to purchase a medallion and to be a medallion under, i am going to create jobs in the city. at least you know your or three people at work. so please, give us the opportunity to buy this medallion, to purchase it, to build our american dream. god bless america. thank you very much. secretary boomer: [reading names] chairman nolan: good afternoon. >> objective. -- how to do it. how to make its a people can do it. there are people who want to do this to make the industry better. to buy a medallion we currently have in place. i am ready. let's make it possible to transfer medallions from disengaged owners. from those not interested to concerts -- to contribute any more, in order to expedite this process, let's openness for those 16 and above. let's make another step towards a healthy system of medallion ownership, for the taxi service of san francisco. secretary boomer: richard fogel, followed by it -- [reading names] i cannot hand them out at this point. >> some of you have seen the letter i sent by email. for those of you have not seen it, it is just 1.5 pages, and i think he

medallion. i am a prek, not a post k, and i am another class of medallion holder, and it is that the city is just waiting for me to die, and i have nothing to show to my family for my hard work? when i purchased my medallion in 1978, i looked at it as an investment for some time in the future getting my investment back, a return on my investment. thank you. chairman nolan: thank you. next speaker, please. secretary boomer: reading names] chairman nolan: hello. >> i have had mine for about 12 years. i had a ramp medallion. it is a very tiring job. -- training and job. i never would have stayed in this occupation if i felt it was just an accident or illness or disability that would wipe out the 25 plus years. it is a tiresome job. it is true. you must be -- maybe not highly intelligent, but it does take a toll on you. there are fluctuations in its blood pressure from driving. starter responses. chairman nolan: thank you. next speaker, please. secretary boomer: [reading names] >> i am here to urge

it is when we get through the medallions that are part of the pilot program. so we have gotten through the privately sold medallions of any buyers willing to sell at this point. excuse me, and the sellers. and we have also run out of medallions that were in the possession of the mta. we have no more to sell except that we continue, under the pilot program, we remain with the obligation of giving 25 more medallions to the list and we can sell about 25 more. we have sold about 30, and we have given away about 30. the pilot program will continue until those medallions that come to us through death or revocation meet that 60 and 60 requirement. there is no time limit. it will just continue until it runs its course. meanwhile, we have probably over 1000 taxi drivers that are eager and willing to purchase, and have no more medallions to sell. one of the things that begin this discussion, the people that have become disabled since the pilot program opportunity closed, we want to allow those people to exit the industry before the conditions make life very difficult. >

in 2006, he was given notice that he was eligible for a potential medallion.responded that he had not been driving his vehicle since 2001. as you are well aware, as an applicant for a medallion, you must be able to demonstrate that you follow the full time driver requirements. at the time, his application was two of the last three years of driving before getting a medallion career he responded by saying you had not driven. he was given a time waiver. what that would do it would give you one extra year to give you a chance to improve your driving and allow you to add an additional year of driving. he never responded. it read -- expired in july of 2007. after that, he was notified that there is a hearing and that he would be removed from the list. if he did not appear. he did not appear and was properly removed from the list carried and we were never able to get to the issue of whether this alleged disability would preclude him to obtaining a medallion. we feel he was properly removed from the waiting list. there are still 2800 names on that list, 16-17 years lo

the coveted medallions allow owners to lease vehicles to divers for a daily fee.ers can sell them -- under a pilot program about to expire. some criticize the program because they are skipped over by others who pay more and the wait list can be for decades. within proposal recommends setting some medallions aside for those waiting more than 15 years. another recommends prorated payment plan for drivers on the list. >>> family of a dublin girl who disappeared 23 years ago will hold a candlelight vigil tonight. eileen was 13 when she vanished on january 30th, 1989. was walking from school to ice skating lessons. her family and others will walk along the route that eileen was taking when she was last seen. the walk begins 7 p.m. tonight in dublin. >>> programmers are trying to restore three websites hit by hackers. the city's main site and site for parks and recreation and convention center were shutdown yesterday after workers discovered the breach. engineers are trying to determine how the sites were infiltrated. >>> federal prosecutors seder that from users of meg

medallion owners can sell them under a pilot program about to expire. criticize the program because they are skipped over by others who pay more a wait list can last for decades. one proposal to set medallions aside for those waiting more than 15 years. another recommends a prorated plan for drivers on the list. >>> the family of a dublin girl who disappeared 23 years ago will hold aidan yell lit vigil for her. she was 13 when she -- vanished. her family and other supporters will walk along the route she was taking when last seen. the walk begins 7 p.m. at wells middle school in dublin. >>> programmers for sacramento trying to restore three websites hit by hackers. parks and kwraeugs and convention center sites were shutdown yesterday. engineers are trying to determine how those cys were infiltrate -- those sites were infiltrated. >>> last week the government froze company's assets and blocked -- [ unintelligible ] . >>> hackers may target computers in your car. bloomberg business report is coming up. >> reporter: mitt romney and newt gingrich trade har

he came with reporters and a medallion as a gift for the child. >> it was a big event. adnan told the baby's mother that a bosnian child was chosen as a symbol of peace. they emerged from a civil war and the united nation was revealing from the massacre which had been under u.n. protection. a closer look reveals the medallion to be a mass produced souvenir with no personal dedication of any kind. the family expected more. >> nev heard from him again, but maybe that is just normal. i don't know what other godfathers do for their god children. i only have this one. >> if the united nations are going to choose a certain baby by name they might give him help or a scholarship or something. >> it would be an enormous help to the family if they were able to pay for his father's treatment. >> i wish my papa would get well again. >> as proud as he is of his title, he sometimes wishes his classmates would forget about it. our camera team was hope to accompany him to school, but he would not have any part of it. he knew all too well if reporters turned up at his school the envy wo

