the board received a letter from mark gruberg from united taxicab workers and asking the board invoke over the mta resolution adopted on september 4, 2012 which authorizes the issuance of temporary full time medallions for a limited time. the united taxicab workers filed appeal against the resolution and this appeal was rejected for lack of subject matter jurisdiction by the board office after consultation with the city attorney. public hearing was held and matter was continued to allow president hwang to participate in the final vote. we have with the president's agreement offered additional time for the parties to speak specifically in regard to the city attorney opinion that was not available to mr. gruberg prior to the last hearing. each side will be given three minutes and we are ready for you. >> before you begin i did want to put on the record i did review the video from the last meeting where this subject was addressed. >> good evening then president hwang, board members. first let me thank the president and director goldstein for furnishing the city attorney's opinion and aff

. >> mark brewer, united taxicab workers. this is one of the bitterest days in the more than 20 years that i have been active on these issues; and i have seen many bitter base especially since his body took over. how can you listen to the heart-felt please, the angry-please and turn them away? and you will. you are not an objective decision-making policy. you are group that has your own interests, that conflict with the interests of the people in this room. and you are simply turning away from them, and feeding your own coffers. just to give you a figure, i added what you have thus far gain from medallions sales, and what you expect again and leases, it's over 75 million. could be hundred million or more. depending what you did in your future. i know this lights up some of your hearts because that is what you are after. you are taking the futures of people who have put their lives into this industry and you are turning it into your own benefit, your own profit, their own use, and the hell with them. go ahead and do it. we'll

. >>> good afternoon, mark gruberg, united taxicab workers. at your last meeting some of us were really angry and i think we had a right to be. i've been doing this for many years and for me it's always been a question of how do we provide citizens and visitors to san francisco with superior taxi service, keeping in mind issues such as driver income, working conditions, fair treatment, opportunity, the opportunities which you're now stripping away piece by piece. equally important to all of that is the question of respect. and i believe that was lacking at your last meeting. people have waited for over three hours to speak. they stayed because, in many cases, their futures were on the line and you get one minute, and that one minute maybe saved yourself 15 minutes of meeting time. this to me is only adding insult to injury and the list of injuries is long. issuing [speaker not understood] to cab companies instead of drivers who have been waiting years and years, charging drivers credit card fees, starving the driver fund, trying to take away t

. >>> good afternoon, mark gruberg, united taxicab workers. at your last meeting some of us were really angry and i think we had a right to be. i've been doing this for many years and for me it's always been a question of how do we provide citizens and visitors to san francisco with superior taxi service, keeping in mind issues such as driver income, working conditions, fair treatment, opportunity, the opportunities which you're now stripping away piece by piece. equally important to all of that is the question of respect. and i believe that was lacking at your last meeting. people have waited for over three hours to speak.

united taxicab workersies to be transfer to the mta and without any story besides that, just one page and muni charter so they got through with the benefit package. that was the game plan. after that on my right and left i saw money was flying like anything. tons of money was collected and distributed. and appointed christine olague and i can't explain the details and was wrong to do. then the time came when a gentleman from a small town and walked into this town and goes to the democratic party club and hand over the checks. the guy got impressed from them and they were clapping and on the job. they were happy. they were screaming happy. so it went down. then they decided to give 150 medallions to the cab companies. but $1,900 each a month fee. $4 million for a year. i went to mta in writing. i say i gave you $8 million. you're giving for four. i give you eight. you want 15 yellow want i will keep 15 yellow. you want 15 luxor. whatever you want. the service issue, whatever you want and keeping that company but i give you double the money. we don't want to give it, the medallion, to t

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