if i were a criminal defendant and i was indigent, i would want nobody else but jeff dachi to defend me, but i'm not here to talk about that. i'm here to talk about how we enhance public safety in this community and we cannot do so if you continue to understaff our district attorney's office and certainly in the area of domestic violence we have seen the consequences and i think domestic violence is really important to look at. because this is an area where we're often talking about people's lives. and not only are we talking about the victim, and the offender,, but we're talking about entire families. we're talking about communities. the reality is that if i were to walk into a prison system today, almost everyone of those individuals that is there was raised in a home where at some point there was violence in the home. this is an epidemic in our country and we have an obligation to do something about it. you have an opportunity today to show your support for doing what is right. and what is right is to staff this unit appropriately, so that we increase our conviction rate, so that