one thing that wilma forgot, it is 1000 the that needs to be covered. a lot of people will not use this system. i think you are doing something silly, the fed's will catch you on it. commissioner campos: thank you. next speaker please. >> howard wong, a lifelong resident of north beach. the central subway funding, even if you build the system, will reduce 7000 hours of service buses on the stockton and columbus corridors. that is stated in the eir. so the fta is going to look at that. it was concealed well. but the funding problems that muni has is long-term. december 2009, service cutbacks, six lines discontinued, others shortened. may 2010, 10% service cuts. no funds to restore service. current fiscal year, $24 million midyear fiscal crisis. right now coming up in a few months. state cutbacks and transportation funds, $400 million deficit, plus multi-year budget deficits in the coming years. that is a known. muni will be hammered in the coming years. riders will be affected. meltdown's are continuing often, and why? aging fleet. $2 billion in deferred

. >> good morning, my name is wilma pang. this project was supposed to be through chinatown. i want to say something in chinese. [speaking in chinese] [speaking in chinese] i just said, i am 70 years old -- what i am saying is, if i take the s or l car from the sunset, i must get off at powell street in order for me to go up to union square to catch the subway, right? then i have to go down to union square, take the subway and then go to chinatown, get off on washington street. if i want to go shopping, i have to go to pacific and stockton. after three or four backs, back to washington street to go to the subway, then to union square, walk up, and then to powell street to take the l car. i want carmen chu to explain to the sunset residents -- the bulk of the chinese come from the sun seset. most chinese will say, the hell with the subway, i will take the bus. commissioner campos: next speaker please. >> my name is bernard myers. i am a member of the people of task force of the board last year. our concern in that task force was to help the continued robustness of the entire p

wilma rudolph said the potential for greatness lie loos within each of us. >> well, day one also nota bit of drama. andrew jenks enduring travel delays, tough weather and a tift with the tsa before making it to seneca falls just in the nick of time. once there, however, he did accept or challenge to prove that america's youth is passionate and can be engaged for change. >> i do think that energy and that caring nature and exists within my generation and up to people like myself who have a microphone and others to stand up and catalyze and really get young people back involved. >> then on to philly, where we were reminded that since the days of our founding fathers, this country has always been a work in progress. >> in 1787, they were dealing can quarling states. at the same time, that they were trying to restrict and balance power, they wanted to energize government as well. >> we also got some common sense from this country's foremost authority. thomas payne. >> he would say it's time to step and for the government to take control because we can't do it individually. we have to hav

it's probably a combination of the two, but also think in america, anything is possible, you know, wilmaph once said the potential for greatness lies within each of us and i think it's inherent, at this moment in our history, for each of us to find that greatness and really use it for the larger good. . >> well, chris, as we mentioned, is the executive director of the women's hall of fame right here seneca falls and happy to report they are moving into an even bigger and more impressive facility in the months to come. we win the best of luck to them and all involved in that cause. and take it as a reminder for all of us who now look at the need for a jobs movement and the need for economic liberation in this country, a cue from the past that there has been a long history of this type of oppression and this type of self-serving interests preventing change in this country and at the same time, history of catalyzing a movement among the citizenry of this country that is basically driven by not on the organization but the persistence and the spirit and the passion to stay with it until the j