my name is darla bernard. i have been a member of the community since 1989. i'm here in support of tony and his restaurant. many of my friends have enjoyed his restaurant. many of my friends are asian and they too, like karaoke. i urge you to support the karaoke machine. thank you. >> thank you. >> good evening, commissioners in. my name is elmer patry. i've been in the north beach neighborhood since 1985. i would like to say -- basically hello in thai. i spent a lot of time in thailand as well. i'm here also in support of tony. i -- as i'm sure you commissioners know, there is different types of people in north beach and i certainly want to say that tony and his restaurant is one of the good groups that i certainly support and certainly hope that you will understand that and be supportive of his desire. thank you. >> thank you. >> good evening, commissioners. i'm from japan. i live in north beach. japan is the original country of karaoke and many japanese people have a karaoke machine at home and they enjoy the karaoke. some people enjoy that every day. kara