And what was the mood in the room as both at the dais where the council sits and in the audience where advocates sit and where the commissioners were presenting this and it's not turning out quite the way they had hoped?

I feel like it's always fun for me to watch people act a little bit off script and things would happen a little bit off the cuff.

I know Hugo Soto-Martinez made a big speech about how nothing important went through.

But I think the most visceral response that I saw was from Councilmember Aeneas Hernandez.

She ended the meeting with this remark that hinted at other back behind the scenes maneuverings around the issues being taken off the table.

She said something along the lines of, you all think that you set things up really well for November, but I think you're all absolutely wrong.

You've lost it.

Can all these fragments come together from time to time to help good things get over the finish line?