Great supporter.

Thank you very much.

In the early days,

almost every city that tried this kind of

legislation was challenged. We had so

many challenges, and the amazing thing

was that this city, this Council, and the

Administration met every challenge. If

part of the legislation was knocked down,

they went around it and put ...

I can't say enough about the work that Councilman Lu Blackwell, the role that he played in making this legislation a success.

Thank you. To

Council President Clarke, Councilperson Reynolds Brown, and all of the City Council, it's hard for me to believe that it's been 30 years since an extraordinary group of minority business people came together. Among them, Greg Wheeler, Earl Pace, who is here today, Wayne Levy ...