first up calvin welch and then kathryn lowry, laurie linker. this either says ian bush or lan butt. if anyone else wants to speak on the items, please get in line. >> san francisco information clearing house, i want to thank the committee for a diligent job and after spending five months before the ethics commission, this feels like i have exited the land of oz and entered the real world. a very curious and odd point of view that i am happy to see does not motivate your questions and concerns. in order to deal with what i believe is a myth, the ethics commissioners have adopted in extraordinary sessions and i urge you to go back and taking a look at the hearings that were held in which whole sections of this thing was changed and we were constantly told about l.a. i have no idea, the passage used six times. i recommend you look at the proceedings and recommend you proceed with your amendments to this massively misconstrued piece of legislation. i support the remarks of each one of you in terms of raising questions, fundamental questions about what is the problem that we're solving f