. >> hi, tom murphy. thank you. i grew up in san francisco, and i am a loan officer. the last families that i have approved are from san francisco. the city and families, it has all been said. housing, families, jobs. president chiu: next speaker, and there are seats up here. >> good evening, supervisors. i was born and raised in san francisco. pretty much, parkmerced is where i live, and i know there will be some inconveniences for the next 20 years. i am willing to live with those inconveniences. all of us expect this, and in the united states. i understand there are concerned about this. i think this project was well thought out. i think the developers' hands are pretty much tied. i think the location of this where it is being built does make sense. there will be a lot more housing than before. 19th avenue, you have a lot of ways to move in and out. there is also the muni that is going to be there. there may be less traffic coming into san francisco. we may actually be reducing debt and not increasing it. in addition, the situation with me, it is very dangerous whe

. >> well, tom murphy back in '85, i'm not sure how he valued espn. but michael eisner talked a lot about it being espn. he was also interested in other aspects of the country. no question the growth of espn or the success of espn has been significant and i actually far exceeded whatever tom or michael thought it would be. it's just been an amazing and wonderful success story. >> rose: how has it changed course? >> rose: well, i think it's helped sports a lot because sports fan... fan is short for fanatic. people are voracious about their sports. particularly local. and what espn has done is they've served sports fans even better than they ever were before they have greatly, greatly enhanced the sports fan experience by making available to the sports fan not only live coverage of sports that they love and more of it but all kinds of ancillary programming and discussion and analysis and highlights and that's been a great thing. the power of espn and the great run it's had is all about serving the sports fan in very, very compelling ways. >> rose: and y