snyder. >> good morning. dave steiger. by way of introduction but not by way of formal representing the organization, i and co- founder of united taxicab workers. i am running into a lot of problems. everything kind of broke down. i will get it to you. also, i have sent out e-mail. i have come down here to give you a heads up that some of us are circulating a petition called an omnibus tax a driver security and passenger service -- taxi driver security and passenger service measure that would provide driver protection for what happened to mr. singe back in january when he got stabbed on state street. i have appeared here twice. director nolan and executive director ford indicated we should do something. we should get a report. that was never calendared. nothing was done. it is only a matter of time before someone gets killed. i think you might want to begin to regulate that, even if it does not come directly from tax. i will get you copies of this petition which are being signed by san francisco cab drivers to keep the reg

dave. but i think to follow-up with what grant said, i think the contract was given by daniel snyder.hink if shanahan said no, you can't do this, then it probably wouldn't have happened because shanahan does have complete control. but i think kyle shanahan probably would not have wanted this to happen. he and mcnabb have had conflicting issues and had a dicey relationship on how they handle each other. but i think dan snyder wanted to do this. mcnabb is a really, really good guy to put as the face of this franchise. there is no other quarterback they have right now and he gave him $40 million. think of what he gave albert haynesworth and mcnabb is a guy respected throughout the league. albert haynesworth is not. >> could the game have played out any worse after the contract. they did this for a reason. it was a good p.r. move, monday night football and here comes the old team the ea and after that happening, how do you get up and get to the park and get back to work. >> and we had lorenzo alexander on last night and they said it was somber. but they'll come back. allison and tony have