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together for 30 years and it wasn t legal until today. you have to see the look in the eyes of the folks getting married. they are still jazzed and buzzed and wired. with behind site from 2004, and a lot more time to prepare and over 350 volunteers. they provided a very different marriage experience. it has made up feel wonderful and acceptd and celebrated. so, the fact that i see so many people who have given their time to volunteer here means a tremendous amount. they are doing it in extra time in addition to the time they work here. we are usually good at putting our feelings down it went according to plan. this was what was planned for. people have commented, oh , my god, you are part of history and so many couples did we marry? how many dreams did we make come true. i feel like this is something we are here and charged with this responsibility to turn off. there was a lot of agencies that offered up their employees to help us out for this duration in the north light court process. it s overwhelming how city government works. this is a time for san francisco city employees out shined it should have happened years and years ago, and that s why i am so proud to be a part of this. that s why the late nights didn t bother me. i would get exhausted. in terms of what i m doing, i feel so good. i feel so good about san francisco and the impact we are making in the state. we changed the state. you had clerks in the state of california that didn t step up. they walked away. we are not only going to not do same sex marriages not a second time any. in contrast, in san francisco, this is what we can do, add up all these computers here. expand our capacity by x. we can open up early. stay open late and on weekends. it s unbelievable and we coordinate all the training and get all through the process and make sure everything is signed and certified. that s a model for others. what happens is, when people prove things can be done. it raises the bar for what s possible. i think a lot of people were here from 2004 and they knew what that was like and wanted to take part in 2008. i think people really again, you know, stepped up and really put out their best that anybody could do in very short amount of time and literally, i think we pulled this together in 2 weeks. we put in long hours to make this all happen.