i would like to ask ms. bowes, who helped prepare this amendment, to speak on it. rather than having a percentage cap on 5% of all mta buses and 10% of light rail buses, that could be kept to a number of transit vehicles of 15. i would like to allow ms. bowes to provide any additional information. >> thank you. the amendment before you has about 35 on the buses and 16 on the lrv's. given today's market conditions, i do not think the market exceeds -- they do not demand right now to do more than 15. so we are comfortable with the 15. we will report back at the end of the year to assess whether demand is greater than 15. but starting at 15 is ok with the mta. we believe we can get the 500,000 with the 15. president chiu: if there are no objections, i would like to make the amendments circulated in the draft amendment. supervisor farrell: second. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: no. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: no. supervisor camp

supervisor kim: i just had a quick question for ms. bowes, an issue that came up. the question was about visibility from the windows if there is wraparound advertising. this is a question i asked the budget committee that came up through some of our constituents. >> that has been a repetitive question from the public and public safety officials concerned about looking out. while it is not exactly the same as a non-wrapped window, staff have confirmed it does not stop the visual impact of looking in and out. however is not as clear as an unwrapped window. we will assess this over the year and if the review indicates we are having significant problems about this, we will come back to you with that information. but it does raise concerns about that. supervisor kim: thank you. supervisor campos: through the chair, if i may, to the mta -- thank you, ms. bowes for your hard work on this. i do have a concern about the experience of the rider. we want to encourage more people to ride public transit. we have seen a decline in some segments of the population, 2000 or 3000 fe

i would like to ask ms. bowes, who helped prepare this amendment, to speak on it. rather than having a percentage cap on 5% of all mta buses and 10% of light rail buses, that could be kept to a number of transit vehicles of 15. i would like to allow ms. bowes to provide any additional information. >> thank you. the amendment before you has about 35 on the buses and 16 on the lrv's. given today's market conditions, i do not think the market exceeds -- they do not demand right now to do more than 15. so we are comfortable with

well bow neat toe mussolini would have liked you ms.uinn, that's for sure because that's what he was doing. >> bill. [ laughter ] >> bill: appreciate you coming on. thanks for taking the fire. when we come right back is it legal on threatening presidential candidates. >> bill: 2008 a man in southern california posted a suggestion that then presidential candidate barack obama should be shot. 49-year-old walter arrested, charged and found guilty of issuing threats. but a federal appeals court has now overturned his conviction. here attorneys and fox news analysts kimberly guilfoyle and lis wiehl. wiehl, this is the ninth circuit of appeals very liberal court what did it rule. >> two to one the rantings of this guy at 1:00 in the morning on yahoo.com were protected by the first amendment. there was no real threat there. he was just ranting, admitted at the trial that he was drunk. was ranting away. he didn't actually threaten then candidate president obama. he just said, you know, 50 calibers are going to show up in his head soon. >> bill:

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