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hi. i got a very simple question. i m one of the medallion owners who bought it for $250,000. i got a simple question. how long my miserable life is going to this young lady is trying to do something about it and those guys are talking with their miserable life. it has not come yet. i wish it comes. why? because i ve been suffering for six years. i made money only for two years. but those guys have got millions of dollars. they re complaining have pity on me. it is for you guys to think about all the medallion holders. i am in debt of 70,000. i have two children in college. i can t pay for anything because somebody has ruined my life, but now this lady, her predecessor destroyed my life. she s trying to do something. this industry sometimes need a bitter pill. this could be the bitter pill. see what is happening in new york city. hedge fund has come in. why? because it s open market. if you close the market, the problem with the industry will continue. it s going to ....
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 re ....
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 ....
and those guys are talking with their miserable life. it has not come yet. i wish it comes. why? because i ve been suffering for six years. i made money only for two years. but those guys have got millions of dollars. they re complaining have pity on me. it is for you guys to think about all the medallion holders. i am in debt of 70,000. i have two children in college. i can t pay for anything because somebody has ruined my life, but now this lady, her predecessor destroyed my life. she s trying to do something. this industry sometimes need a bitter pill. this could be the bitter pill. see what is happening in new york city. hedge fund has come in. why? because it s open market. if you close the market, the problem with the industry will continue. it s going to go down the drain. i totally support what she is doing. it is finally, it s better late than never. it took her six years to do this thing. please continue with this proposal. once you decide, make sure you pass ....
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 impa ....