i suspect the case is mr. mason reported a reduction in a certain type of accident not reflected here. can someone help me reconcile those things. -- can someone help me reconcile these things? does my question make sense? >> when i reported to you on the drive camera, there is a significant reduction. when we talk about a reduction in accidents, what he presented to us was overall system accidents, which include bus and rail. what i gave to you was a bus. there is a reduction in bus accidents. i also talked about a reduction in drive camera incidents, there had been a significant reduction in advance as opposed to accidents. >> my recollection was, and if i am getting this wrong, please tell me. you have never hesitated to be frank with me before, and i appreciate that. my recollection was it was suggested that drive cameras had reduced accidents by sending on the order of 50% or there had been a market reduction in accidents. -- marked reduction in accidents. >> i don't remember the exact number, but there was a r

the judge saying that he actually ruled incorrectly in the case and mr. mason should not be killed by the state. although there is that controversy over mr. mason's sentence, there is no basic question about derrick mason's guilt. today the state of georgia, about half a day after they killed troy davis, set their next execution date on october 5th for marcus ray johnson for a murder he committed in 1994. marcus ray johnson contends that he had bad legal representation in the trial that got him the death penalty. but here, again, there's no basic question about his guilt. is the justice of the death penalty fundamentally about the goodness or badness of the person who is to be killed? is it about their guilt or innocence? or is it an intrinsic question about whether or not the governments that we build for ourselves are governments that should kill prisoners? to the extent that killing prisoners is one of the jobs we ask of state government employees, it's not an abstract thing. it is a physical job to be done. tools. is a job that requires set of tools to kill

i want to thank mr. masonour vision, for your commitment to this neighborhood, understanding -- as sophie knows so well. we have had many hours of discussion about neglect and not caring. today, what i feel with this store opening, with the commitment that has been made, i feel it is all about health, neighborhood vitality, itis

i will let mr. mason see if he wants to add anything. but what he has pledged to do is look at not just what the right number is, but what percentage of riders do we want to touch. the times and the specifics are all very important. >> that's one of the concerns. when people felt it was targeting certain areas of town -- >> i think john is understating his eagerness to see this happen. as a guy who is responsible for making muni run faster, there is no bigger proponent. i share that. i see how the current policy impact the operation and he did put customer convenience as the number one benefit of this. had the issue of how to do this at the right level of education and enforcement is the difficult part. it does dovetail with the idea of the fast pass and if we are going to change the policy on that, it may do away with some of this issue, but there have been complaints and allegations about our enforcement. we certainly cannot go to all door boarding without a good education and enforcement process. what we don't want to do as we try to

i want to thank mr. mason for your vision, for your commitment to this neighborhood, understanding -- as sophie knows so well. we have had many hours of discussion about neglect and not caring. today, what i feel with this store opening, with the commitment that has been made, i feel it is all about health, neighborhood vitality, it is all about jobs, and it is about fulfiling old promises in this city. this is what this store represents. it is such a wonder that we can all collaborate in this effort to fulfill a promise to this neighborhood. we are with you every step and we will continue to work along first street and the bayview to make sure that this neighborhood never feels neglected. you are part of this city and the poll service of this grocery store represents fulfilling that promise. in those years that i was city administrator, we had a lot of discussions with the board of supervisors. i know david chiu is here. we have had discussions about commitments. certainly, sophie, on and on about what we hav

yes i just position of old mr mason here i can see that it is that has that it's walking around the ferry at the how about my faculty a lot of the passion all the people on that town you know when i fell down and got out that you are still trying to get lost here is the things you can get lost i have got possible. plus the thing is that yes again they get lost you explore different amazing cost the city and you can actually connect the metro above ground and it's going to get a lot if. it's a great comeback you know as he basically said it's a dangerous fire. fight. so was the locations in the capital of the population groups pastorship really meaning patriotic pond in english is the case today the golden ring road because sky metro in the central st tristar. one of the main cultural connections with the area is the russian rise of google cross novel master and margarita. as well as various restaurants and shops around the phones touch russian food has children's play area it's homes are very sculptures and it's a wonderful place to cool cool you around. the system is so slow moving are t

mr. miller, a could not see on your slide -- as to whether you were suggesting -- on the corner of masonic? you are showing this turn back into -- do i still see letters on there? i thought i did, but in not quite sure what you have in mind there. >> yes, we did a singular color. we did have a tenant lettering, as was previously proposed. the only change today was related to the colors of the screen's. >commissioner moore: we would like a uniform color, but he would still have distinguished letters? >> the design was for three tenants, yes. commissioner moore: this is not applied to the window pane itself? this is suspended in front or in rear of the window? >> the screen would be in front of the window, actually mounted on the building, and the tenants sign it would be mounted on the screen. nothing would be mounted on the window itself. >> it is the same design. it is just the colors are changed. it would cover the area, and that is the fact. it would cover the same area. there would still be signed on at. the proposal is rather than having the yellows and the oranges, it is a series of

mr. j. w. -- assistant professor of law at george mason university who of law. and this is your first time to testify as a witness for the majority? >> as a majority witness. yes, sir. nine times as a minority witness. >> so it probably will be a very similar experience. >> we welcome all of you. we're not going, this five minute clock, if you need to take six minutes, seven minutes, feel free. when i going to limit you. if you get up to eight or nine we might suggest that you wrap up, but commissioner atkins, former commissioner, we will start with your testimony. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. >> and our mike max, we're actually getting new microphones if you could pull it up where it is almost hitting you in the mouth it will really do -- i know that is awkward, but it will help. try to jazz up -- thank you. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, ranking member frank, and members of the committee for inviting me to appear today after hearing. it's an honor and privilege for me to be able to provide information for your deliberations regarding organizati

mr. jw verret, assistant professor at the george mason university school of law. this is the first time to testify as a majority witness? >> yes, i have done nine times as a minority witness. >> it will probably be a similar experience. we welcome all of you. this five minute clock -- if you need to take six minutes or seven minutes, feel free. we are not going to limit you. if you get up to eight or nine minutes, we might suggest that you wrap up. commissioner atkins, we will start with your testimony. and our mics -- we are getting new microphones. if you could pull it up to where it is almost hitting you in the mouth, i know it is awkward, but it will help. we will try to jazz up the -- >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, honorable member frank, and members of the committee who appear before you. it is an honor and privilege for me to be able to provide information regarding the organizational issues at the sec. i would like to congratulate this committee for taking up this issue of improving the sec. i have had the privilege of working there for 10 years, fi