Counterparts. You may have seen this week that the Starbucks Coffee Company Announced a new initiative called race together. In encourages employees to engage in conversations about raise with people buying coffee. You may think this is a good approach, or you may disagree with it. For the first 45 minutes, we want to discuss what this means for Race Relations. If you live in the eastern are central time zone, 202 7488000 is the number four calling in. 202 7488001 if you live in the amount no pacific zone. If you want to post on twitter journal cspan. Org. On facebook, facebook. Com cspan. Or you can send us an email, journal cspan. Org. If you go to the companys website, it you can read the press release and why they are doing it. Race together is what employees have been voluntarily writing on cups this week. If you got a copy of a copy of usa today there was a pullout on Race Relations. It also has a picture of that ceo of starbucks as he was talking to members of his company about
Chairman nolan we are back. Good afternoon. We are back in session. Will go at this point to the agenda. Back the public comment. We have members of the public who wish to address the board . Secretary boomer yes, on matters within the jurisdiction of the board of directors but not on the agenda. Chairman nolan two minutes. Secretary boomer [indiscernible] chairman nolan mr. Malik . [sounds like] good afternoon. Honorable chairman and directors. Malik, longtime driver. Not on the agenda. Mr. Chairman, a few months ago you requested or ordered the sfmta to bring up credit card issue again. A lot of companies are charging five percent or more. Forcing the drivers to accept credit card via merchant, we pay the license fee to the city. We are independent contractors. I do now you can forces to accept credit card even though the people go to the clubs and bars. Ethey dont accept credit cards. They have to pay cash. The minimum is 21 dollars. If you go to the bar and order 6 10, you have to
gavel chairman nolan we are back. Good afternoon. We are back in session. Will go at this point to the agenda. Back the public comment. We have members of the public who wish to address the board . Secretary boomer yes, on matters within the jurisdiction of the board of directors but not on the agenda. Chairman nolan two minutes. Secretary boomer [indiscernible] chairman nolan mr. Malik . [sounds like] good afternoon. Honorable chairman and directors. Malik, longtime driver. Not on the agenda. Mr. Chairman, a few months ago you requested or ordered the sfmta to bring up credit card issue again. A lot of companies are charging five percent or more. Forcing the drivers to accept credit card via merchant, we pay the license fee to the city. We are independent contractors. I do now you can forces to accept credit card even though the people go to the clubs and bars. Ethey dont accept credit cards. They have to pay cash. The minimum is 21 dollars. If you go to the bar and order 6 10, you ha
We were instructed to not pick up anyone on the line or you will get a ticket. I had to tell a few drunk people now. If you like to go into a combat situation to service the public. We want to figure this out. Either sfpd or everyone involved, it will not have black towne cars using that road, have to have other access. We have buses with People Holding on. They stand. At the cab driver, it is frustrating. Herbert weiner. Why does muni have such a crime rate . Because it gets away with murder. [indiscernible] requires physically disabled people to walk quarter of a mile. They ignore the obvious. More buses, more drivers. They propose extravagant solutions. Mta is a bully agency the tax taxidrivers, parking meters in the physically frail. If muni passengers a lucky those taking the bus today are lucky if they are home by christmas. I had to acquaint this board with muni etiquette. When you say to someone i will see you in hell, it means i will see you in a muni bus. Chairman nolan next
gavel chairman nolan we are back. Good afternoon. We are back in session. Will go at this point to the agenda. Back the public comment. We have members of the public who wish to address the board . Secretary boomer yes, on matters within the jurisdiction of the board of directors but not on the agenda. Chairman nolan two minutes. Secretary boomer [indiscernible] chairman nolan mr. Malik . [sounds like] good afternoon. Honorable chairman and directors. Malik, longtime driver. Not on the agenda. Mr. Chairman, a few months ago you requested or ordered the sfmta to bring up credit card issue again. A lot of companies are charging five percent or more. Forcing the drivers to accept credit card via merchant, we pay the license fee to the city. We are independent contractors. I do now you can forces to accept credit card even though the people go to the clubs and bars. Ethey dont accept credit cards. They have to pay cash. The minimum is 21 dollars. If you go to the bar and order 6 10, you ha