mr. feldman has not sat down and met with him.when patrisha was meeting with him, they met casually but did not have a meeting. also, our office has never been contacted and as commissioner joseph stated, the past owner created a serious situation for the neighborhood. and past owners created serious situations for the neighborhood. it is a bone of contention and neighborhood outreach, a good neighborhood outreach is what is required when moving forward. i would note that given the fact that we are discussing the board of supervisors limited life permit, may be an accessory use is more appropriate for this location. that needs to be discussed also. my boss would love to discuss what mr. owens sees for this location. it is important to the neighborhood. i was in mr. caen's office, concerned about what happened there. i have not heard anything since. eight months later and all of a sudden this comes up. we want an opportunity to work with mr. owens and make sure those type of activities do not occur and the neighbors are heard. patr

mr. mayor, i believe in machiavelli, you're not supposed to say so. i'll go to mike feldmanis young fellow. i will tell you this, it's better to be feared than to be loved, machiavelli taught. and my argument is, if you're not feared, you're not loved very long. because leaders are supposed to be feared. if they're not feared by their enemies, people who like them don't love them. >> he's making an argument. he put a jobs plan out there -- >> is eric cantor afraid of him? is mccarthy afraid of him? is boehner afraid of him? >> next week, he'll be in john boehner's district, he'll be campaigning on his plan, he said, do you want an issue to run on or do you want to create some jobs? >> real bad news for the president that tends to trickle down. a long-term democratic spokesman, used to work for ted kennedy and a very good source said this about re-election prospects for democrats on abc's "topline." >> i'm sure glad i'm not working for a member that's up for re-election next year, because it's an ugly, ugly mood out there. >> and on "the hill" newspaper earlier this week, an