mr. gobel as the top applicant appears to bring the skills and character necessary to bring lafco into the next phase. his experience with research analysis and policy and management of systems including budget management. i have confidence in his ability to move this body forward. now let's open this up for public comment. are there any members of the public who would like to comment on item number nine? >> hello again, commissioners. eric brooxz, san francisco green party, our party san francisco and san francisco clean energy advocates. so sorry to throw a bit of a wrench in here, but the public, as you know, has not been able to see the bid documents, any of the communications that these applicants have had with you. i did look up the applicants, you know, on linked in, and what i saw on the two applicants with a i a lot of pr and journalism experience but not much else. whereas the firm that applied, my understanding was we had the opportunity to carrie a lot of issues policy wise that we'