. >> mark grewberg, terry kamood. thank you, again. i wanted to comment on the scooter permit selection process, and i see that uber and lyft are among the applicants and i note that passed behaviors of these companies is one of the criteria for which they're to be measured. i wanted to remind the board uber and lyft started into business illegally. they had no authority to operate either as taxis or as charter party carriers. they were able, after years and months, to convince the cpuc under highly dubious circumstances to approve tm. this became their business model. they went across the country and in uber's case across the world doing the same thing in city after city after city. operating illegally until they could get the authorities to give them their approval. and you know, especially in uber's case, i don't want to ex 'em lyft, this is a company, we could spend the rest of the afternoon talking about this company's corporate transgressions. the list is so long. so, i hope yke this into consideration when you decide whether the