my name is emil lawrence.of today, i believe the mta has voted to put 100 more taxis on the street. i suggest you ask them to hold off on any decisions until the new mta director is on board, august 15. they seem to want to rush this item. there has been no economic impact report done by the mta on taxi driver income. unlike most of you here, taxi drivers in the city and county of san francisco do not get unemployment insurance, pensions, medical, dental, days off with pay. they get zero. for them to put another 150 calves on the street without determining how much more or less money these drivers will make is unconscionable. secondly, i would like to bring up the fact that if the jet overall salaries at the mta -- if we look at overall salaries at the mta, they are approving for the new director $241,000. the previous director got $300,000 coming from $180,000 in atlanta. the guy had no mathematical or academic degree from any university in the united states, and they pay him that. i think the new director do