industry only because i knew that after a certain amount of time, about 13 years in my case, i was going to receive a medallion, for being a grizzled driver, basically. now they re trying to do the classic take from peter to pay paul, by excluding all of us who did play by the rules that the city established, from going to the airport. that is going to be the value of all the k medallions to basically nothing. because nobody is going to want to drive any of those cabs. it s going to have additional adverse impacts. the city is not going to be served. because if all the people, the shrinking pool of drivers is going work with the prop a medallions so they can go to the airport, you re not going to have the residents of san francisco being served. so this could have such a terrible impact on the [bell ringing] prop k medallion owners and most especially on the elderly population of the city which is still reliant upon taxi cabs. the mta does not have the best track record w
to. i would have had the best cars, the best shift, but the city would not make that available to me. i decided to stay in the industry only because i knew that after a certain amount of time, about 13 years in my case, i was going to receive a medallion, for being a grizzled driver, basically. now they re trying to do the classic take from peter to pay paul, by excluding all of us who did play by the rules that the city established, from going to the airport. that is going to be the value of all the k medallions to basically nothing. because nobody is going to want to drive any of those cabs. it s going to have additional adverse impacts. the city is not going to be served. because if all the people, the shrinking pool of drivers is going work with the prop a medallions so they can go to the airport, you re not going to have the residents of san francisco being served. so this could have such a terrible impact on the [bell ringing] prop k medallion owners and most especi
could not purchase a medallion. i wish i would have been able to. i would have had the best cars, the best shift, but the city would not make that available to me. i decided to stay in the industry only because i knew that after a certain amount of time, about 13 years in my case, i was going to receive a medallion, for being a grizzled driver, basically. now they re trying to do the classic take from peter to pay paul, by excluding all of us who did play by the rules that the city established, from going to the airport. that is going to be the value of all the k medallions to basically nothing. because nobody is going to want to drive any of those cabs. it s going to have additional adverse impacts. the city is not going to be served. because if all the people, the shrinking pool of drivers is going work with the prop a medallions so they can go to the airport, you re not going to have the residents of san francisco being served. so this could have such a terrible impact on
#. regretfully, even that was maneuvered, so selling really hasn t worked. thank you. good afternoon. my name is john lozar. i m third generation cab industry. my father started in luxor cab started in 1928. my father was driving a cab in 1946 and became president of luxor cab company. he purchased his medallions, one in 1960. in those days, you bought a house for $17,000. his sweat equity, driving a cab from 1946, raising two children, native san franciscans, and luxor cab has been recognized as a legacy company and a historical company. we started the wheelchair program in 1889, before the m.t.a. or any regulator knew we had to do it. i was chair person for the paratransit coordinating council. our goal is to help people that can t get around san francisco through difficult time, and we continue to do that. and we ve lost substantial amounts of income. these medallions that are regulated are saying they re free or given, is not true. when i met down with mayor lee in
One of the last remaining luminaries from the explosion of professional theatre in Canberra during the 1970s has died after complications from lung cancer. He was 91.