i am tom creden. i want to thank the commissioners, rodney, and my landlord. i have known john for quite some time. what office looks straight over at the fishery. i always knew everything was fine when he was out surveying the whole situation. some of the things i think were missed in the bio were that i think they were the last participants in the whaling industry in this area. the other thingé)q is that becae of the whaling industry, he was in the tallow business. modesto tallow was his. caelliott will probably tell you that during his regime, john made sure it was modesto tallow& that did the pick up. john was instrumental in starting the leases at pier 45. people had been strong in saying that nobody could afford to pay the rent at the port was going to ask for those spaces. john stepped forward and said that he was thin. he was passionate about his business. there were a lot of folks loyal to john. i would go to visit him. he was always excited to show me his new filet line or whenever he had going. he probably handled more salmon than anyone else did at