. >> ms. reed, it is my pleasure, really, to give this to you, this certificate of appreciation presented to debra fleed recognition of your dedication to improving the quality of life of the employees in the municipal transportation agency and the residents of san francisco by the san francisco municipal transportation agency. we will miss you greatly. i have counted on you. you have been such a pleasure to work with over the years. and the c.a.c. will not be the same without you. [applause] >> i just wanted to say that i'm awful proud of my family's history. my mother was among the host of women that ran the municipal railway, as it was called back then, during world war ii. and she served as a conductorette for the macallister and hayes street lines when they were rail. and my father retired as a mechanic of the rubber tires during the 1980's. so i was really delighted to get a job offer from the city and county to come and work for the sfmta. so it has certainly been hard work. but on the other

and in the mayoral primary, the mayor lost, the head of the city council who has been at odds with ms. reed going to reappoint her. and barack obama school reform as the center of his agenda and i think we could use a wink and a nod from the president in support of michelle reed right now in washington. >> paul: we sure could, james. >> a miss, paul, the bernie madoff scam was a tragedy for investors, but a windfall for the lawyers and specifically the trustee overseeing the liquidation, irving picard and his law firm collected 35 million dollars for just four months of work recently. so, the argument is that he's not being paid by the victims, that it's the government essentially who pays him, all the investing public, but i think we can get a better deal than $100 million a year for the madoff liquidation. >> kim. >> a hit for gene taylor the first sitting democrat to sign a position to repeal obama care. a long time incumbent, but in a red district with a tough race and this is why it's important. i think some democrats are beginning to understand it's not enough to have just voted again

. >> ms. reed, it is my pleasure, really, to give this to you, this certificate of appreciation presented to debra fleed recognition of your dedication to improving the quality of life of the employees in the municipal transportation agency and the residents of san francisco by the san francisco municipal transportation agency. we will miss you greatly. i have counted on you. you have been such a pleasure to work with over the years. and the c.a.c. will not be the