i am the attorney for reed and greenough. prior to hiring garland, i attended the same outreach meeting. it was not just through the public relations firm that community are breach occurred but it was also through mr. owens himself. i wanted to chat about what he has put into this establishment. we raised $1.40 million and every penny went into the renovation and build out of this place. there has been a lot of love and money and effort put into it. he has hired an experienced staff. he has on his own from the one imposed a dress code. i believe that martha pointed out is controversy. no one asked him to do it. he did it. i asked him why and he said i want a certain kind of clientele and a certain kind of bar and this will help me get there. there have been a couple of comments this evening about him not reaching out to the community. i would like to point out that since reed and greenough has been open, he has made sure they have posted community events. he has an fundraiser -- done fundraisers on his own because this is the