it should be noted, though, that currently, there is no vacancy, and that doug shoemaker is serving on the board, and we were informed that he would be asked to step down so that the resident of the island could fill that vacancy. what i have indicated and what i continue to believe is that it is very unfortunate that representation of island residents is something that came up after the fact, that it -- if indeed it was important to us to have a representative from the island, why would that not be considered before the entire set of nominations was forwarded to the rules committee? i want to underscore that the specific things that each of these candidates brings to the table -- and i think that, certainly, the commissioners who have been working on the tida board for quite some time have been confirmed very recently by this body and continue to do a good job, but the question remains for me is -- is this process the right process? i do have a question for the city attorney's office in terms of what happens to those commissioners who certainly sit on the board, if the board were to r

deadline appoint a resident to the seven-member tida board, but it worries me a little bit that doug shoemaker, the one who has tremendous experience with various projects, housing projects for affordable housing, and also maintaining that residents have benefits and that in the development, that their concerns are being met. it is kind of like you are bumping up someone with tremendous experience in order to fill that seat, but you are going to appoint him as soon as possible right after november 15. is that correct? >> correct. and doug will certainly remain involved, and i think we have great expertise with mr. del carlo and mr. elberling on those issues as well. supervisor campos: thank you. why don't we open up for public comment? i have a number of cards. if you could please come forward when we call your name. [reading names] let's begin with those, and we have other people to call. >> good morning. i'm a business owner in san francisco. i represent about 750 small businesses, handle their employee benefits, but i really want to talk about the leadership we have an opportunity to have o