my name is john lazar. i have been in the cab business since i was 8 years old. the earnings is made up out of the air. many pre-k holders upgrade their permits for years and years after 1970, in fact, still have some doing that now. these were not persons clipping coupons in cabo, okay? they are blue-collar veteran taxi drivers who drove for more than four decades only to have the small amount of retirement income cut off by the sfmta. the other groups of pre-k holders are typically widows or daughters of deceased drivers who took over the permits in 1978 or latter years. these women cannot operate the permit, they're in their 70s and they too rely economically on the reduced revenue currently being paid by some taxi companies. as mentioned in the sunday's examiner, they had them sacrificed. something, even proposition k didn't do. prop sigdz k changed all of the rules but it grandfathered the permits for the life of the permit holder. and now the staff wants to eliminate the important safety net for these elderlies. and taxi fleets to such a degree that uber an