my name is demetrius. i'm vice president of c-mac and also one of the founders of vintage 415. we own and operate some bars and restaurants here in san francisco and i'm asking you to oppose this fee. as some people have pointed out, a nickel a drink just doesn't represent what our costs will increase as much as 10% to 20% for those spirits that we derive our greatest profits from, namely well drinks. we just simply can't pass this increase along to our customers. we're already -- at one of our venues, we're already closed on sundays and mondays whereas a couple years ago we were opened and driving. we have $2 tuesdays where beer and well drinks are $2. we have $3 wenses. we have $4 thursdays. we just simply cannot raise our prices. if anything we're lowering prices to try to increase patronage. the weekends are subsidizing the weekdays. we're trying not to lay people off but it just won't be possible for much longer. and we're also seeing on the weekends people coming out increasingly late. they're showing up at 11:00 and 11:30. we're drinking at home and not spending as much