you know, i thought about last year when director had left, monique moyer had left. but we haven't missed a beat. we've gotten our projects done. we've worked very hard. we have a lot of veterans. mike and katie came in. director forbes put her own team together. this is the best staff in the city. i know sometimes you think the commissioners -- 345ib we are a little overbearing. i guess it is because we really care. we really care. and a lot of the issues -- it's like tom carterment you show up every day and we really appreciate it. and i want to say another special thank you to corinne. you know, we're nothing without the community. and corinne woods someone that's practically here at every port commission meeting. i will say this. some people only come when there is something that's self-serving that affects them. but you never see them any other port commission meetings. corinne comes to almost every meeting because she cares about the port. and a lot of people will just come and then once their issue is done, you never see them again. i call them sometime people

that i still remember, too, to make sure that as he transitioned to be mayor and at the time with monique moyer, we had several breakfast meetings and at the tomb i was president and he wanted to ensure a smooth transition. as i recall, he was probably more involved as a mayor with the port than some of the pred se sorts. -- predecessors. he wanted to make sure that we were on the same agenda. and he also had people from a city hall standpoint and i think it was very important that he took the time and we used to have a few breakfast meets toing talk about what was going on at the port and that worked out well and i think the transition worked out well. the other part to me is related to one of my other activities in the city. i'm on the board of the san francisco opera. one of the things that ed lee was honourary chair of the chamber as a bridge between asia and china. a bridge between american and asian culture and he was a tireless champion. he traveled with me at least three times to asia to make sure that we were able to get it not only presented here in san francisco as a world premiere,