matt rodgers, in particular, has really pushed this issue. if you would like to have the opportunity to give it a push, come on up. all of you are welcome. if you would like to say anything, we would like to give the opportunity. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i appreciate the opportunity to be here. it has been a long journey. i was going to give a background on how we got here and let our supporters sell it. it was actually 2007, i called up sean and told him our ideas about this. we started percolating the idea of forming the district. the need for this district kim about -- i have been active -- i have been a merchant for 20 years. we are seeing to italy participation. volunteer opposition -- positions are pulling what they used to. right after 9/11, the neighborhood tried to create a beautification district and it was denied by the irs twice. we talked as a merchants association and decided to give it a serious ago. we met with the neighborhood association, property owners. we raised money in all three of those groups and we started the

rodgers. good news and bad -- oakland raiders. good news and bad news. the padres won 6-8 and playing great. on the disabled list. those are banged up. sanchez dark they got matt cain on the mound tomorrow. mean time, tonight, diamondbacks at the nationals. diamondbacks started the day up on the giants but jayson werth and the nationals took care of that. that was the big blow, the nationals turn back arizona 4- 1. arizona lost 6 in a row now. their lead over the giants just a single game when they open up tomorrow. duke has been putting on a show in china. yao ming, the former nba star. he is retired. steph curry, younger brother, it h16 months. 93-78. they are 3-0 in china. something you don't see every day, coming up, right here. nebraska, nationalville sounders outline fielder. runners going. ball bounces off his head and he still catches it. throws to second for the second out. throws to first and that is a triple play in minor league ball. something you don't see every day. real quick. from that to red bull cliff diving. yeah. cliff diving. this is in the boston harbor. cliff diving into the boston harbor. 23,000 fans showed up to see that. >> all right.

matt. another great silicon valley figures a man named t.j. rodgers.is the ceo of -- and it's been a freedomfest guest in the past. get on his cell phone and look at all the miracles inside of it. quite a few of them probably come from there. t.j. rodgers is like the character in "atlas shrugged," francisco d'anconia. d'anconia showed up in critical scenes when the main heroes were having a moment of doubt. he would show up to tell them what is what. one of the most often quoted passages in all of ayn rand is his famous speech about the nobility of money, where he is at a cocktail party and some eras says money is the root of all evil and he then goes on for 20 pages proving that money is the root of all good. t.j. rodgers is that kind of guy. he is completely politically incorrect. he is the ceo of the major companies says things that ceos are not supposed to get away with and he doesn't die having absolute moral clarity. so i'm going to quote some of t.j. for you. like many ceos he is constantly trying to get them to have more gender diversity and re

matt. another great silicon valley figures a man named t.j. rodgers.e is the ceo of -- and it's been a freedomfest guest in the past. get on his cell phone and look at all the miracles inside of it. quite a few of them probably come from there. t.j. rodgers is like the character in "atlas shrugged," francisco d'anconia. d'anconia showed up in critical scenes when the main heroes were having a moment of doubt. he would show up to tell them what is what. one of the most often quoted passages in all of ayn rand is his famous speech about the nobility of money, where he is at a cocktail party and some eras says money is the root of all evil and he then goes on for 20 pages proving that money is the root of all good. t.j. rodgers is that kind of guy. he is completely politically incorrect. he is the ceo of the major companies says things that ceos are not supposed to get away with and he doesn't die having absolute moral clarity. so i'm going to quote some of t.j. for you. like many ceos he is constantly trying to get them to have more gender diversity and

matt. another great silicon valley figures a man named t.j. rodgers. is the ceo of -- and it's been a freedomfest guest in the past. get on his cell phone and look at all the miracles inside of it. quite a few of them probably come from there. t.j. rodgers is like the character in "atlas shrugged," francisco d'anconia. d'anconia showed up in critical scenes when the main heroes were having a moment of doubt. he would show up to tell them what is what. one of the most often quoted passages in all of ayn rand is his famous speech about the nobility of money, where he is at a cocktail party and some eras says money is the root of all evil and he then goes on for 20 pages proving that money is the root of all good. t.j. rodgers is that kind of guy. he is completely politically incorrect. he is the ceo of the major companies says things that ceos are not supposed to get away with and he doesn't die having absolute moral clarity. so i'm going to quote some of t.j. for you. like many ceos he is constantly trying to get them to have more gender diversity and r