That and thank his family for making him available for all of those hours that hes put in. But as Planning Development director, my background is more planning than development, so, i really relied on jonathan. Hes made my job a lot easier and weve strategized about how many people its going to take to replace you now that youre gone. I do want to mention one thing. We talked about the Great Projects that youve been involved in and the successes, but our relationship started [speaker not understood]. But sometimes those projects really test you and i think that that project really cemented our relationship. Took a lot of the skills, all the skills that it takes to make a project work. It all came into play. The project has come and gone, but [laughter] no complaints. But i think that was a great start for us and i really appreciate [speaker not understood]. Definitely more than 7 years, but i appreciate the relationship. Im going to do a twofor here. Jonathan, were going to miss you. A
Service here at the port, learned it from the Port Commissioners who serve and the port staff and ive been honored to serve with all of you. I am heart ened about the legacy people are talking about today, and i believe it. And im moving forward again to Public Service to try to create some more of that legacy. Nothing will ever quite be the same as working with the waterfront where the legacy is right up in front and inter mingled with the new, the old, the historic. Ill always treasure the memories here and well come and visit it [speaker not understood]. So, thank you. I thank you for the opportunity to serve. Thank you. So, jonathan, now im speaking on behalf of my colleagues who im sure will want to speak as well. First of all, i just say that your son and daughter should be very proud of their father. As youve heard from his colleagues, you rarely hear so much praise heaped on somebody at work and this is just a fraction of what he really deserves. I think weve all youed the same
Solve a problem. And my colleagues have really said already what a big hole well have to fill without him. Weve all relied on him. I have to make a public admission while hes here and his family is here. Twice jonathan and i talked about numbers and analysis and sort of the bottom line of an equation, [speaker not understood]. And he very quickly put a number on the board and left. Okay, im going to validate that number. It took me about two hours with the spreadsheet and it was the same number. It happened to me twice. [laughter] hes very smart. Ill miss you. Good afternoon, jack [speaker not understood] with the San Francisco giants. On behalf of the giants family, i want to congratulate you on your new position and also assure monique that jonathan was a zealous advocate of the ports interest at all times. [laughter] he never complained, though, i know. But also an incredibly smart and sophisticated person on the other side of the transaction, which is often what you really want in
With his effort the u. S. S. America what commissioned here. Veterans day being last week, in 1990 general myatt led the 22,000 marines of the First Marine Division to recapture kuwait. This man is an authentic hero. Im honored to meet him. I want to thank him for his help in San Francisco and we hope to see him next year for an even better fleet week. applause good afternoon, Susan Reynolds from the Real Estate Department. And, jonathan, i hate to say goodbye to you, but i wish you the best of luck. I want to thank you for all your insight and honesty and support of the Real Estate Department and thank your family for sharing him. I know that youve all given up his time with us because he spent so much time here. I understand youre a very analytical family so, i asked him today how you get anything done in the family. You must have to analyze everything. But it sounds like we have a future architect and some really good analysts in the family. So, maybe they will come back and share t
Said already what a big hole well have to fill without him. Weve all relied on him. I have to make a public admission while hes here and his family is here. Twice jonathan and i talked about numbers and analysis and sort of the bottom line of an equation, [speaker not understood]. And he very quickly put a number on the board and left. Okay, im going to validate that number. It took me about two hours with the spreadsheet and it was the same number. It happened to me twice. [laughter] hes very smart. Ill miss you. Good afternoon, jack [speaker not understood] with the San Francisco giants. On behalf of the giants family, i want to congratulate you on your new position and also assure monique that jonathan was a zealous advocate of the ports interest at all times. [laughter] he never complained, though, i know. But also an incredibly smart and sophisticated person on the other side of the transaction, which is often what you really want in a sophisticated and complicated transaction. So