. >> supervisor elsbernd, supervisor farrell, my name is richard rothman. i retired six years ago. weller was working, i helped draft -- while i was working, i helped draft prop b in 2008. we had a lot issues. one is on page 8. changing the formula for the cola. everything that i have read -- and i did send your offices a citation, which was put out earlier this year, reinforcing these rights. basically, it said -- or my interpretation, i am not a lawyer -- the those rights could not be changed unless they were given equally in return, and i do not see anything being given in return. it is a dangerous principle. if they can take away the best investing right come up -- if they can take away this investing right, why can they take away others? i have always said retirees and current employees cannot have rights taken away. this very much concerns me. also, the language that ms. callahan did not mention in the second drop that said it was the voters intention in 2008 that's -- that supplement the -- supplemental cola should only be paid out when the fund was fully funded. as someone