mark gruberg. i think you realize that there were a lot of cabdrivers who wanted to speak. and -- the way that the meeting went, they were unable to do this. i hope that i reflect the sentiments of many of them. listening to these budget discussions is kind of scary for someone in our position. it makes it very clear that this agency is a very hungry animal. we're finding different -- you are finding ways to extract money from us. selling the dalliance and the direct medallion sales, single- operator permits, that have not yet been implemented and now we have this proposal to lease one- third of the fleet, to cap companies, and this is going to have a tremendous impact on taxi drivers, with 500 medallions going to cap companies, and it means the 500 drivers will not get a medallion. this is worse than taking their money, it is robbing them of their future, of any reason to remain as a cabdriver. this will be a dead-end job for many of these people. he would be condemning them to the tender mercies of corrupt cab companies, and you are going to be selecting which companies a