and with the tourists bring to our neighborhoods, more biculturalism -- multiculturalism. rather than legislate this problem, we should make this a better option to take, and still, some people will only take the bus. maybe they don't speak the language or they are not physically mobile. or maybe they're just intimidated traveling in a big city. one of these people may be a photographer. in the place that they are from. or they may be an entrepreneur who falls in love with the well- kept park, and so we benefit from sharing the neighborhood with these tests. and limiting the kind of buses that people can take to our neighborhood to limit the number of visitors. and this reduces our chances of bringing new people with exciting ideas to the city and the neighborhood. thank you. >> and is there any additional public comment? >> edward mason. i would like to discuss the commuter buses. this is a regional issue, and i made the agreement to reduce the vehicle miles traveled. this would increase the number of shuttle buses. local-bus is that we experience, our bosses, they attemp

what this mexican-american kid continues to work with and develop and it's bilingual, you know, biculturallot of times by myself, if i don't do it right. but you know, it -- chicano is also a state of mind. but identify mexican-american, 'cause we are all latinos, hispanics, you can be puerto rican, cuban, you know, we are all hispanics. >> do you think there's less of us or few of us who are using that word or labeling ourselves as chicano? >> i think back in the '70s, remember this, an identity crisis, you know, the civil rights and i did a lot of marching behind that because the schools, you know, all the things that happened with schools. and unfortunately, a lot of people think that's derogatory comment. >> my mom didn't like it. my mom didn't want us to use the word chicano. i realized, hey, i am economic can know. >> yeah. i mean, what's wrong with knowing who we are, you know? >> right. >> you can call yourself whatever you want but it is better to know who you are and be it. i think a lot of people really just don't understand the word "chicano" but we should be proud. just like a

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if we get into a discussion about background in terms of being bicultural in america you will come in terms of background , so now we are getting into citizenship in terms of background. as opposed to diversity. we can have a long discussion about that. i think that is what is important for us. let's get the facts straight. there is a special prosecutor who is looking into this matter. i think in this particular case there's plenty of choices out there that it important. that affects our society involves the fact we have the very important discussion and the fact this particular story was in very pizza but that i think it is important. >> it is interesting you say not very. i think it happened in late february and come to national attention for three weeks. i meant to come back and looked at this minority broadcasters and journalists were the ones who forced it to bubble up to national attention. is that your understanding? >> and i believe other networks got involved to notice that, but that is important. that is part of the discussion say 20 years ago with this have been possible? t

if we get into a discussion about backgrounds, you know, in terms of being bicultural in america, ifyou will, in terms of backgrounds, my father's chilean, for example, so now we're getting into citizenship in terms of backgrounds. as opposed to diversify. dwertty. we could have a long discussion about that. i think that's why it's important for us, let's get the facts straight. there's a special prosecutor who's looking into this matter. i think in this particular case there are plenty of voices out there, the discussion is important. i think that reflects how our society has evolved, the fact that we can have these very important discussions, the fact that this particular story wasn't buried. so for that i think it's important. >> well, you know, it's interesting you say not buried. i think the story happened, actually, in late february, didn't come to national attention for three weeks, i believe it was the case. so it wasn't buried, and then to come back to jose's point, it looked as if minority broadcasters and journalists were the ones who forced it to bubble up to national att