. >> my name is elias moussa. what is clear is we have a budget crisis. as far as the parks have gone, the policy response seems to be one that in the past couple of years has started to dismantle the relationship. this is a radical policy response that is basically segregating the park resources by means of ability to pay. it is an end to price strategy. this enterprise policy can work. enterprises can be great, efficient policies. they are not fair and that are not equitable. it is not designed to be fair and equitable. it is designed to maximize and extract unfair profits. that is not what a government does. the people who did not choose this policy -- it was foisted on us by ideology by the current administration. this administration is choosing to go in the way of the enterprise. we need to augment our self against it and we need to vote on it. this is a simple measure that will draw a line. as supervisors, at your job, as i understand it, is to balance between them and us. please do not shirk the responsibility. >> walter paulson. ♪ you've got to ha

jude lang, nancy wuerful, todd david, michelle parker, elias moussa, julie christiansen. >> i am jude lang. i am not supporting this ballot measure. i agreed with many of the think the gentleman from the chamber said. also, i think it might discourage creative new activities to become part of our parks scene. these are tough economic times. i see these as being road blocks. i hope you will pull it off the ballot. supervisor avalos: next speaker, please come forward. >> good afternoon. my name is julie christensen. i have been volunteering for 16 years. i am on my fourth part project. i oppose this ordinance. i regret the way it was introduced and the way it will be implemented. i regret the fact that it makes the general manager out to be some sort of mad king sifting through doubloons as he closes clubhouses. it is important to remember how we got into the situation. past mayors and your predecessors have sy continued to drastically reduce the funding available for the recreation and parks department. 10, 12, 15, and 17% cuts year after year. sometimes that has been because of a lack