mr. bowden continue in that seat and i don't want to waste anyone's time by allowing other members to believehat there is a possibility, if there isn't. i just want to basically take that one off the table so i then give everyone else a fair shake in terms of some of the other seats listed here. that's my reasoning and i respect your decision, but i really definitely want to be able to move that particular seat forward. >> your reasons are well taken. [speaker not understood]. >> okay. >> i just want to note that for the record. so, let's have a vote. >> supervisor breed? >> aye. >> aye. supervisor cohen? >> aye. >> supervisor yee? >> no. >> the motion was to not proceed? >> it

mr. bowden continue in that seat and i don't want to waste anyone's time by allowing other members to believet there is a possibility, if there isn't. i just want to basically take that one off the table so i then give everyone else a fair shake in terms of some of the other seats listed here. that's my reasoning and i re

mr. bowden continue in that seat and i don't want to waste anyone's time by allowing other members to believehat there is a possibility, if there isn't. i just want to basically take that one off the table so i then give everyone else a fair shake in terms of some of the other seats listed here. that's my reasoning and i respect your decision, but i really definitely want to be able to move that particular seat forward. >> your reasons are well taken. [speaker not understood]. >> okay. >> i just want to note that for the record. so, let's have a vote. >> supervisor breed? >> aye. >> aye. supervisor cohen? >> aye. >> supervisor yee? >> no. >> the motion was to not proceed? >> it was to support robert bowden for seat 4, so, it passes. >> it passes. >> right. that means that now the seats that are in play are seats 1, 2 and 3. >> yes. >> correct. so, now i ask my colleagues for a motion to continue seats 1, 2 and 3. >> second. >> mr. chair, would you like to continue to the call of the chair or to our next rules committee meeting? >> to the call of the chair. >> thank you. >> okay. so, it by con

mr. mark bowden. >> i am sorry, we are having a hard time with your audio today. so we will have to let you go. if we can clear up the problem, we will get you back. simon & schuster to the audio book? >> yes, this is another one of the media stories that have appeared. it's a thrill for me. the actor who reads this is joe morton ,-com,-com ma a wonderful reader and actor. to plug a cassette tape in and sit back and listen to what you have written, it is really one of the great thrills that you can have. >> it'd be a show yourself? >> yes, i did. i take it that day. and i thought that they must be doing a special on audio books and so we might use a few minutes of it. especially if we had the whole hour of me just plugging away. [laughter] >> i didn't find it hard at all. it was fun. because i think that you work hard to write well and for someone to ask you to read what you have are written out loud is very flattering and fun. i did not have to do too many -- it would've been bad if i would've done it for hours. i managed to read them without too much trouble. th