a black limousine, a taxi that did not know the city, i had a graphic description of two young males leaving a club that for taken to another location and beaten. this is horrifying. can you see a criminal running around in a taxi picking up people? we're talking about something really bad. i had at least three tourists, one german, one french, and one italian, complain about san francisco taxis it is imperative you support this legislation. also, i want to thank hiyashi for her work. we support her. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am with united taxicab workers and a taxicab association. i have a medallion and i worked as management for green cab. i want to support this legislation. i -- thank you. i want to support this legislation. i don't think it is in controversy. some of these things are things we have been urging for many years. on the issue of safety, on the issue of service that supervisor cohen reyes, this is an enormous, a perplexing problem. i don't want to gloss it over. perhaps one approach to this might be to do

a black limousine, a taxi that did not know the city, i had a graphic description of two young males

a black limousine, a taxi that did not know the city, i had a graphic description of two young males leaving a club that for taken to another location and beaten. this is horrifying. can you see a criminal running around in a taxi picking up people? we're talking about something really bad. i had at least three tourists

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