george christopher, a wise mayor, made the decision to compromise some of the space on the part because a library does not fit on the triangle. there was a gas station there. i urge you to -- to this historic choice. the waterfront freeway is not done. the east front will not be pushed forward. he was set aside at that time. he is not a go, go, let's do it. for seven years, the library and was planning on renovating and expanding the north beach branch. until the money came and they had all this extra money to burn, i come from fresno, we were working and can the same for the governor's budget. we don't have money to burn. we don't need to pay off a building twice or three times more expensive. we need to be putting that into books, computers, things for kids in the school. i urge you to reject this plan. they're moving the tennis courts from where they are into the left out field and it will only be 141 feet and that is nowhere near any recognized ball field. this dishonors joe the maggio. there is no getting around these figures. this is 28% of the building taking that open space. thi