our past services that come from us in the financial interest of the sfmta. the prospect of future caps depends on the ability to switch ramp medallion for regular medallions. the current ramp medallion will yield 100,000 a month to the sfmta. it should be recalled that during the pilot program, a regular medallion holder, some of whom had recently gotten them, sold them for 250,000. [indiscernible]

we understand the need of the sfmta to secure income. >> chairman nolan: - thank you sir. next speaker please. >> secretary boomer: i diane maleck. >> good afternoon, my name is [indiscernible], i have been living in san francisco for 29 years; i respectfully reject this proposal. i have been on the waiting list for almost 14 years. i send you my proposal. here is my proposal. to serve the public we don't need 24/7 cabs in san

francisco; please issue 500 big-time medallion, for $50,000 each, it would generate 25 million for the sfmta. when the build of the business on the off-peak time we can work those medallions to the regular medallions for example 100 medallions a year during the course of five years without hurting the business. then you can work the peak time medallion for the regular medallion. then you put 500 peak time medallion, and then you will go to list of 1000 drivers on the medallion waiting list; those of the drivers waited 10 years or more on the waiting

list. that way you can stop drivers taking legal action against the sfmta. directors, please help qualify drivers in the medallion list. if you do so you will save many drivers retirement and families future. if you don't you are getting advantage of one group over another. i wonder why. you sold over 280 medallions. i am protesting that. [indiscernible] you gave 150-200 medallions to be leased directly to the cab companies; i'm protesting that. [indiscernible]

ignoring drivers like me, who have been driving a cab for almost 24 years, and on the waiting list for almost 14 years. i am protesting on everything that the sfmta is doing especially to the drivers on the waiting list. [indiscernible] >> chairman nolan: -- next speaker. >> peter kirby, ray [indiscernible] indsa [indiscernible] >> today members of the board. peter kirby, cab driver, 400 on the list. 397 to be specific.

violation of the public trust. conflicts of interest. i think you all know what i'm talking about. this board when it issued all these leased medallions to companies, you guys totally disregarded 30 years of voting history in the city of san francisco. the people of the city of san francisco one drivers to have medallions. that is called a violation of the public trust. conflict of interest. you guys are making quite a bit of money here by the things that you have passed. congratulations. only problem is that it's a little cognitive interest, made you guys tens of millions of

dollars. that's what you all vote unanimously for all this stuff. i understand exactly who you people are. you guys have flushed anything that any driver has tried to work with you down the toilet; you vote for all of your self-serving stuff you have no interest in providing quality service to the people of san francisco. your only interest is raising money for yourself. you have proven there is no working with you. the only thing we have left is to organize against you. that is why am organizing a ballot initiative, charter amendment the does two things: one, it takes all medallions leased to cab companies, and reverse them immediately to

the list to be given out as earned medallions. secondly, it takes you guys out of the san francisco taxi cab business; we need a new san francisco taxicab commission totally outside of this body. (applause) >> -- driving 20 years, position 200. i started driving 20 years ago as a cab driver; probably limit you guys remember. i started in the sunshine cab company. for the beginning, almost [indiscernible] ; last 20 years i paid 1.25

millon to the cab companies. i'm poor. now you have come with the funny idea, you want to sell us a medallion. i paid 1.25 million to the cab companies over the last 20 years. how much is that worth? how much 20 years at my age is worth. no you guys come with another funny idea. 150 people give 150,000. how about risk? i'm 64 years old. how about my family? what are you guys going to do for these people? do you think you are a --

i am a father, husband, broither,a neighbor, good person. what is going on with this corrupted city? i am a young man? 64 years old. what should i do? at 64 years old. start from scratch. can i make a payment? you tell me. are you guys american? are you guys american? cheating your neighbor? no, i don't think so. you guys are not american. [indiscernible] these people -- not communists.