. >> he's got the gold medallion. >> the dog on the right is darth vader. >> i got it now. okay.ight. >> thatey are letting you go an make an invite to the super bowl party that will look like the credits. >> "star wars" credits. i see what you mean? >> remember why they did this? remember, one of the most popular commercials last year was the little boy with the darth vader outfit durning on the car. >> the automatic remote control car. >> his dad made him think he had powers from the dark side. >> figure that out. >>> that's it for this edition of "right this minute." we're going to close things out with a video shot in tampa, florida, seven days on a bike. some pretty cool tricks. you'll enjoy it. stick around. coming up our rtm top ten countdown. don't go anywhere. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

i hope that you consider us medallion holders, drivers. and we need your help. >> next speaker, please. >> these of the last two people that have turned in a speaker card. >> i don't know if i can be here for item number 16, but the back seat -- >> you cannot discuss this under public comment. >> it says in the report that you can't discuss it because you don't have enough information on that. >> you cannot make comment on an item that is agendized for discussion. i would disagree with that. i would call to that point of order. there is david to discuss about it, and i would like to discuss the data that you will not be discussing -- there is data to discuss. i was wondering if they were aware of the new 2011 data that i submitted in october for purposes to this body. it is fair to say, it is like radar. every year, it cuts through the san francisco fog that is being displayed here. i did not have a pen in my cab at the time, and my customers are not happy. what do you think about those televisions in the back seat? so what do you think ab

they are lying, the medallion holder from $1,500 has gone up to $3,000. dr. in the afternoon, chairman nolan. i want to say that high enough and of nelson. they take the work seriously, and i am not joking. they have done work for the transportation majority in they have done some great studies. they take their presentations seriously. the outcome is that we got our money's worth. my only concern is that i don't think they included enough feedback because they invited a select group of people. the outcome is still the point to make. let's minimize the cost of the drivers. why? and then make more money and they provide better customer service to the passengers. it is hard drive in san francisco. backseat monitors can be destructive to someone trying to listen to a passenger, try to pay attention to the traffic, trying to listen to the radio sometimes. there is a lot to pay attention to in the vehicle at the driver still has to drive safely and look at the car in front of them. that translates in the driver hitting safely from one destination to another. that i

as an aside, one of the things i really did not want to hear was the concept of medallions for these food truck, because i sat in at the very -- at the very beginning. that did nothing for us. the two things that focused my attention and has affected my decision making are the following -- first, our city agencies are expected to create a consentual atmosphere. i do not see that here. i see that it has not occurred. i think that agencies have been able to help focus, to help refine the legislation so that they wind up creating a greater amount of consensus. as an example, when we dealt with limitations on the number of restaurants on a street, when it dealt with certain types of restaurants that were in excess of four or six, depending on the time frame, they had to go through a different process. i do not see a process occurring here. i do not see the refinement that will be reflective of less discord. adding to that, when i look at the specifics of the cases, and we did see the findings -- excuse me, we saw reports. we did not see a lot of identification of whether or not there was

like i said, it would be much easier for the city to issue a medallion with instructions and a call for service. the other is a comprehensive knowledge test for those on the list. one that they would literally have to study for or be behind the wheel. bus schedules, ferry schedules. some people do not know where the odd side of the street is, and then when they go back, they have their score of the test and the numbers on the list. they would be in order. 599 would be before 700, but they would be where we issued. anyway, thoughts while driving. chairman nolan: anyone else to address the board on public comment? seeing none, secretary boomer? secretary boomer: these will be acted upon by a single vote unless a member wants to have one suburb. item 10.5 has been severed from the agenda by a member of the public but also by our vice chairman lee had requested this be severed, but no other member has requested that an item be considered separately. chairman nolan: for the rest of the consent calendar? all in favor? opposed? next. secretary boomer: item 10.5, obstruction. riding bicycles on

carry it is a good opportunity with the group of commissioner wiener to understand there could be a medallion program or something that could bring those together. it does not -- it seems like something that can be worked out. really, we are coming to you as small business owners, asking you to uphold our permits. we did our best to choose a spot that adheres to the law. we put time and money and effort into following this legislation to a t. >> thank you. you will have six minutes of rebuttal as well. >> i am from the department of public works. in hearing the various appellants and everyone else has stated one of the major issues was economic costs, specifically they stated that the department has not done an analysis in these specific cases. that is true. we cannot disprove the allegation nor affirmed it in these specific cases because there is insufficient information, specifically as it relates to this. i believe the restaurant gaylord said they lost a certain percentage of their revenue in the last year. one thing that everyone needs to recognize is this is among the most difficult time

said they would vote for him extremist baggage and all i would hang that around their neck like a medallionaul has tapped into something that the republican party hasn't had -- young people socially liberal fiscally responsible and they don't want anything to do with war. it's almost like a movement. and when i was down in iowa his stump speech is almost exactly what he says in the debates. he never talks about the iowa manufacturing or the iowa farmer or the small town health care. i mean, it's all this big talk about how bad america is and what we've got to do with the fed and everything else. you know the routine. but young people are gravitating to him. i saw that in the room in newt in iowa. it's the socially liberal fiscal responsible kids that don't want to pay for anything else so they don't want to go to war. how big a tent is that with the republican party? only time will tell. >> we've got some first numbers. >> no one cared. no one knew he was doing it. running as a republican puts him in televised debates and people talk about what he thinks. that's why he's doing it. >> let me