once a proposal is made, it cannot be unmade. let's take a close look at why the proposal was made. the state says that its purpose is around jobs. let me make it clear that we support jobs. everyone supports jobs. but that is not what this proposal is about. i'm going to shed a spotlight, not a candlelight, on the politics behind this and move it away from where supervisor kim campos was correctly identifying. this proposal is not only unnecessary, it is much more than imbalanced and it is divisive. it is foolhardy, disingenuous, and should be rejected out of hand today for the following reasons. when you look at this proposal, it is clear that what is going on today, the context, this is a private sector taking over the public sectors decision making and taking from art elected political representatives and shifting it to appointees. is this the small-business agenda? i do not think so. this is the corporate agenda packaged in a very pretty package by suggesting that it is small business. even in the presentation by the mayor's office, there is not even an appearance that there wa