mr. ramere ez. he's not here. (calling speakers). >> my name is willy radcliff and i am sure all of you received a copy of a letter that i got from your general counsel, darnel davis. going to go ahead with the request for proposals that completely blocks us out with no -- not even local hire, not anything. and what it says here is that the process requires california law regarding the award of construction contracts by the school. well, california law -- there is also the 14th amendment which specifically mentions contracts, over right 209, any state law, so we are pe petitioning the school district -- we have been talking to you for six months. even with the new superintendent here we have been talking to you demanding in a way, but still talking to you because we have other methods we could use. for you all to -- you're the board. you don't want to make the decisions around here. one thing is hard about the board is the fact that you guys -- all of you is city wide. we need to put you under the same thing that