if you would like to speak, you have 7 minutes as well. >> my name is marsha garland and i'm the one who sought the letter of determination and i don't know what to say, i have a very amicable relationship with the master leaseholder and i did tell the sublease holder that i was -- who is here, san teen noe derose who is also a real estate broker that i was looking for this letter of determination, and i have no argument with it at all. i was surprised about the restaurant interest particularly because i'm fully aware that in north beach, it's virtually impossible to get a liquor license but you have to go with a restaurant. so, you know, i just came tonight to observe really. i have no real serious input other than historical. >> thank you. and is there anyone here representing the subject property owner who would like to speak? >> the casisa family is not present, but as the master tenant, they've authorized us to speak on their behalf. >> just so that i'm clear, ms. garland, you are taking the same position as the appellant here? >> i'm not -- no, i'm really -- i disht's very comp

marsha garland. >> [inaudible] >> hold on. >> try it again. >> [inaudible] >> try it now. >> live from new york. my name is mashie garland and i am here to address you during public comment to announce publicly to the people who watch this on television that live at the razz closed a couple of weeks ago. a lot of people have asked me the reasons why, and i would say without all the back stories really are nothing in my view but gossip. they were overwhelmed by the bureaucracy, but they most importantly went into a building that had a readapted use. i see you nodding your head commissioner. i have seen this before with piena and at the theater complex where a business went in as a restaurant and as soon as it changed to have entertainment it didn't work because the building wasn't designed to house anything like that. this beautiful show room where live at the razz went had the same problems. when i went there -- i went there for the lot of four months as patty lapone. the food was good and security was great and i don't believe there were complaints about those performances and you wer