def _sanitizeName(name):
    """
    Sanitize name. Remove . - ' and lowercases.
    """

    name = name.lower()  # lower.
    name = name.replace('.','')  # remove periods.
    name = name.replace('-','')  # remove dashes.
    name = name.replace("'",'')  # remove apostrophies.
    # return it.
    return name