good morning commissioners i'm amy i live at devonshire way right at the corner down the block from crestline. i'm thankful that you have listening to my neighbors. i would ask that you consider the concerns of the folks. we're the folks who are going to be living through the construction and living with the traffic and safety issues because this project may or may not be built. and my fellow neighbor who mentioned the traffic issues from one home have been considerable. the maps you've been shown on designate that crestmont has two streets that will funnel into that. but this project is located closer to filth oath than warren drive. i understand there was issues with the owner of the apartment building. but i would echo something it is pedestrian traffic to the avenue. and also, if possible in the greatest scheme of things if there were road access to the after it would benefit the residents of the construction and the resident of crestmont because it's such a long way to drive. and being on that corner i see a lot of cars not stopping at the stop sign. so my main certain echo my neighbors

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but you go back to david runyon writing about the health upon trial or the death of john devonshire,ou know, we have september 11th in our contemporary times, columns why steve lopez and peggy noonan and michael daley and then you read about jack london talking about the 1906 of a consensus coke and it really does create a sense of perspective. we have been through a lot of this stuff before. there are great storytelling and creates a perspective. >> the destruction of galveston which is almost never talked about was i texas. it puts to shame what just happened in new york with hurricane sandy. hundreds of thousands of people affected, destroyed, and to read about it and see that there were people on the ground to know about it and cared about it and you are even wondering at the time, will anybody remember this when years have gone by, what people remember what happened to this town, and it is important for people to get the perspective. >> and we balance the scandals, tragedies with france as well because, you know, it is amazing. when you read the "washington post", when you read