It's kind of self-evident that he has a conflict of interest, BFD.  All of these types of committees deliberately involve stakeholders from as many sides of an issue as possible.  And even though different development interests sit on all of these committees, they've had limited success recently in controlling the agenda.  On the contrary, things like the ongoing changes with the tree ordinance, the new LTIC fee and the greater restrictions on demolitions, are being achieved over their objections.