mr. waggoner. are we expecting the mayor today? >> [inaudible] president chiu, do not believe the mayor will be here today. president chiu: that is unfortunate. >> items 1-12 comprise the consent agenda that will be acted on by a single vote unless the member requests discussion of the item. president chiu: would anybody like to sever any items? can you please call the roll for items 1 - 12. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor daly: aye. supervisor dufty: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor mar: aye supervisor maxwell: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor alioto-pier: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. president chiu: the resolutions are adopted. for items 13, 14, they regard the budget. there are still consultations on going. supervisor avalos, i understand there are conversations that have not been completed yet. should we postpone those to a later meeting? supervisor avalos: you took the words right out of my mouth. president chiu: without objection, we will continue

mr. waggoner is no longer in his job nor is mr. nardelli.ve bece you did a good job and you didn't get tainted by taking government money. >> i think clearly everybody resonated with the fact that ford had a plan. we were restructuring ourselves to get back to profitability. that resonated with everybody. the letter and notes and the feeling that we didn't take precious taxpayer money and we were runninging a good business with great products. >> five quarters in a row and your market share is increasing. how much of a benefit did you get? how many rewards did you reap based on the troubles that toyota went through in the past year, having to recall 2.3 million cars? >> all the data says that most of the people selecting ford, it's about 50/50 between the japanese offerings and also the other offerings from around the world. i think it's really the strength of the new product line, having a complete product line. >> it's hard to deny their nightmare was your gain. >> i'm sure they will get it fixed. they're a great company, but we are so ple