michelle welsh. jerry lastly. if you could just line up in the middle, i would appreciate it. >> thank you, supervisors. you pretty much summed it up. i want to reiterate, this notion that it is an anachronism, that it is unnecessary. we have over 1000 people who have used the recycling center in the last three months, who have written to the mayor. we have their addresses. 1000 people over a three-month period. the fact that we give out over $700,000 a year in buyback to folks in the kids this is a needed service. this mythology that has been voiced by some lame, suburban columnist in "the chronicle" attacking a neighborhood organization is absolutely outrageous. it is bad policy to close the center down. thank you. >> neck speaker please. -- next speaker please. >> i will try to be brief. scheherazade's calvin while. i just want to stress, the fiscal facts. the pay-per neighborhood council contributed $1.5 million a year to the city's economy. directly, it contributes $700,000 of that to the city's economy by di