my name is steven ron. i believe most of the issues have already been eloquently presented. but i'll add my verbiage to it. my name is steven ron. i have owned my building and operated my photography business on claire street, 259 claire street, since 1979. and i've worked in the selma area for over 45 years. i have, i believe, the third longest history of any current property owner or resident on claire street. and we have always had our an issue -- had our issue with 374 fifth street. age gives you a great sense of perspective. one of those things i'm acquiring and interested in. and it lets you see the cycles of human effect on your surroundings and on our city. during this window of time, my collection of south of market history, i have witnessed the rise of third street since the building of the mosconi center. and i have witnessed the fall of sixth street as it received the migration from the old third street populace. i've experienced the evolution and improvement of claire street from prostitution a

ron artest of the lakers will be here tomorrow night. joining us -- remain with us is howard bragman, stevencist. he's the founder of 15 minutes. why is this so resonating a story? >> really, it's -- there's three things that this touch. one is the society we live in. we're all working harder than ever before for the same or less money. the second thing is the general lack of politeness and civility. have you ever heard somebody running for governor tell a president to shove it before as we did yesterday? i mean, that just didn't used to happen. and the third thing is the airline experience that steven touched on that we all know is just horrible. i mean you look at that flight and you can look at his actions and he's taken responsibility and i'm proud of him but you have to look at the bigger picture. what caused all of this to happen? >> steven, why your here tonight since you didn't want to do any media. howard must have said okay. why now? why not just fade away? >> you know, i think there are wonderful opportunities to have a dialogue about some of these very issues. and i hope that in