But i have been told it wasnt a case of the iranians taking it over i think it lost the signal and went down and probably had a hard landing. Any additional questions or comments . You have written your previous book about the b22 which was more incremental. There are very few opportunities to observe a revolution as it happens in the aero space and defense industy. Do you see anything else in the future or on the horizon that would taken this amount of emerging new demme developments . I think if i knew the answer to that i would not tell you because i would be working on a book about it. That is my answer. On that note, thank you very much, richard. Thank you very much. Thank you for being here. For those who have not received the book with his signature all are some copies left. Thank you for joining us and see you soon, i hope. On the next washington journal dr. Ron is here from save the children to talk about the role of nonprofit groups stopping the spread of ebola. And we talk a
We understand the need of the sfmta to secure income. Chairman nolan thank you sir. Next speaker please. Secretary boomer i diane maleck. Good afternoon, my name is [indiscernible], i have been living in San Francisco for 29 years; i respectfully reject this proposal. I have been on the waiting list for almost 14 years. I send you my proposal. Here is my proposal. To serve the public we dont need 24 7 cabs in San Francisco; please issue 500 bigtime medallion, for 50,000 each, it would generate 25 million for the sfmta. When the build of the business on the offpeak time we can work those medallions to the regular medallions for example 100 medallions a year during the course of five years without hurting the business. Then you can work the peak time medallion for the regular medallion. Then you put 500 peak time medallion, and then you will go to list of 1000 drivers on the medallion waiting list; those of the drivers waited 10 years or more on the waiting list. That way you can stop dr
Im poor. Now you have come with the funny idea, you want to sell us a medallion. I paid 1. 25 million to the Cab Companies over the last 20 years. How much is that worth . How much 20 years at my age is worth. No you guys come with another funny idea. 150 people give 150,000. How about risk . Im 64 years old. How about my family . What are you guys going to do for these people . Do you think you are a i am a father, husband, broither,a neighbor, good person. What is going on with this corrupted city . I am a young man . 64 years old. What should i do . At 64 years old. Start from scratch. Can i make a payment . You tell me. Are you guys american . Are you guys american . Cheating your neighbor . No, i dont think so. You guys are not american. [indiscernible] these people not communists. These are american people, hardworking people like me. 64 years old. Plus 20 years my age, plus i paid 1. 2 Million Dollars to the Cab Companies. You think of like a little baby . This is not right. I d
Our whole life has gone into this thanks a lot. applause i have two purposes of speaking, want to clarify the details of the halfprice medallion offer; the other is to implore the board to extend the offer to 300 rather than 150 applicants. Each medallion moves 1. 5 to 2 names; about 500 people can be brought into the fold if you allowed 300. Your workers are your greatest asset. Is consider forgoing the extra revenue you would get from sharing the other 150 medallions with these drivers and not forgo the goodwill of your workforce. Also these people that we have gotten into the fold have proved that they can dodge accident and deal with the public; the previous speakerjerry is a perfect example. He is Something Like 400 on the list. This is a career worker counting on this; it is not his fault. There are 1000 of us like myself who are either prop k and you will sell medallions for an extra 100,000 and make a total of 1 Million Dollars off that alone. [indiscernible] of course there is
I was hoping to come here earlier like a couple of months ago. I was in a car accident, in a taxi here in seven San Francisco, hit by an uninsured motorist; i have six damage discs. I can believe that you guys are going to try to ticket where with these drivers are work for; i worked as a driver seven years, it is one of the most disgusting jobs i have had in my whole entire life, being a cab driver in San Francisco. The Cab Companies treat you like crap. Not all Companies Offer uninsured motorist coverage. It my case, the guy said, we have Workers Compensation. Why should they be covered by Workers Compensation . Second of all, safety checks that you guys are supposedly doing, i have seen seven cars in a row at national cab where the air bags did not deploy. In my car the airbags did not deploy. The seatbelt was kept together by clothespin. You want to take away something that they need to provide for their family. They put up with a lot of crap. They have not talked about this to you