad we gave her an opportunity. a small business can. to give her a chance. we are losing it. and thank you for that. >> i am a longtime resident of brunell heights, and i am excited about going to the lucky horseshoe in hearing some really good live music. i know there is a lot that i have never had a chance to hear. i am hoping i will be able to hear t

. >> it is a small bar on cortland that occupies the space formerly know it -- known as skips. the honor has applied for entertainment permit. you have started to look at this. to be clear about what is in it. the first section is the application and the recommended conditions from the police department. the second is copies of letters and e-mail of support numbering approximately 145 individuals. there are approximately 12 or so individuals opposed to the permit. the large stack of letters of support reflects a great deal of our reach. that the applicant did. there is one copy of it. commissioner joseph, i believe i gave it to you. the big poster. that is an announcement for neighborhood meeting at the bar. a lot of the letters and emails are personal. a lot of them have address is attached showing they live nearby. not far and they're pretty detailed. some of them are pretty long. one reason there was so much outrage -- outreach is because of the bad reputation that skips had. i was not around so i am not sure how any behavior was handled by the commission or sfpd but it seem

and cortland, after the anniversary took on the responsibility of organizing some sncc people. so that's a big job. and as part of that, he invited the algebra project and the young people's project to come take a look at your city, and to see whether or not we could actually do some of what we're talking about tonight here in d.c. so, we have been here since the past election, trying to get some handle on that question. and today we had a discussion with one of the people who handled that question from the d.c. here, and so i raised at one point in the discussion that well, look, when sncc was in mississippi doing voter registration, we weren't thinking about getting a few elite voters. laura we weren't thinking about -- well, we were thinking about how do we make sure we get the cream of the voting crop. i mean, if you understand the 1957 civil rights act, so remember back 19 -- how many people were here in 1957? so some of us who were here. so in 1957, eisenhower was president, and lyndon baines johnson was the majority leader of the senate. and the first civil rights bill s