we were contacted by his daughter kelly blackwell garcia.d to us it was important to her and her siblings that they remember their daughter with a gift of gym equipment to northern station and i humbly thank you for considering the request. >> thank you for the presentation. any comments from commissioners? okay. any public comment on items 1 and 2? please step up. >> hi. before i start, don't start the clock. i want to make sure the -- i'm blanking on the word, the overhead projector is on. >> all right. and you are going to address just the two items. >> yes, one of the items. and this is working? okay. my name is michael. i am here to urge you to vote no on the $6,000 donation that the police officers association wants to donate to the police department. we recently went through a very polarizing race for the district attorney. and unfortunately the police officers association which i believe in many instances acts as a gang, yes the poa acts as a gang. and they spent over $600,000 on a lot of propaganda regarding the district attorney's