mr. decost. -- decosta. >> i like to go over a little history of the bond measure, and i will send the general manager, i will send you some of the information that i have going back. i could start a long time ago, but let's start with diane feinstein. they affected the water department and the san francisco public utilities system. having said that, you know that we have the water system improvement project. there were a number of workshops, and they were all good. from time to time, i have come over here and i speak about a few issues. there are others, like [unintelligible] they don't come, and i don't know why. i have been coming to keep the fire alive. in 2010, because of the economic situation not only in this nation, but all over the world, china, india, russia, brazil. we have to look at our resources in a different way. on this commission we do have commissioners to understand that. they must not forget that. we are very fortunate that we can pass an initiative and have a $600 million bond measure. we have to think about it. finally, let me remind the commissioners that i brought the