these are american people, hard-working people like me. 64 years old. plus 20 years my age, plus i paid 1.2 million dollars to the cab companies. you think of -- like a little baby? this is not right. i don't know where you are coming from. the only difference is you work from sfmta. we are independent contractors. i have a daughter going to college. i have a son in college. what do you expect from me? you put pressure on me and that put pressure on my family? how can i go to my family,

after 20 years, if i were younger, different story. (applause) [indiscernible] >> good afternoon mr. chairman. my name is [indiscernible] on oct. 16 i spoke with you on the same subject. 17 years ago [indiscernible] there was no restriction, no regulation, no rule that i had to pay 150,000 for it. i have been working year after year, just as a cab driver. this is the only source of income i have, with the family in college kids. with the proposal i see, we have been taken so much

beatings from everybody, the hotels, cab companies, side car, out of town cab, and yet pay 150,000. first we cannot afford that. please, i am not going to speak anymore. i am asking you, kindly, do not pass this. just keep going. [indiscernible] thank you very much. >> next speaker please. [indiscernible] >> good afternoon lessons element. my name is jerry neehan. i came across a few words

yesterday in a like to share with them. etched in stone in washington as the fdr memorial, part of roosevelt second inaugural address. we make progress not by adding more to the abundance of those who have a lot, but whether we provide for those who have little. i ask that you keep that in mind as you worship your own mighty dollar and as you crucified and annihilate the san francisco cabdrivers. as far as i'm concerned you have stolen my life; my whole life revolved around getting that medallion. i promised my kids a better life is coming. what am i supposed to tell them now? i work for nothing. my life has been flushed down the drain. i don't care if i get into an accident when i get into that cab anymore. there is no hope. i could not give a damn about it to be honest with you.

i have been kicked below the belt, stabbed on the back. mr. nolan, when i was growing up until country i was surrounded by nolans. you have a great name. i babysat nolans, the first girl i ever kissed was a nolna. you have any decency, any irish in you you will restore hope. especially drivers on the list in their fifties and sixties. some of them can't change a lightbulb.

our whole life has gone into this thanks a lot. (applause) >> i have two purposes of speaking, want to clarify the details of the half-price medallion offer; the other is to implore the board to extend the offer to 300 rather than 150 applicants. each medallion moves 1.5 to 2 names; about 500 people can be brought into the fold if you allowed 300. your workers are your greatest asset. is consider forgoing the extra revenue you would get from sharing the other 150 medallions with these drivers and not forgo the goodwill of your workforce. also these people that we have gotten into the fold have proved that they can dodge accident and deal with the

public; the previous speakerjerry is a perfect example. he is something like 400 on the list. this is a career worker counting on this; it is not his fault. there are 1000 of us like myself who are either prop k -- and you will sell medallions for an extra 100,000 and make a total of 1 million dollars off that alone. [indiscernible] of course there is a lawsuit filed by the people who want to revert to prop k, they think that what we are doing is illegal. --

-- violations of federal law and no exit strategy for the older medallion holders. some of them are 80 years old. the mantra is drive until you drop. -- -- they would cover these people within the next three years or so. i want to explain the half-price offer quickly. there is no down payment required. there is a 90,000 equity advantage; the day someone give this for half price without a down payment they can sell it and make 90,000. minus the transfer fee. also the 1000 a dollar a month upgrade;

[indiscernible] i think these people don't understand that and hopefully they will give it some thought. >> chairman nolan: next speaker please. >> i was hoping to come here earlier like a couple of months ago. i was in a car accident, in a taxi here in seven san francisco, hit by an uninsured motorist; i have six damage discs. i can believe that you guys are going to try to ticket where with these drivers are work for; i worked as a driver seven years, it is one of the most disgusting jobs i have had in my whole entire life, being a

cab driver in san francisco. the cab companies treat you like crap. not all companies offer uninsured motorist coverage. it my case, the guy said, we have workers compensation. why should they be covered by workers compensation? second of all, safety checks that you guys are supposedly doing, i have seen seven cars in a row at national cab where the air bags did not deploy. in my car the airbags did not deploy.

