. >> good evening, commissioners, my name is michael chan, i'm with asian a, it's just my perspective that really whenever you have a situation and we've dealt with a lot of minority businesses and small businesses everywhere, that when you have a situation where many vacant store fronts, that adds a significant source of blietd and it undermines the community, so if pet food express really wants the opportunity to either succeed or fail in terms of going in, transforming that location into a viable retail operation, then everyone benefits, all the businesses in the area would benefit and if they fail, they go by, you know, they go by the wayside and all, but in this situation here, let's see if something could be done, vacant store fronts, nothing good does come from them. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> let me call a few more names. (calling speaker names). >> hi, i'm patty stat ton, i'm an animal rescue volunteer and i give my vote for pet express, it started with one location right here in san francisco, i shop at neighborhood pet stores and at pet food express, i'm impressed