From brussels, a report by our special correspondent denis davidov. Such the ministry of internal affairs did not expect aggression, the police later admitted. Not only were eggs and oranges flying at them, but also firecrackers. Under the pressure of the crowd, the defenders of european institutions retreated. The police are using Water Cannons not only to disperse the protesters, but also to extinguish the tires that farmers set on fire near the approach to the euroquarter. Next to burning tires, the smell is not only of burnt rubber. Before dumping them on the streets of the capital, farmers generously smeared everything with manure. The rain that falls all day on the protesters only on hand. You cant go out into the field anyway, so you can go protest. European farmers have been protesting for almost a month, but so far only the Brussels Police are drawing conclusions. The approaches to the European Commission building are blocked as tightly as ever. Several rows of barriers, hedge
Reach, better, including engaging people sooner in the process, and as i have also shared, we are developing a new approach to that. And which we should very soon have a draft of and be happy to work with the office of Small Business and the office of economic workforce development, and the Small Business network and any other stake holder who is interested in reviewing it and giving us feedback because i do think that that is an important part of the project. And there is a lot of process, in these projects and a lot of things dont even get to the sfmta board because, we take them in a different direction, and we generally bring things to the board where we have consensus, and it is not always the case, but that is generally what we try to do so before that, we have the Community Meetings and we have the stake holder meetings, and at some point, things go to a public hearing before they come to the sfmta board and so there is a lot of process already. And often, we are critized for to
Awareness, and education Small Businesses that were early on in the process and addressing things like loading and other issues that we understand are very directly important to Small Businesses we go and we work with the groups and we deal with the parking and loading issues, and that remains in an area where perhaps we could do more and make sure that our folks understand the needs of Small Businesses and including Cash Register and Certification Requirements that our sister agencies are imposing on them. And in terms of awareness, and you know, anything that we can do more in terms of promoting the Small Businesses during things like Small Business week or the day that we had last saturday, i think that there is a lot of opportunity there. Like rise and promotions and marketing. We have done a fair bit with you. And with the Small Business community, and i think that there is probably the opportunity for us to do more there. Making sure that the people now how to find the parking an
Recommendations and in understanding how transportation patterns and traces, impacts Small Businesses, and how projects that we might be leading are part of. And projects like them can impact the vitality of a commercial corridor and i think that there is a lot of data out there that we could get smarter and better about how we are using or how we are using it. Awareness, and education Small Businesses that were early on in the process and addressing things like loading and other issues that we understand are very directly important to Small Businesses we go and we work with the groups and we deal with the parking and loading issues, and that remains in an area where perhaps we could do more and make sure that our folks understand the needs of Small Businesses and including Cash Register and Certification Requirements that our sister agencies are imposing on them. And in terms of awareness, and you know, anything that we can do more in terms of promoting the Small Businesses during thi
Commercial corridor and i think that there is a lot of data out there that we could get smarter and better about how we are using or how we are using it. Awareness, and education Small Businesses that were early on in the process and addressing things like loading and other issues that we understand are very directly important to Small Businesses we go and we work with the groups and we deal with the parking and loading issues, and that remains in an area where perhaps we could do more and make sure that our folks understand the needs of Small Businesses and including Cash Register and Certification Requirements that our sister agencies are imposing on them. And in terms of awareness, and you know, anything that we can do more in terms of promoting the Small Businesses during things like Small Business week or the day that we had last saturday, i think that there is a lot of opportunity there. Like rise and promotions and marketing. We have done a fair bit with you. And with the Small