station and look forward to the new ideas that captain feeney has. we are excited to be here as well. thank you. chief, commissioners. my reason for speaking this evening is that i am someone that has all the budgetary problems in the city of san francisco for the past 30 years. in the last two to three years, particularly in the last 12 months, part of the campaign was to get the police commission to get here and understand the city has a problem. it is not just in the school district. it is in places like city college, which may be going bankrupt next year based on their lack of funds. also coming back to captain feeney s speech i have two daughters born and raised in san francisco. one was an equestrian rider who spoke years ago to save the stables. captain feeney did not talk about the stables or the mounted police. 17 saddles were bought for $10,000 apiece. brand new saddles. i looked in catalogs, particularly for saddles for writing, there were none over $3,000. we
bankrupt next year based on their lack of funds. also coming back to captain feeney s speech i have two daughters born and raised in san francisco. one was an equestrian rider who spoke years ago to save the stables. captain feeney did not talk about the stables or the mounted police. 17 saddles were bought for $10,000 apiece. brand new saddles. i looked in catalogs, particularly for saddles for writing, there were none over $3,000. we have a budgetary problem here. does not just applied to the county out large. it is the teachers in the schools, school supplies, police officers and their salaries, and pensions. it all comes into one bundle. i would like to see things in the paper, like today [inaudible] prime must go down. the city college district is going bankrupt, and it is due to salaries. crime must go down. i think the commission here, in the next six, 12 months, with community support, should pay more attention to finances, less attention to rhetoric and patroni
district. it is in places like city college, which may be going bankrupt next year based on their lack of funds. also coming back to captain feeney s speech i have two daughters born and raised in san francisco. one was an equestrian rider who spoke years ago to save the stables. captain feeney did not talk about the stables or the mounted police. 17 saddles were bought for $10,000 apiece. brand new saddles. i looked in catalogs, particularly for saddles for writing, there were none over $3,000. we have a budgetary problem here. does not just applied to the county out large. it is the teachers in the schools, school supplies, police officers and their salaries, and pensions. it all comes into one bundle. i would like to see things in the paper, like today [inaudible] prime must go down. the city college district is going bankrupt, and it is due to salaries. crime must go down. i think the commission here, in the next six, 12 months, with community support, should pay mo
in our neighborhood. we need your help with that, we need your direction to get the police department dealing with this problem so that we can fix it short-term and come up with a long-term solution. thank you. hello, my name is kristin evans. i am the owner of book smith, a bookstore on haight street. i am also a member of the merchants association. i briefly wanted to make a few comments. i believe there has been some recent attention focused on mcdonald s, which is not a member of the merchants association. our organization represents 75 dues-paying members, and we have about 120 in the era that we could represent. in the past year we have recruited 75 members to participate. one of the things that makes us unique as an organization is that, of the nine board members, five of us live in the neighborhood as well. i live on ashbury between haight and waller. we all represent businesses that are community-oriented, serving the community, and welcome visitors from around the