. >> i just want to say happy holidays and ♪ and goodlatte board of appeals and all of your city dealsn a city -- in a city made of steel, the board of appeals is made of stone. make that happen in your home make it fast make it last make a good deal you can have it all her and in your city life, make it happen, make your appeals happen make it happen you will make it all your life. what a city feeling keep appealin' make it real and make it happen what a city feeling and good luck appealing ♪ thanks. >> thank you. is there any other member of the public who like to speak? seeing none, we will move to item two, commissioner comments and questions. >> i do not want to make a big speech. actually, i do. i appreciated serving with commissioner tonya peterson and we will miss her intelligence and kindness and thoughtfulness. she really cared about the law and let the law guide her decision making. i was fortunate enough to work with her on rewriting the rules last year. and serve as vice president when she was president along with director gold seen -- goldstein and the deputy city attorne

lawmakers democratic representative bob goodlatte and republican marsha blackburn are also repairing for a backlash in the form of support of their opponents all because of gold. and support for this bill not only does approve it and the topic of internet censorship don't follow any party lines but it also shows you the people are willing to get out there. get active when there's an issue like this the really hits close to home so while the mainstream media has been completely pathetic overall ignored these two pieces of legislation wilders and activists are even forcing the g.o.p. presidential field to start answering some questions about piracy and censorship but romney was faced with a question just the other day while he didn't give a clear answer he did say of the theory behind it was against his beliefs because bills should be in place to stop that actions if it could potentially hurt business and the economy rick santorum gave the complete opposite response when he was asked about internet censorship during a town hall meeting. yes. there are. now romney and santorum are the o

um, bob goodlatte came out to silicon valley over the summer, and there was a meeting where the issue community and that the bill would address those problems. and then when the bill actually did drop in october, it was, um, it appears to not hear any of those concerns and actually went very much in the other direction. so i think that kind of accelerated -- >> christian, i think you had something. >> i've got a different perspective on this because i have no political background whatsoever, and i represent small to medium businesses that just happen to make up the backbone of the internet's nuts and bolts as we know it. the vast majority of the companies in that space are companies that make between, that generate between 1-100 million a year in revenue, we don't have lobbyists, we aren't out there on the hill advocating for our position, and up until this point we've been so focused on our business that we haven't had time to get engaged politically. this has actually been a bit of a watershed moment for us. i've got to say we'd rather be focused on innovation and on driving our bus