mr. ewing, do you have anything else to say? you have three minutes or bottle. >> i think my only comment at this point is i just heard the gentleman say 30 days. it has been quite a few years, and we have not gotten a finality of this problem. i think it is honest contractors, conscientious workers, people back do as they say -- i mean, we were told that our work would be permitted, and i think what the gentleman just said here before, and just like i was saying, that the work inside the home, the installation of the store was not permitted. and not know. i am just left with a lot of doubt and a lot of fear, actually, around this. >> what was your original question? for this is their rebuttal. >> i have a question. what do you see as being reasonable, and if you could be sustained, because i understand all this other problems, that there have been other people here, but what we're trying to do is figure out how to work with you. you are saying that 30 days is something that is going to be hard. the bottom line is you have to do

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