gord an marr, you are decades in the trenches leading social and economic justice fights from living wage to budget crisis and to free city college made you the only choice in your district. thank you for running. and matt haney, you have been a superstar the entire time that i have known you. and you inhabit your own skin with ease and confidence but that does not stop you from recognizing the injustices that affect our world and that cause pain all around us and do not stop you from your relentless desire and intent to root out injustice and to make this a fairer world. i'm looking forward to serving with you. and shaman walton in a political environment that has small differences, you brought everyone across the city together. you have a track record of community involvement and service to our schools and our city and you're going to do great things under this dome and i'm very excited to work with you. and so i do -- i really believe in district elections, but as my other colleagues have said we have tremendous challenges in this city and they transcend district or neighborhood o