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born and raised in the mission district, also a proud member of carpenters local 22, a 130-year-old labor organization here in san francisco. and as far as the eye can see, generations of carpenters have built this city. i'm here proudly displaying this hat because we don't wear other gear. we don't -- certainly don't wear black hats with acronyms that have negative connotations and in some cases our members refer to them as the carpetbaggers in alameda referring to the union officials that don't have san franciscans best interest in mind. we are the taxpayers, members of the board, ...

it is peanuts. open space? we have a big part, a big open space next door. there is no foot traffic on that part of the embarcadero, and there never will be. a condo will not supply it, because the absentee owners do not produce any money there but -- because they do not live there but one or two weeks a year. the violation of all the rules in the book to make the waterfront connected to the bay, that is going right down to the sidewalk. it is terrible because all of the other lots are set back. the reason all of the other behalf -- buildings behind it were built is because they were...

space next door. there is no foot traffic on that part of the embarcadero, and there never will be. a condo will not supply it, because the absentee owners do not produce any money there but -- because they do not live there but one or two weeks a year. the violation of all the rules in the book to make the waterfront connected to the bay, that is going right down to the sidewalk. it is terrible because all of the other lots are set back. the reason all of the other behalf -- buildings behind it were built is because they were set back one block from the waterfront. putting another b...

sidewalk. it is terrible because all of the other lots are set back. the reason all of the other behalf -- buildings behind it were built is because they were set back one block from the waterfront. putting another big building up next to my building is no more than a high-rise tenement. how would you like to buy a unit and look into your neighbor's windows? that is all they are going to see. it makes no sense at all. as far as that is concerned, you have an obsession with parking. this place completed eight parking garages under the ferrie park building a years ago because it was no...

the rose colored glasses of the port -- i guess numbers are not that important. they say the pool is twice the size when it is 100 square feet smaller. i guess numbers do not really matter in a discussion like this. this is our last opportunity to work on the waterfront and create a wonderful space. i feel this project is shortsighted. it calls for a financially stressed, self-serving port. there is a small self-serving development company with many tax breaks. it does not provide, as the tagline, a real attachment to the waterfront. look at this -- a wall of buildings with an insign...