the seamless city, the book approaches it from two perspectives. it talks about in the book i talk about i guess, the first city leadership and an approach to urban leadership to help bring our cities back to america, and at the same time, it provides a look into the life of a large city. as mayor goldsmith said not as large or new york or chicago. st. pete, for those who are not familiar, in the last census it was the 68th largest. it's a big enough city to provide some lessons, but frankly a smaller city where you can get your arms around the challenges quicker if you apply ideas to make it work. the second part of the city is the life of the mayor a little bit because, because there's challenges that you have, and there's opportunityings you have, and a lot of people don't quite see the day-to-day lave. i know mayor goldsmith can testify to that, but how does it impact your family? how does your faith interplay? i talk about that in the book. i know i received criticism for that. i'm okay with that. i think faith is a big part of all of us and im

so "the seamless city," the book approaches it from two perspectives. it talks about -- in the book i talk, about i guess, the first city leadership and an approach to urban leadership to help bring our cities back across america. and at the same time, it provides a glimpse, i think, into the life of a mayor of a large city in america. as mayor goldsmith has said not as large as new york or chicago but one of america's major cities, st. pete, for those of you who aren't that familiar with it. in the census when i took office was the 68th in florida, it's a big enough city so that it can provide some lessons but it's, frankly, a small enough city where it might be easier to get your arms around some of the challenges quicker if you start to apply some ideas to make it work. the second part of the city is the life of a mayor because there's challenges that you have and there's opportunities you have. and a lot of people don't quite see the day-to-day life mayor. i know mayor goldsmith could testify a lot but that -- how does that impact your family? how do

[applause] what is a seamless city and i think mayor goldsmith started talking about what it is, a seamlesscity is a place where it's an aspiration, it is a place where if you live in you don't go from one part of the town to another part across the city and that could be a neighborhood line or it could be a real road a road fought pfft. you feel the need to reach over and lock your door because it doesn't seem safe and there are broken windows and boarded up buildings and you just don't want to be there. not all parts of the city are going to be the same, we will have some neighborhoods that have large houses of big lots and that's okay and apartment complexes and that's okay, too and there's things you can have in common oral or neighborhoods, the should be places where he children can grow up safely but they feel comfortable walking next door to see different on the street where there are the infrastructure looks okay. there's freaks on the sidewalks, they look okay, there are not drug dealers on the street corner or prostitutes on the street. to have our children grow up i know we don't

because of our initiatives to promote a seamless transition from filmore north of gary, today, fillmore street is one of the top destinations in the city. our most popular event of the year, the fillmore street jazz festival, is the hallmark of this reality. our continued success is made possible by working with the city and county of san francisco. supervisor mirkarimi, the mayor's office and work force development our key leaders in our endeavors. for example, we received a marketing grid in january aimed at promoting not only are larger dining and entertainment establishes com -- establishments, but the small businesses that rely on daytime patrons. that is due to events like the farmers' market on saturdays. furthermore, we have experienced a significant increase in tourists bust -- tourist bus visitors. the cbd has played a significant role in our transition period with this comes positive change, change in perception, awareness and a belief in what can be accomplished and how everyone can benefit when a community comes together. we are implementing a street ambassador program, akin to union square, that will enhance all three asp

city in the world, one of them. gas is the priciest gas. what's wrong with a pricey taxi system? how was the merger going? how's that seamless merger going? mta defines the word dysfunctional. it's the time you woke up rape than doolittle and smaller coffee, but i don't recommend a triple dose of espresso. a special tax the meeting was held for a meeting increase and that was yesterday. in your comparative analysis from fares and other cities, why weren't extra fees included? they charge extra fees for things like extra passengers or starting the meter over when there are two trips in one fair. several major changes at the same time of the pilot program are mechanism in place to measure the effects makes monitoring taxi services a moot point. even with one major change, there is an absorption changes needed if you want to measure any long-lasting effects. you want to micromanage taxi drivers. congestive pricing combined with cab pooling is a win/win/win situation. it is the greenest thing you can do. however, a living wage for a taxi driver is the least you can do. but both have one drawback -- it has to be carefully thought out by compas