mr. murray one or two questions related to that. mr. murray? if a color scheme is revoked, can the -- can any citizen reapply for a new color scheme in one year? >> can -- well, first off if a color scheme is revoked i actually think the rules and regulations are silent on that matter so i honestly don't have an answer as to whether they could come back after a year or two years or whatever it is. i don't believe there is an actual explicit regulation related to that, to the revocation issue. commissioner fung: and if a medical meld is revoked? >> if a medallion is revoked i don't believe there is a regulation for that as well. if they were to come back and apply they would be on the list and it's a 17-year list. commissioner garcia: the bottom of the list. >> right. commissioner hwang: how would that work with the color scheme? if the rules are silent and tomorrow he could reapply, then what is the process? >> we would look into had he ever had a color scheme before and were there any problems. commissioner hwang: so revocation would then func

mr. murray? to sell the parties understand, mr. murray, you have five minutes to testify. you'll have seven minutes, because of the additional briefing submitted by mr. murray. >> thank you, commissioners. the mta brought this revocation action to protect public safety and quality of taxi services for residents and visitors of the city and county of san francisco. the municipal code gives mta broad discretion of revoking its permits for public safety and danger. in order to help the board understand how we arrived at the decision, and revoked mr. hollis' medallion and color scheme, it is important board understand the allegations in this matter that were in the original complaint. some of the issues raised in the original complaint were not discussed in great detail at a previous hearing because it was not clear in a previous hearing whether the matter was being heard at that time. there was not any indication by the board that the hearing officer's decision to revoke the medallion and color scheme permit was erroneous or abuse of discretion. had that been the case, mta wo

mr. murray i did have one question. i didn't hear you speak to the briefing issue. i know the issues brought up by my fellow commissioners are more weighty than that but as a person sitting on this board and volunteering my time and having the board give a six-page limit and then to get a 10-page brief was alarming i would say and i didn't hear you say anything bo -- about that. >> i do apologize for that. i realized too late -- i followed the usual rules of the board which say 10-page page limit and i don't believe we received one of the new forms that say when you are briefing what the page limits are. unfortunately i must have missed that part where you said a six-page page limit and i do fog -- recognize that that was an error. i called victor a little too late to ask, you know, because i thought i might even go farther than 10 and he said no, it's six and this was already too late. commissioner goh demoge ok. -- commissioner goh: ok. ok, thank you. president peterson: miss mason, again, you have seven minutes. >> thank you, i anticipated having three so i don't

. >> dean murray? >> mr. wells, it is very impressive the technology that you're talking about, and we certainly understand that this is being designed and built right on the spot and on top of what -- the multiple parallel paths to containing this well. can you say something about what is the next parallel path that you're working on, because we would very much like to see the relief wells work. we understand there are two relief wells, but what's the next step after this? >> okay. so let me go through it. this is how do we kill it? with the first relief well, we're very close, we expect that will work. we've got the ability to -- we're coming in above the reservoir, so that if it missed it the first time, we still have the opportunity. so there's multiple ways we can still intersect, we're got the second relief well. if the relief wells for whatever reason fail, the other option we're working on is how do we install what i would call a permanent collection system? we're working on pipelines to other facilit

. >> dean murray? >> mr. wells, it is very impressive the technology that you're talking about, and we certainly understand that this is being designed and built right on the spot and on top of what -- the multiple parallel paths to containing this well. can you say something about what is the next parallel path that you're working on, because we would very much like to see the relief wells work. we understand there are two relief wells, but what's the next step after this? >> okay. so let me go throught. this is how do we kill it? with the first relief well, we're very close, we expect that will work. we've got the ability to -- we're coming in above the reservoir, so that if it missed it the first time, we still have the opportunity. so there's multiple ways we can still intersect, we're got the second relief well. if the relief wells for whatever reason fail, the other option we're working on is how do we install what i would call a perment collection system? we're working on pipelines to other facilities

murray's questions about fisheries. i have seen advertising's in the north say, absolutely no fish from the gulf sale -- sold here." that to be a tragic misinterpretation. mr. bromwich, i would say we do prepare for the next spill with what we learn from the last one. the alaska and the arctic needs a strong focus, i think, as you move a forward. we have not had this kind of events happening there. if we were to have it there, or under the eyes, obviously it would be more difficult and at a different problems. these plans were not region specific. you indicated in the future they will be. i would think that would be an important part of your mission going forward. i completely agree. >> thank you to all three of you, mr. henry, mr. bromwich, and mr. stanislaus. >> can i dispense with the break here? do you think we can? anyone have strong opposition? ok. let's move then. we are 10 minutes late. let's move to the left -- to the next set of questions. >> you are watching live coverage of the commission investigating the gulf of mexico oil spi. this is the second day of public meetings on the spill. the had planned to take a 15 minute break but they have appa

mr. brooks, out of the house and senate races we have this fall, which one does he think that the democrats are more likely to lose, if any. and also how does he feel about patty murray's race in washington state. guest: so i think that one example of the kind of race that we are going to lose is blanche lincoln in arkansas. if you look at the polling against her opponent. it's not great. she's not met what the people want and that's a different choice this round. and specifically on patty murray, i am not too familiar with the race. but i would hope she does well in the election. host: did senator reid talk about his own race? guest: he did address it a little bit. and it seems fairly close but there is a big contrast between reid and sharon angle, and i would think for the people of nevada, it's in their interest to continue with harry reid's leadership. it's better to have someone with a high level seniority in the senate taking things back for your state. and he's doing his part to try to create jobs. and i don't think that's what sharon angle is trying to do, she's more what is going in the senate. wanting to obstruct things and appeal things and made a bunch of f