. >> hello, i'm gale farris. we've been around for over three years, almost four years now and i can't tell what you an education it's been. we went in very bright-eyed with the idea of the franchise and realized very quickly that by going independent it gave us more flexibility and we could really listen to our customers and given them what they wanted which was a great selection of wine and offering a beer now and adding to our wine by the glass. so it's been a great time. thank you. president miguel: thank you. is there any public comment on this item? >> thank you, commissioners. it's certainly been a long day. i would like to add for the record a petition with about 90 signatures stating that another bar is not needed in west portal. my name's keith. my wife owns. i do what i'm told. we collect those signatures in a week and a half. not the two months that they had to do to plan this. i'd also like to add that the president of the west portal merchant association is ellie wagner. so i would request the have