first up, nonprofit exec sharmain matlock-turner. >> hi, tamala.d morning. >> documentarian sam katz. >> good morning. >> journalist larry platt. >> good morning. >> and communications executive jeff jubelirer. >> morning, tam. >> well, we just listened to the mayor, and let's talk about the budget. first of all, after such a big budget, a big thing that he asked for the first year, was very modest. were you surprised that he was smart enough, many would say, to come out and not ask for that much this time? >> i think it was smart to say, "look, i put my priorities out in my first budget. i really sort of let the city know what i thought was important, and now i've spent the last year really listening to city council and others to make sure that we are making additional changes, but changes that i think we can afford and changes that i think are not going to talk about another big tax increase. >> in the budget, of course, we talked about how much of it is pinned on the soda tax and keeping the money. he was very dismissive of pepsico or shopkeeper