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Board declines to overturn SFMTA denial after split vote on taxi medallion appeal
Summary
An appeal for a regular taxi medallion drew testimony from SFMTA alleging fabricated waybills; the Board voted 3-2 to grant the appeal but lacked the four votes required by City Charter to overturn a department action, so the SFMTA denial remained in effect.
The Board heard appeal Ten-1094 from an applicant identified in the record as Mister Smithson, who sought review of the SFMTA's denial of a regular taxi medallion. Jarvis Murray of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency told the Board that log-on records for 2009 showed 74 electronic log-ins while the applicant had submitted 121 paper waybills for that year, raising suspicion that some waybills were fabricated. "We believe…
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