i'm eileen boken and supporting the tearival merchants. i believe the issues on mission street are hands writing on the wall for tearival. when concerned were expressed to supervisor tang her response is the mta can do whatever it wants. really? is the mta a long to itself. let's put supersizer tangs to the test. fis dle year 1516, the mta budget is 1 billion 21 million 454 thousand. of that overall budget 272,000,000 is general fund money, taxpayer money, our money. as the board of supervisors has the power of the purse over general fund money lets put it to the test. there is a pending ordinance seeking to appropriate 3.5 to general fund to mta. the file number is 160254. i would urge all the merchants and their associations to contact the board of supervisors budget and finance subcommittee, insist supervisor farrell, tang and yee keep the funds on reserve and don't release them because the mta in my opinion is out of control. thank you. >> thank you, next presenter, please. >> my name is bob [inaudible] i'm here for the greater gary me