my name is mark labarro, and i am here to speak for the integrity of this very important ethics committee. if this committee does not recognize miss alioto's right to qualify to receive funds, this committee will be stained by a grave abuse of its mandate to pass on these electoral issues. as an attorney, i receive various communications from this city with names identified as sffd and ccsf and the like. yet i understand that the shorthands were rejected as part of her application, clearly, miss alioto did not breach any ethical rules, yet this committee stands to misinterpret the facts and circumstances and its discretion as as independent ethical arbitrator is at stake. the records and the entities and policy considerations are clear and are important. the committee must now allow miss alioto to correct and qualify her application. thank you. >> thank you. >> honestablorable commissione want to before i share my story, thank you for your service to san francisco. i am a resident here and i too also live in russian hill. i love this city, and this was a city that my husband and i chose t