>> good afternoon, commissioners, my name is taylor walker. my wife and i own the property at 55 jordan that we are trying to remodel. i just wanted to amplify what our architect said. we've worked very hard with the neighbors to ensure that the massing in scale of what we are trying to do in our rear yard is appropriate and neighbor-friendly. quite contrary to what the d.r. requester said, he called us with an ultimatum the day before he was going out of town for two weeks and said that if we didn't agree to raise the wall from approximately four feet up to nine feet, he would file a petition. so there was no effort on his part to make any sort of outreach to us. we, in effect, were threatened with this process. we believe, if you take a look at the notes, that we are reducing the glazing and also the footprint of the house and we hope to live in this house for many years and to be good neighbors to all around us. thank you very much. president fong: d.r. requester, is there any other public comment in favor of the project sponsor? seeing non

mary taylor was fired from her job as high school custodian in wisconsin because she had this sign supporting embattle the governor scott walker on her car. she was later given her job back at another school. she's concerned about being singled out for her political beliefs. we are joined live by mary taylor and her attorney tom simon. good morning. >> good morning. >> mary, you had this sign in the back of your car. >> yes, i did. >> and your head custodian told you what? >> she told me that i was to take the sign out of the back window and put it on the floor of the car or i could park across the street. >> right. >> so you had the "stand with walker" sign. there are a lot of teachers' cars in the parking lot that had anti-walker bumper stickers. >> that's correct. >> so you didn't take it down. why? >> i did not. >> why? >> because i had my rights to put signs in my car. i know that's my right. >> sure. >> and, of course, i stand for scott walker so i felt that it was necessary for me to provide information for other people that i indeed do stand for scott walker. and when i first started there, these teachers had these rec

for displaying a sign that shows her support for embattled governor scott walker with a bumper sticker. 68-year-old mary taylorchool was asked by administrators to remove the bumper sticker after a couple of teachers complained. she refused. that's when, according to her attorney, they gave her the axe. and fired her. kyle olson is the founder of education action group and joins us now with more. so there is mary taylor simply exercising her freedom of expression on the bump of -- bumper of her car. a couple of teachers see it, they complain. next thing you know, she's fired. what's going on, kyle? >> what's happening is the unions especially in wisconsin have very successfully turned our schools into these political hot houses where politics rule the day. and what's happening is we expect our schools to be places where there's diversity of opinion and where our teachers and school employees are encouraging students and the adults to think for themselves. but this is a perfect example of where if you don't agree with the union, then you either must comply with them or get out. >> i read one account on line tha