And mallory ive got to talk about the chaos that erupted in portland last night. Protests against president elect donald trump have now escalated to the point where Portland Police are calling them allout riots. Look at this. This is unbelievable. And weve confirmed 26 people have now been arrested. And i want you to see this video coming in from twitter. Car dealership all of these car windows smashed. I dont know what the point is. At one point the protesters split into two groups. One was peaceful doing what they should, expressing their voice there and the other was certainly not peaceful. The Police Warning to avoid these anarchist. Those arrested could face felony charges. In arizona an interesting twists to these protests. Telling everyone to stand down. Katie connor live with more on this. Katie this might surprise some people. Reporter yeah black lives arizona took to their Facebook Page saying what are you protesting . You should have voted. Just because we dont get the presi
People were actually commuters, all we could find out was how many people got on in certain places but of course there is in a system now and probably should not be a system for they get off so we dont know how many people have the long run. Weve done our own surveys and were all writers of muni and we see no reason for the statement that says buses are slow and reliable. They are not on speaking. The gary geary 38 ought. The geary 38 bay x are very fast. People are very very pleased by what they see. Theres no reason for mta to be denigrating its own service. So, there are many many more things to talk about about that and what i want to propose was that we have a meeting at which we have an opportunity to set forth what we think is important before you are forced into position we have two approve this. I mean you dont have the time. You have the time to investigate even though youre the duty of care to worry about this you dont have the time. We put the time into and within seven opp
And members of the board and members of the public could i want to start out by recognizing some of our employees and a couple other quick items for you. First i like to ask don ellison to come forward and recognize a long Time Training spreadable of ours whos decided to retire after mere 39 years of service. Good afternoon. Director nolan and fellow directors good its my honor today to recognize a gentleman that was for this agency for over 39 years. That is paul peterson. He was a superintendent of operator training along with him is a manager of operator training kim anderson. They were together for six years and operator training but much longer within the agency. All began his career as an operator in march 1977. In 1983, he was promoted to transit supervisor in Central Control and then later to operations. In january 20,000 2000 he was superintendent of operator training. Paul petersons 39 years and four months in operator training is marked by core value of supporting people and
Or Unfinished Business by Board Members. Members of the board are we good . Item 7, directors report good after chairman nolan and members of the board and members of the public could i want to start out by recognizing some of our employees and a couple other quick items for you. First i like to ask don ellison to come forward and recognize a long Time Training spreadable of ours whos decided to retire after mere 39 years of service. Good afternoon. Director nolan and fellow directors good its my honor today to recognize a gentleman that was for this agency for over 39 years. That is paul peterson. He was a superintendent of operator training along with him is a manager of operator training kim anderson. They were together for six years and operator training but much longer within the agency. All began his career as an operator in march 1977. In 1983, he was promoted to transit supervisor in Central Control and then later to operations. In january 20,000 2000 he was superintendent of o
Children brian and christian. Brian im his own works were with sf mta in the Maintenance Department good christian words with the Sheriffs Department of san diego. In his retirement paul plans to focus on his familytthe grandkids [laughing]his family and his two 1956 patterns with these risk conditioning. As a member of the packard club car shows on pauls future. I want to take this time to congratulate him wrapping up a great career at this sfmta a and kim apperson will speak a few words about all. Mr. Anderson. Thanks very much. Appreciate the opportunity. Paul has been more than just being a great employee. He has been the person you can look up to. I mean youve got that many years on your belt in this business, youre bound to pretty much have an answer for just about everything that comes along. There isnt anything he has not seen we certainly still take advantage of this today. Just because a zero tired we still outlined to his home. So we still call him. But for me personally, it