. >> hi, my name is craig shiler, i lived in the west portal neighborhood since 1988. i know it's a nice neighborhood and becoming more of a magnet as it became more of a better developed commercial area. when i heard some facts about the two day posting, i was shocked at the notice that this was an issue. that's such a red flag to me. what's the purpose of the notice? so people can look at the business. you have a trial and you don't invite the prosecutor or defendant. it made no sense to me. it was a slam dunk that it was not going to approve the permit. this is a place to comment to find out what other people know about the business in case that business is for someone that is very damaging to the neighborhood. that opportunity wasn't given. that could be a bad apple who never got looked at because they didn't post a notice that people needed to know what to say. the comments of course came late. more importantly, is the fact that what does it mean when somebody doesn't post a notice. you can presume that it wasn't intentional, but in all probability, you have to as