mr. henderson, and mr. levity, for -- levitt, for all your leadership in that area. it's important for us to hear from you. because we get overwhelmed here at times also. so it's important for us to, you know, be able to -- we appreciate whatever input you can give us since you're there. and you see things more closely than we do. and certainly in the hayes valley area. so thank you, kirsten, for all your work. and it's really exciting to see that we've come so far. and getting us to move along. and ms. dennis, too, thank you. commissioner moore. commissioner moore: i want to make a quick comment on the small car. and not that you can mandate that people have small cars. but in europe, there are parking spaces that are dedicated for two smart cars being next to each other and they pay half. in public garages there are parking spaces where two cars, two smart cars, exactly fits the size of a full car. so they pay half. so if you have a monthly thing, and you're renting half a pace, and your monthly parking space just cost you half. and that's an incentive for many peo

mr. henderson our kirsten what they've already said. i did this the last time i was hear. i just want to read d vision statement from the market octavia plan which is really the basis -- basic idea of this plan. if you'll bear with me. envision an urban neighborhood that provides for a mix of people of various ages incomes and lifestyles, a place where every day needs can be met on a short walk on a system of public streets that are are easy and safe to get around on foot, bicycle and by public transportation. imagine a plan connected to a city as whole where owning a car is a choice not a necessity and streets are inviting public bliss spaces. i think this sort of drives our focus here when we talk about affordability we're talking about a neighborhood that is inclusionary of all different types of people and this is a very important component of -- of the market octavia plan to make this plan work. and then the transportation. we talk about parking. this is also very, very important. we've said for many years, we welcome new residence in our neighborhood but when they br

mr. henderson. this stratagem would probably not have passed muster at langley. at any rate, larry had neglected to tell marlene about it. [laughter] when the occasion arose, marlene told the caller repeatedly and with growing exasperation that he had reached the wrong number until the emissary gave up and finally asked for larry by name and stated it is business, blowing the operation. [laughter] but i cannot part from our gallant friend without a personal word. lucky are those who, in their journey through life, encounter someone of total reliability, absolute unselfishness, and a devotion that in its magnitude could never be deserved. larry played such a role in my life. his friendship was a gift. he occasionally honored me by describing me as his mentor. he was, in turn, one of the buttresses of my existence. when i called them the day before he leftist, -- before he left us, i tried to tell them how much he meant to me. he wanted to talk about a letter he had sent me about a recent book i had written. he wanted to make sure i understood it, that he had read

greg martin was an official at gm, frederick henderson was the ceo of gm, and the fact that mr. bloom was on a cc really doesn't prove anything here, i don't think, except that -- other than the fact that gm was in control of gm. the treasury department represented observers having to ask, not able to dictate to gm, and, you know, frankly, i think that's what we found here, that gm throughout the bailout remained under private control. and i, i don't see from this memo which has mr. ratner and mr. bloom up here as a cc, that this coming from gm officials that this in any way indicates that it was, it was a non-gm officials who were leading the dance. i just want to point that out and, again, i do that because i understand the concerns that my colleagues have, share many of those concerns. i just wanted to correct the record. and i thank the chairman. thank you m. >> and i thank the ranking member. i'm going to allow myself five minutes. mr. bloom, mr. snowbarger, and i think today the most important thing we can understand about this hearing, it's not about democrats or republic