ms. wheaton. so are you aware of commissioner comight's waiver? >> his waiver request? yeah. i was made aware of it. >> i think you're in support of commissioner chow. >>i am. >> i am wondering what your position for commissioner smith, if you had a thought? >> yeah. i think with commissioner smith it was a different type of waiver, a blanket waiver and not a case by case basis. i think commissioner smith -- he served as director of the firm and he has the ability to decide on behalf of the firm what projects he can take and not take and the financial implications of that. i think with commissioner chow being one of five members in leadership it's not apples to apples so i think it presentses a different case in this instance. >> this may be a question you can't answer or too difficult to answer. was a request made by commissioner smith to write a letter of support or endorse ments and could you have? >> a request wasn't made and i wasn't made of that waiver request. we appreciate commissioner smith's service on the arts commission and we reappointed him which shows we believ

ms. wheaton. so are you aware of commissioner comight's waiver? >> his waiver request? yeah. i was made aware of it. >> i think you're in support of commissioner chow. >>i am. >> i am wondering what your position for commissioner smith, if you had a thought? >> yeah. i think with commissioner smith it was a different type of waiver, a blanket waiver and not a case by case basis. i think commissioner smith -- he served as director of the firm and he has the ability to decide on behalf of the firm what projects he can take and not take and the financial implications of that.