latonya dixon, i know her personally, we go back a long ways together. she should be on the commission. mr. vargas. >> that was your time. >> i would highly recommend all four to be on the commission. >> i'm sorry, if he could just finish his list that would be helpful to me. >> vargas and (inaudible) i know all of them and they would all be excellent on the commission. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> thank you, supervisor, my name is trepbt tano, i am here to support brendan rogers for a seat on the committee. as a fellow veteran in all my circles of friends there's only two i can really talk to about being a veteran and my time in the army and brendan is one of them. he's a really open guy, really friendly, easy to talk to. he's the kind of guy who, if you have a problem he's very focused on helping you solving it and he's a great problem solver, great leader and i want to avoid the cylon detector so i will wrap it up and really give my support for brendan thank you very much. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, my name is

. >> we have one more applicant and that is miss latonya dixon >> good afternoon, chairman john avalos and supervisor katy tang and supervisor malia cohen. i wish to thank the supervisors and this board for this tupbtd to express my interest and passion to become one of the commissioners on the san francisco veterans commission. as a disabled woman veteran, the first african american commander of the american legion, i have been very active in the san francisco bay area community. i feel i would be, i would bring much diversity to the commission. i definitely would be on time and be there so we can make quorum. also i know i have worked with most of the commissioners and would be happy to continue to work with them and support them to also bring in fresh ideas and at the moment i am working with commissioner john caldera on the port of chicago. in addition i have followed the proceedings of the commission for a number of years, attended numerous meetings and have spoken in public comment to introduce topics and events that may be of interest to the commission such as take back the nigh

we need more representation from women on this commission so i advocate for latonya dixon thank you. >> next speaker, please. anyone else who would like to comment on this item please line up here along the wall otherwise we will post comments after the last speaker who is here. >> good afternoon, supervisors, my name is amanda allen and i work with kevin at swords to plow shares. as a young veteran he is in a unique position in that he is aware of the position of our young veterans but also bridges the gap with elderly and aging veterans in san francisco. he works feir a direct service organization, not only does he do advocacy but he knows what the solutions are and he has seen them in practice here at swords to plowshares. i know his recommendations are quite strong and as a service leader with americorps he brings fresh light but also the knowledge of what works in an urban setting. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, my name is robert cane, i work with swords to plowshares, i work closely with kevin miller. i want to endorse him or at leas