i also want to see if we have luke o'brien, president of the small business commission. would you like to say a few words on behalf of the commission? commissioner o"brien: >> good afternoon, supervisors. far be it for me to be biased in any way to all of the businesses today, but i would have to follow up supervisor campos's recognition. i happened to totally by accident take my wife, who is of thai origin and has discerning taste buds, as difficult to please as anybody i know, to there, because we happened to be in the neighborhood. when she walked out of there, she had a grin from ear to ear, and commented how good the food was. she reminded me of the famous cheshire cat that ran off with all the milk as i watched her. i have to concur with the recognition that supervisor campos gave. i also want to say they are no more or less deserving than every other business that has been recognized today. the commission and the office of small business wanted to put a few words together to make a comment on these recommendations. i would like to address those to you right now. o

luke o'brien. one quick comment is for the directors' report. i would suggest that when you have that many items, they should have public comment in their own right. it is not easy to make public comment on so many items that are bunched in it together. just a suggestion for future structured meetings. interesting that the previous speaker before pamela made the comment, but did agree with commissioner walker on the the 18 months. she kind of said what i was actually going to say, especially when she said keep their feet to the fire. sure. i guess we're all in agreement that we want to monitor it. your tasked with getting the best value and return for your dollar investment from the public coffers, if you will. so every company is made up of human beings, and human beings and are -- are creatures that will take the path of least resistance when it they can. so that is just something that we are all subject to as human beings. so they need to know that people are watching. they need to wake up and feel that heat and say, gosh, i have got that rep