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The driver to transfer the medallion and realized the asset value. Thank you for addressing that point. I feel a bit of Kindred Spirit with you today, suffering personal attacks. This is a program that was is explained like that shows that you as a staff showing respect the people will have a long time in industry. While it is tempting at some levels of the mta to reach out and take all this money we have sacrificed determine some of the revenue to create a transition program. And i appreciate your comments. Those are my questions. Chairman nolan director rubke. Chairman nolan i would like to make an amendment, item 11. Director rubke i would like to to make in a amendment to item 11. Chairman nolan second of the motion . If director rubkes amendment is passed, well get to 300 on the waiting list. Correct. Chairman nolan all those in favor . Passed, 11 as amended. I would like very much to see that the revenue generated, in fact i ....
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 pay 21, and if you want another drink, you pay another 21. The same people, for 7 ride, they gave you credit card. And some people force you to accept credit card. Which is very unfair. If you ....
comment period will be over if there is no one else who wishes to address the board. does anyone else wish to speak? director nolan: go ahead. today, i drove my full shift, and i had a really great day. i helped a little old lady in and q) calves, helped a blind guy get from point a to point b. fáit is a rewarding job, and i m kind of glad to say that i made the decision that there s really not a future in this business for your average working person. that is what this amounts to. it is a nice job to have if you need to make a little bit of money and work on other things, and ultimately, that is what i have decided to do. in a couple of years that i have been attending town hall meetings and doing whatever i can, i feel that the agency and the industry it is an old cliche, but it focuses mainly on the cab companies and what is good for them, what is in the interests of the regulating agency and what obviously concerns the medallion holders. the majority of the ....
a chance to read over th that. i know that will be distributed to you soon. have a chance to read that over when considering all the lives of the people in this industry. as one speaker said, you have people who want to look with you, who want to cooperate with the mta and better in the industry. you have a lot of folks who want to impart knowledge on you who want to help you out so you can make better informed decisions. i think you should take advantage of that. director nolan: ok, the public comment period will be over if there is no one else who wishes to address the board. does anyone else wish to speak? director nolan: go ahead. today, i drove my full shift, and i had a really great day. i helped a little old lady in and q) calves, helped a blind guy get from point a to point b. fáit is a rewarding job, and i m kind of glad to say that i made the decision that there s really not a future in this business for your average working person. that is what this a ....
be resolved and you should hold an agenda item. that is the one good thing that nathaniel ford did due to agree the tax exempt it became a useless and a day. regarding these items before you, there was a town hall meeting but the outrage was so terrible. the director decided information needs to get out earlier. with regarding these, there has been little outrage and the impact on the industry as great in some areas. that [unintelligible] without more outreach. the average cab driver comes from a country where english is fánot their first language, did not get the american education, and understands the impact that these may have on their ability to do their business and do their job. you re making a lot of these cabdrivers employees. there s a lot of risk involved by treating these rules and regulations. also without the enforcement. they have not hired at the investigators and they re dragging their feet on this. what is the industry gotten? i am concerned that th ....