kbo. kbo. buggering on. as we heard from that wonderful film [i will get on with a minute, has continuing elements. joe, you make this wonderful film, and it was a real privilege to be able to see an early sighting of it. look, to come and present that film in front of this audience, man, that took courage. [laughter] lord dobbs: but it also brought up huge personal enjoyment because not only did i love the film as a work of art, it reminded me that you were a historical consultant who was my old professor at the fletcher years ago. it reminded me of elizabeth leighton. i knew her. what a wonderfula woman she was. and it got me thinking about how very long it took to make one stop on the london underground in those days. [laughter] lord dobbs: but this is an era today of kbo. just like it was then. so, how did winston respond? we saw that in your thumb, joe. -- we saw that in your film, joe. we saw him making what was perhaps one of the greatest speeches in the american language, and i am not going to do it

it is the ultimate expression, at that time, of kbo. but it was not simply an expression of blind stubbornness. it was an example of winston never losing sight of the longer term, even at a time when he was surrounded by chaos. never lost sight of the longer-term or the deeper game. i think people call it the vision because he went on to say this -- and we saw that last night, too, in the closing words "even if this-- island, or a large part of of it, was subjugated and starving, then our empire beyond the seas would carry on the struggle until, in god's good time, the new world, with all of its power and might, sets forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old." he knew what it was about. he never lost sight of what he was fighting for. and what was he fighting for? he was fighting for the survival of our values, western values, values we shared at the time of -- at that time with the new world. and you know, even at the time going through all of those perils, winston won. today, we are back here in a world of uncertainty and conf

provided by the charging party, and by the permit holder, and fulfill our responsibilities in a fair and kbos impartial manner. all right. so i will introduce the participants. so can we have the charging party please come up to the microphone, and please just introduce yourself, your name, and who you represent. >> is this my opening statement? >> it's not your opening statement. just introduce yourself. >> acting director maggie weiland, representing the entertainment commission department. >>president tan: great. thank you very much. and now, can the permit holder please rise and come up to the microphone, or the representative. >> good afternoon. this is susan f. reyes. i'm representing la oficina and mr. escolero. >>president tan: all right. and is mr. escolero here today? >> yes, he is. >>president tan: so we know who the parties are. before we get started with the presentation and the hearings, we'd like to open this up for public comment. so if there is any public comment on this item, now is your chance to speak. so i see one person. the way we'll do this -- can i just see a raise of