Was discussed that if somebody had paid in cash, and then the card was swiped, to create a double payment at the same time, there is no way to track that, is there . There is no way to track the cash payment. And we have the debit card record, but that is it. All right. And you are talking about a cash payment by someone . Someone who was different. A nonpara transit. Or any other client before that point in time. Yeah. Okay. There were something in your brief that referenced something similar to that. There is no way to actually track what was basically happened is that you would have to leave the meter on, rather than canceling it so that you could run a different card on the same transaction . Understood. I have one more quick question, was there any criminal prosecution related to this . Not related to this individual, we did submit several others to the das office. Okay. Thank you. I have another question. Mr. Goldstein is saying that he is his client is having his medallion lifte
Another thing here. These are transactions that originate or end at town taxi facility. And based on the toe at patterns the cards were his possession and none of the trips that were recorded during this time period actually transported those patrons. Thank you. So just really quickly in the interest of time. We just want to point out that the inconsistentcy that include numerous balance checks and the trips not being taken at or near their home address and we do have video available if you care to see it at a different point. Thank you. I have a question. Please. I am a little confused. If i am eligible for the program, is the card issued to me . That is correct. So it should be on me at all times and then i give it to the driver, the driver swipes it and would you say if i am capable i sign a receipt and i am supposed to get it back. Sometimes when they are with the care giver as well. They are always together, the person should be in the vehicle. You would always be in the vehicle.
Over a two year period or a three year period . I think at one point it says since the program was instituted in 2009 and at another point it happened from maybe just in 2013. He can answer that. Our reporting period covered september 2009 through september of this year. And the reason for that was that the Debit Card Program itself started in about september of 2009. And the para transit taxi program existed previously but we used the paper script and so we used the electronic record go to september of 2009. So the 21,000 dollars is from 2009 forward. That is correct. Thank you. I have further questions if you are finished. To what extent are these cards subsidized by the public . Depending on the persons income . No the rate of subsidy is fixed. Currently the rate is for every 5 of cash that the person that the card is issued to is paid to our office and we load the 30 of ride value on to the debit card account and so it is about one 6th of the cost that the patron is bearing. Okay.
The committee did their work. It was in the full committee. What are your views on this issue . Well, congressman, i think it is important to point out that we approach the institute of medicine to ask for advice on how to structure a system that will provide assistance at a women, infant and children. They took the job seriously and said we should focus on food were products that would that were healthy and not normally used by women, infant and children. The issue with potatoes and the average american consumes 90 pounds of potatoes a year, it is like 88. 7 pounds of potatoes. So the institute believed it would be appropriate to focus on vegetables that were not consumed at the same level of quantity and wanted us to focus on green, orange and red vegetables which we have done in the wic program. The report says we have nothing against potatoes but this is a Supplemental Program and that is why they are not included and we focus on more alternatives that are not purchased by women fo
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