. >> barry toronto followed by howard strausser. >> good afternoon. >> hi. good afternoon chairman nolan, fellow directors. i hope you had a nice 4th of july. i wasn't very happy considering the fact that independence day -- we well are a nation of laws and unfortunately we have a mayor that doesn't consider the transportation code viable part of this city. if you watch tv or if you want i can send you an email link to the video. apparently mayor lee called a certain app gay on july 13 in the city. i guess apparently rumors daughter works for that particular app and i am concerned that you have a mayor that appointed you is supporting this app which is know is illegal and in fact the insurance doesn't cover it and more and more insurance companies are contacting the drivers and your private insurance doesn't cover the use of this vehicle so i would allow you guys to get more involved. any day now the ruling from come back from the administrative law judge and you should want to know this information and react to it publicly and be on strong with the taxis. i

evening, president hwang and fellow commissioners, i haven't been here in a long time, my name is barry toronto, and i appreciate that this ie stem is first off for discussion and it's a much needed discussion to have because the fact is that there has been a little bit of friction between the taxi staff and this body regarding how you meet out discipline on somebody who has blatantly violated the rules and regulations and laws of this city and three of you are relatively new to this process, i have a number of questions that should be asked before you decide, one, does the charter based upon amendment, alterations, the ballot box allow the sfmta to just throw out the baby with the bath water or throw out the entire bathtub full of water? i think you need to get a determination, the only problem is the attorney that works for the sfmta also works with mr. brian as well, so you have a little conflict there. the other issue is what happens if you don't approve this mou today, what happens, do we go back to the drawing board, when i first heard about