wanted to let you know now that the board of subpoena supervisors is back in session, supervisor ferrill will be meeting with the tax and treasurer's office and city attorney to work out what needs to be done with the small business payroll tax exclusion, in preparation for the gross receipts that is on the ballot and just how the gross... the language in the supervisor ferill's language what that means on the passage of the ballot measure. >> and then, supervisor wiener's secondhand dealer permit, and the other items, allowing dogs to be fastened to, you know, lamp posts and fire hydrants and repealing some of those out dated provisions in the police code. both of those items passed on the first reading last tuesday. with the commission's recommendation for the secondhand dealers setting some kind of criteria around those that might... that pay cash out right for certain items, but he did... he did make sure that the permits for those types, for businesses that will handle their secondhand items in that manner, that it is a reasonable permit fee and does not require some of the other ow