i wouldn't necsarily say it was confroational. but it was a lot of emotioin the room. particular episode where a yog mother came up to the snd and said, "you know, if it's onla question of money, h can you forsake the children of soh park?" and that w something that real hit home to me. >> smith: the elected port coissioners, sensitive to public opinion, backed down. they adoptedhe more protective residential standard at ice the cost. >> i think that this effort s en successful, because this communithas been uncompromising in speaking u for itself and in insiing that pele listen. essentially have a communit he that has been on the fringes of anyind of economic or political per in the ty of seale for many decades. so it's a community th has only rently re-found its voice. >> smith: by finng its voice, south park redefinedhe meaning of "cln." and the community is n at work, developing riverfrt habitat zones at malarky and elsewhere along the dumish. >> in thabsence of a b.j. cummings or mebody like her who is out there on thwater, knowdgeable, aware of what is happening,