the intent of this is to tell you we do not like the direction that philip ginsberg is taking this department. that is why we are up behind this measure. we want you to tell everyone. >> thank you, supervisors, for sponsoring this measure. i am a long-term resident of the city. a previous speaker mentioned shareholders. wait a minute. we paid for those parks. we, the residents, for 150 years, have been supporting these things. now rec and park is allowing a few small corporations and small businesses to privatize them. even if it is a non-profit, if they are charging twice what it is charging before, that is a cost to the citizens of san francisco. this is a measure to stop the creeping privatisation of our parks. they belong to the people. this is not a stockholder situation. ginsberg hired 10 new staff people making $100,000 each that are selling our parks. how many rec and park directors could be retained if he had used that money differently? this is an emergency. we need to start stopping the selling of our public land and our public services. we can have lots of creative programs. we ca