my name is deedee workman. i have court with the supervisor on this for over a year. the park merced shopping center is one, which and large parking lot that accommodates more than a few cars. there is ample space for an automotive rental business like u-hall. there are no other businesses like in nearby, so people tend to drive to pacifica or another city to get theirs. we recommend this. allowing the automotive sales is good policy for the city. it will establish neighborhood- serving businesses, creates new jobs, and will produce significant tax revenues for the cities. this is a win for our neighbor shopping centers, job seekers, and san francisco. not all nc-s are suitable, but some are, so we urge you to recommend approval to the full board. thank you. supervisor mar: thank you. are there any other speakers? cnn.com public comment is closed. can we move this forward without objection? ms. miller, please read item number two. clerk miller: item two, a hearing for the potrero annex and terrace project . supervisor mar: we have supervisor malia cohen. >> this is a

i was working for dionne warwick and cissy, myself and deedee, dionne's sister, we were the backgroundingers. i felt when i met her, i loved her so much, she was such a sweetheart. had an unbelievable smile that i dubbed her my god daughter. i said i don't know how many you have, you're going to be my god daughter. >> she had a lot. aretha franklin among those as godmothers. >> yeah. and which is fine because we all loved her so much. she had an unbelievable smile that filled up a whole room. there is a song out by gospel singer kirk franklin called "smile." if you listen to the lyrics of that song, you'll see -- you'll see -- we call her nippy. you'll see nippy in that whole song. it is just wonderful. >> amazing smile and i must say that her teeth to me have always just been so striking. she's got the most beautiful set of teeth. >> yes. >> she does. >> at 8, did you look at her, was there something about her where you said, you know what, i have a feeling this little girl is going to be a great woman? >> i felt that all the time. she was so forceful, you know. everything nippy did,

i am deedee workman. we have been working for almost a year with supervisor elsbernd and his staff. which support this amendment and urge you about it. there are relatively few shopping centers in san francisco with a large parking lot that accommodates more than enough cars. there is ample space for a business like you call -- like u-haul. there is none nearby, so residents have to drive to pacifica to rent u-hauls. allow an auto rentals and sales of conditional use is good economic policy for the city. we will establish neighborhoods serving small businesses and employ business to the neighborhoods. this is a win for our neighborhood shopping centers, job seekers, and san francisco. not all conditional neighborhood commercial shopping districts are suitable for auto sales and rentals, but some are. we urge you to recommend adoption of this code amendment to the board of supervisors land use committee. president miguel: thank you. is there additional public comment? if not, public comment is closed. commissioner antonini: i think this is an excellent idea. i know the particular loc

deedee myers, former clinton administration press secretary, nbc's white house correspondent, my partner nevada business, every county gets to have its own poll opening and closing time? >> we didn't have anything to do with that. that's local. >> you're taking no responsibilities? >> it is -- >> he just threw the republican party under the bus. >> they had a prime time spot in january, they wanted to move to february, and you get what you get. >> well, no. they were getting edged out. in their fairness, they actually picked a better day potentially. >> okay. potentially. >> let's talk about mitt romney. mitt romney trying to sort of explain the donald trump endorsement. this is what he said to our friend john ralston. >> i'm happy to get endorsements across the country. chris christie, governor bob mcdonnell. >> governor christie is going to be insulted when he sees this. >> i won't agree with all of them. they may have some differences. >> mike viqueira, where is it in this? >> dare we say the big tent. this doesn't so much help romney as it doesn't help gingrich, you know what i mean?

i was pregnant at the time and i was working with dionne, cissy and deedee, her sister.ere am i going to sleep and nippy said, you sleep in my room. >> nippy was her nickname? >> nippy was her nickname. and i actually slept in her bed. >> she took care of you. >> yes, she did. she would run to a store on the corner. she would run to the store and get me fruit. >> you say it was like having somebody punch you in the gut. >> yeah. because it was amazing. i worked a club in new jersey saturday. we were just talking and the people at the next table we had been laughing with all night because they were carrying on. we said, what's going on with you all? they were celebrating birthdays, three ladies. we overheard them talking about whitney. so my girlfriend went, oh, y'all got in on our conversation talking about whitney. they said, no, no, no, we heard she died. it was like -- what? what did you say? no, no, no. there must be a mistake. after that we really found out and i actually did have to excuse myself from the table because i didn't want -- the people at the next table