barry toronto. toby edelhart. >> any of those folks here? good afternoon, sir. >>> hello, my name is rufus abercrombie. i'm standing because i want to tell you how i feel about my country. i got drafted in the army from balboa high school when i was 20 years old and sent to vietnam. and i depth just go once. they sent me back twice and they sent me back three time. i served my country with proudness because we are a country of christians and i had values even in war. and i got promoted as a staff sergeant in war when i was 20 years old and could barely read and right, but i was pretty good at reading a map. i grew up in texas, about 150 miles out of dallas. i'm talking to you today because i've had just about every part of my body cut into, my brain. i have false lip. they gave me new surgery. and all of this, i realize that i would have to die one day. when i close my eyes i wanted to tell god, lord, i gave it my best wherever i was. and where i was, if i saw the street dirty i would try to clean i

barry toronto followed by [speaker not understood] mahmoud. >> barry is here? >> barry is here. >> mr. toronto. >>> hi, good afternoon, chair nolan, fellow directors. today is a special day for a lot of people who observe the jewish religion. i really shouldn't be here. but before i go to my seder first i need to say some things. first i need say something positive about flywheel. to counteract it. flywheel is what we have now. most part, the passengers love it and i love it when the passengers use it right because i have had nothing but positive experiences. so, the first good thing is better than swear and better than bear phone, they pay us right away. i give rides that night. by noon the next day, money is in my checking account, all there. the next good thing is that they are very good at now communicating better with the drivers. so, it's getting improving and i'm hoping with this message to them that they will want to really work with us because the technology is needed. it's needed. we wanted it years ago. i wanted it years ago. unfortunately at yesterd

barry toronto followed by eric rue, then rosie [speaker not understood] and alejandra [speaker not understood]. if anyone has not turned in speaker cards, please do so now. >> hello, mr. nolan. >>> [speaker not understood]. i thought we were going to have general public comment as well. i want to talk about the budget. you know, the taxi industry contributes a lot of money to this budget. and i'm a little concerned that we're not getting our money's worth at all. i'm concerned that we are not being told what hadth investigators are doing. you know, of course they have done a wonderful job, but we're not getting reports about what we're getting for our money. what are they doing? i don't see them out there. i had asked it be important in order to improve the taxi service at the ballpark that they have the investigators out there to make it easy for us to get in and get out. they made a decision it was a waste of time not to have taxi investigators over on 2nd street and over on the ballpark to prevent the pill ferning and stealing and illegal activities going on thereby the tmcs and by illegal

i saw mary and barry and the governor of toronto smoking crack, and it really got all cloudy.[laughter] then it starts to dispate a little bit, and i saw a tweet from anthony weaner who wants the brie mare, deblasio, in new york, and i was afraid to read it. i'm going to abandon that. however, i want to approach this panel a little differently today. i know we have panelists here who will talk about the candidates and, you know, the play-by-play. i'm going to step back for a moment and talk about something that a i feel is going to affect this election, the one, the midterm election as well as the presidential, and it's going to affect our politics here in this country and abroad significantly. that issue is the fact that many americans today feel threatened. we feel threatened. our jobs are threatened, our standing in the world is threatened, and this is going to realign not just the electorate, but how politicians reagent to the electorate. you know, if you think about it, now, i actually workedded for doug hoffman when he ran, he was the first tea party candidate, and i sta

i saw marion barry and the mayor of toronto smoking crack, and they got all cloudy. then it's her to disobey a little bit i saw a tweet from anthony weiner, lost the primary to the velocity of in new york and i was afraid to read it. so i'm going to abandon that. however, i want to approach them a little differently today. i know we have many panels here who will talk about the candidates and the play-by-play. i'm going to step back for a moment and talk about something that a deal is going to affect this election, the midterm election as well as the presidential, and it's going to affect our politics here in this country and abroad pretty significantly. and that issue is the fact that many americans today feel threatened. we feel threatened, our jobs are threatened. our standing in the world is threatened, and this is going to realign not just the electorate, but how politicians react to this electorate. if you think about it, i actually worked for doug kofman when he ran, so i saw a starting to foment very early in the tea party. was in a sense of reaction to this.