i'm looking particularly at the portion that says "we sent howard lazar the following e-mail on may 27, 2011. >> that's my complaint. >> right, but you are referring to they mail you sent to mr. lazar and it says, mr. lazar i'm not requesting any documents but i would like an answer to the following questions. do you see that? is that an accurate statement? >> yes. this is what i said. this is my e-mail that i was asking for public information because i didn't know whether he had any documents at that time. i didn't know whether or not there was anything that had transpired between the hayes valley merchants and the arts commission and i just wanted to know if something had gone on, if something had gone on between the two of them i would have requested further documents and i got no response to this at all. >> i guess i'm having a hard time interpreting this as a request for any documents that exist if you start off by saying you are not requesting any documents? >> i upside that. understand that. i wasn't asking for documents that i knew existed. i was asking for information containe