ms. brinkman. she spent time speaking to my office as well. we should give both directors an opportunity to meet with all the supervisors who wanted to speak with them. >> president breed: thank you, supervisor kim for that. commissioner brinkman did not reach out to my office as well. hearing some of the concerns expressed by the rest of you in terms of outreach from that particular commissioner and i guess i have to reverse that item to talk about it but [chuckles] following my own rules. well the board's rules. commissioner borden and i have had extensive discussions, not just about this reappointment but mostly consistently about the challenges of things we continuously face in the m.t.a. which is why i'm comfortable moving this appointment forward. i think they are two separate issues, as far as i'm concerned which is the reason i won't be supporting the continuance. supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: i was just going to ask a temporal question which was -- is supervisor borden in her hold-over period -- in other words, would she be

ms. brinkman, have heard good things about her work on the m.t.a. commission. but i have not had a chance to discuss them with her. this is not about me. it's really about this body. and the importance of the confirmation role. having said that, i will vote for ms. brinkman in this instance and for the other commissioners on the roster, but i want to send a message that this is the last time i'm going to do that and from here on out, and i'm saying this to the appointing authority and i'm saying this to commissioners, you really need to affirmatively reach out to your confirmation authority and not ever take this body for granted. it is important. with that i will vote for this nomination. >> president breed: supervisor kim? >> supervisor kim: thank you. i want to thank you for pushing for the important initiatives we have wanted to see come to fruition to see us get to zero fatalities in san francisco. supervisor peskin, i do think it's important for all members to reach out to this board. given the rule s.f. m.t.a. board plays and they have real authority, th