the seatbelt was kept together by clothespin. you want to take away something that they need to provide for their family. they put up with a lot of crap. they have not talked about this to you guys yet. i did come in on april 24, i spoke to one of the board members here in regards to some of these issues. i was reserved to a young lady over here in the green, and once we left that office all she did was dismiss me. send me over to eric -- who yelled at me and jarvis was concerned is whether or not i was going to run for office again. he was upset when i ran for district 6 supervisor two years ago. you guys need to take a look at this. if you will issue more medallions, but public safety first. i listen to kqed, and listen to

lies come out her mouth. i'm not attacking her. but you have cabs out there with no air bags; seat belts put together with clothespins. please don't take away the future of these guys. >> chairman nolan: next speaker please. >> good afternoon mr. lawrence. >> ladies and gentlemen, commissioners, good afternoon. i welcome this opportunity to speak here today. basically i have to say this. i believe this is a big horse and pony show; you have

implemented your strategy. cabdrivers are getting phone calls whether they will accept every value for 150,000. -- --- you inherited a taxi commission, you do not inherit proposition k. you are taking away what is the taxi drivers pension and lifetime income. with no compensation. you have given them a kick in the ass with no compensation. that is what you intended to do today. it's already been implemented. your big meeting here today is awash.

it was my hope that when mr. reiskin became director they would have erased what one of the most corrupt men in san francisco did. you are converting pensions of taxidrivers into your own income. you will give free bus rides to children by using medallions that you will sell. what is all that about? if you look back at the history of this commission, you look back over the 5-6 years, the last 3-4 years when it inherited the tax commission, you pay no attention to what any cab driver has given under any subject. --

you fed them dirt and kept them in the dark while you implement the policies. we are not criminals. we are taxi drivers but basically take people around the city but we cannot pay our rent. 25-35-15 years ago, and you think you do not own them any compensation as long as it goes into your checking account. maybe it is time for a civil grand jury to investigate. and what you are doing. it seems that you have no conscience at all in the city. thank you for your time. (applause) >> good afternoon.

chairman nolan, directors. i am very curious as to why you gave us three minutes today. only one minute last month. when they all showed up. now they're not here because this is things giving week; they need to be working and serving the public. this is disgusting. the irishman is correct. you should go back and figure out what the nolan family really means. they will be a challenge to what you did. this is not funded yet and yet you decided to shut the door on the taxidrivers. i'm glad that is him hyoshi is back; it a great job running the meetings. (applause) glad that director rubke showed

to listen to what happened, and i hope you have a summary of what occurred of the town hall meetings. if you don't have a summary, she failed you in that way. director reiskin, you know that most of the people left in the afternoon session after this out there were getting this proposal shoved down their throat or put up their you know what. i don't fault christian hyoshi for that. the only thing a fault is that there should have been alterations to the proposal and we should have copies here. we should have lots of copies of the presentations presented by staff; when this comes up, we don't get to see copies at the meeting. this is what we call a shondic

[sounds like] not something good about what your staff has done to us. 99.9% of the meetings i attend we always hear the staff report before we have public comment. it did not occur here. the down payment process was discussed hardly at all at a town hall meetings. very little time was given to it because so much is important to number 11. in fact if i miss just, because those people at the top of the list have been working so hard and made a commitment to the industry don't tell them go to you know where. because we don't like you. it's better to start with maybe 50 people; charts maybe 60,000; the next 50, 100,000, and the next 50 150.

>> chairman nolan: next speaker please. >> good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. i realize this is totally pointless but i have to say my piece. we you don't care. your are cold-blooded the way you treat people. i live in san francisco 43 years and taxi driver for 23 years; we are treated like garbage by everybody. for god's sake, look at the tradition of taxidrivers; i

have been waiting list for 17 years, number 90. i'm 66 years old. i cannot buy a taxi because it would not give me alone. you virtually single-handedly all of you ruined my life. i got sick the other day and i realized, if i get sick i have nothing. i will lose everything. i will be on the street. you always come in and give awards to different muni drivers and people; you never even recognize a cab driver who is done good service to the city. never even recognize it. we are like second-class citizens to you. we have said basically that's the way we are. we have always been that way to you people, to everybody in san francisco. san francisco has a tradition. they voted for