commissioner hareman? >> thank you, mr. president. i remember when you first received your appointment. and you're very approachable, outgoing person. and like ed lee. that doesn't mean that you are a pushover. you know, i've seen over the years how efficient you are at your job. and hopefully i brought my 2-year-old for a couple of weeks ago. [please stand by] it is possible that we will have four different mayors as part of this process if this thing is approved in june, right? so i'm not sure how that affects this process, but it needs to be stated. i think you need to anticipate that that may be -- how that affects you, you need to understand that. our current mayor is also a former fire commissioner, as i understand it, so there's also that that i wanted to put out there as a possibility. one of the things that i want to understand because i don't like being put in the position every year to where the mayor is coming to understand -- whoever the mayor is is coming to us and saying hey, we want a reduction of staff and then, along