And I didn’t ask for things that were unreasonable. I supported the keepers as much as I could, and they knew that. I didn’t have to (indistinct), and I just said, hey, we’re making this submission to increase the salaries. If it works, it works. If it doesn’t, let’s do it again later. And almost every time, it was approved, every step. Every few years, we were able to upgrade the keepers more than just the standard flat 5% raises that all of the civil service employees would get through the action of the city board of supervisors.
