>> well, mr. cran has resources the same way the california highway patrol has resources and i think it's a very helpful real world analogy that say makes decisions based on the best interest of the public and the industry as a whole and they direct their enforcement resources where they think it makes the most sense. that's the discretion. >> commissioner: thank you. >> director: okay. thank you. we are now moving on to public comment. so the phone number ending in 9970, please go ahead. you have three minutes. >> i think it's three minutes. >> director: yeah. three minutes. okay. try pressing pound 6. the phone number ending in 9970. okay. we're going to come back to you. we will now hear from robert sesana. please go ahead. >> can you hear me now? >> director: yes. we can hear you. you have three minutes. >> good afternoon. i'm really puzzled by this whole case and i would like to support mr. horbal. i originally attended the hearing of the taxi commission in 2003 when you supported the decision tha

>> well, mr. cran has resources the same way the california highway patrol has resources and i think it's a very helpful real world analogy that say makes decisions based on the best interest of the public and the industry as a whole and they direct their enforcement resources where they think it makes the most sense. that's the discretion. >> commissioner: thank you. >> director: okay. thank you. we are now moving on to public comment. so the phone number ending in 9970, please go ahead. you have three minutes. >> i think it's three minutes. >> director: yeah. three minutes. okay. try pressing pound 6. the phone number ending in 9970. okay. we're going to come back to you. we will now hear from robert sesana. please go ahead. >> can you hear me now? >> director: yes. we can hear you. you have three minutes. >> good afternoon. i'm really puzzled by this whole case and i would like to support mr. horbal. i originally attended the hearing of the taxi commission in 2003 when you supported the decision tha

the enforcement discretion rests with mr. cran and with the m.t.a. taxi division. this hearing officer according to section 1120e 1 of the transportation code must base his or her decision on the transportation code and there is no room for those equitable discretionary actions because it's the taxi division that has the authority and that's what we need to preserve here. and just pulling that a little bit further, the appellants made the statement that the matters such as this haven't been enforced something like this for 18 years. can you react to that statement? >> i'm a late arrival in the taxi regulation. he's been with the m.t.a. since 20 a