.) >> good afternoon mrs. florence. >> ladies and gentlemen, of the audience and commissioners good afternoon generally i've stopped coming to those meetings for the last four to five years i've spoken about various taxi problems you haven't initiated or started one program for one reason there's not one taxi driver on this commission not one working within the sfmta to promote taxi benefits for drivers your crushing us there our management right now how would you like our income to drop 50 or 60 percent when the commissions looking at you like you're on drugs only to find out we've pumped $267 million a year into our pocket and get exactly nothing in return we'll have no pensions no retirement system zero and then there's uber and lift only to find out you sit onion the side rails looking at like it's not happening they're showing up everyone you've got teenager that are driving for lift thursday and friday and saturday nights saturating the city while you sit back as to we're sick or crazy because we're excl

. >> there is florence right there, florence anderson, mrs. brady. >> oh, yeah. >> that is the reunion. >> all right, jen. >> my goodness. >> look at that. >> scared me a little bit there, karen. >> jen is drinking all day, hi, jen. >> i'm not drinking anymore and guess what i'm with our new best friend pet ra. you saw her this morning. you want to do what. >> i want to scare the z it out of you. >> i got to know >> it is will the 32, so, you know what that means, it is time for me to face the music. >> lets take a look. bob kelly, and his twitter followers, 67,000 -- 6,734. and alex halle, 6,446. >> i think -- wow, what did he start with? back in the day when you came here, just seven weeks ago, what did you start with? >> oh, i had like 2,000. >> that's huge. you went up 4,000. >> the contest for was for today, but you know someone tweeted me, path door, she said, bragging with donuts is a desperate move. >> i agree. >> but he won. so it is a desperate move that won. >> so, okay, i accept defeat. >> that means he gets to do the pie in mike's

mr. miller is the author of "supreme city." he describes ambitious individuals like walter chrysler who oversaw the skyscraper florence boom. also the creation of cultural a and architectural feats. this was hosted by the new york public library. it's about an hour and a half. >> great. thank you, lois. i want to thank the library and especially debra for organizing this event. can you guys hear me in the back? can you hear me now? no? yes? >> yes. >> all right. i'll speak loudly. okay. well, it's great to be in the city lecturing on the city that you wrote about in ve