mr. bueller's been kind enough to sit down with me several times and we talked about a lot of these issues and i found this conversation to be very helpful. mr. bueller and we will -- if you could limit your comments to three to five minutes, that would be terrific. and then we will proceed with public comments directly after that. >> good afternoon, supervisor wiener and members of the committee on behalf of san francisco architectal heritage, threw are for this opportunity to discuss important role of historic preservation not only in the past but going forward. as heritage celebrates its 40th anniversary in the context of this hearing, i thought it would be helpful to briefly reflect on the origins of local preservation movement, its progress and setbacks over the past four decades over the challenges that still lie ahead. i would like to start by noting the preservation community is not monolithic. to be sure you will hear from a variety of perspectives today, each with their own opinion. this range of opinion serves to underscore the diversity of the preservation community today. like

mr. bueller. the framing of the question is essentially a setup for what's wrong with preservation?ow about a hearing on how preservation benefits the city? you might ask other questions like how does equal opportunity employment or earthquake strengthening hurt other goals of the city. we need more review, not less. ly not go into it. the planning department itself said the library wrecked the landmark worthiness or damaged it with respect -- >> thank you very much. >> may i speak as long as the others have? >> you had -- >> you have given other people about half a minute or 45 seconds additional. >> ten seconds. i will give you ten more seconds. >> the library according to the planning department has spoiled the landmark worthiness of some of its appleton and libraries through neglect and renovations that remove character defining features. the city itself has been the agent of destruction as cable cars, so double reviews and landmarking procedures are very valuable and important. thank you. >> thank you very much. is there any further public comment? seeing none, public comment i

bueller? the commercials for beach ball moisturizer? >> stein writes prosecutors say that mr. strauss-kahn forced the complainant to have oral and other sex with him. how did he have a gun? did he have a knife? he's a short, fat, old man. >> jon: yes k he's not merely in the kind of raping shape he used to be in. i mean 15 years ago this guy was a raping machine. that is a terrible defense. (laughter) >> jon: got something worse? >> and can anyone tell me any economists who have been convicted of violent sex crimes? (laughter) >> jon: anyone, anyone? anyone? bumer-- buhler? buhler? so not being able to identify any economists who have sexually assaulted people is evidence of strauss-kahn's evidence. of course that would mean on the flip side a laundry list of economists who committed sect all crimes would be ipso facto evidence of his gill. if it pleases the court, richard nywanga economics professor in straussberg university convicted of section assault, robert vander hoe, economics professor at rockford college pled guilty of sexual abuse last december and robert mabush, a f