Up next a confirmation hearing for u. S. Postal service governors and other judicial nominations to the d. C. Superior court. During this meeting members of the committee asked nominees questions concerning the health and safety of postal workers amid the coronavirus pandemic. This morning we will consider two nominees for the governor of the United States Postal Service, don lee moke and william zolers. Well consider three nominees for the judicial system to be associate judges in the superior court of d. C. We do have brief introduction of each. Donald lee moke served as president of the Airline Pilots association and captain with Delta Airlines for 31 years. He also served as an officer in the United States marine corp. Thank you so much for that service. William zolers serves red stone llc, hes the chairman and ceo of yrc until 2011, prior to that served in Senior Leadership positions with rider incorporated and Eastman Kodak company. Mark robins serves in office of general counsel
Duty in asia. I continued to fly fighter jets until i refired from the military with the rank of commander in 2001. After my time on active duty, i also became a pilot for a commercial air carrier. As a commercial airline pilot, i was performing my primary duty. And association that was importantly conceived in 1931 to represent airmail pilots. I had many appointed and elected positions in the association ultimately becoming the president of alba from 2011 to 2014. I represented more than 50,000 u. S. And canadian pilots at over 30 companies on contractual, safety, and government policy matters. I lead a team to address complex bankruptcy rein restructuring. Nothing was easy and they had to Work Together to settle negotiated agreements. I also served on numerous safety committees including the federal aviation fa advisory committee. Air traffic services, and appointed as the faa drone advisory committee. Last year i also cochaired the department of transportations Second Committee to r
And in terms of the lessons learned, the utilities and what happens with this covering some of the things underground. And i think this particular project, we are in a better space where we have been doing some preliminary work to see what is underground, to see if we can mitigate the netiquette negative impacts we have seen on the van ness construction schedule as a result of that. Last comment. I just want to say this is the kind of project that makes me proud to be affiliated with the sfmta. It is bold, it is transformative , it is 100 on our citys goal. Im struck by how many of the commenters wanted this adjusting in the beginning with car free spaces all throughout San Francisco. This is about the kind of city we want to be. I just want to echo that call and say very clearly to the hardworking sfmta and public works staff, please bring us more proposals for creating carvery spaces in the city that can help to prioritize walking, cycling, transit use and other city variables. Thank
But artificial turf because theyre concerned of the gopher holes they have in the park and they female that they identify artificial turf, which is more tornadmore i guess they movey from the rubber. Theres a call for an update and that you let me know and i appreciate you bringing that back to life. I think its an important highlight to explore and see if we can then replicate. I dont love artificial turf and it seems to somewhat defeat the purpose of green infrastructure. How does that help our sewer system . Thats a big fight at rec and park of having natural turf versus artificial turf. Having sons that play soccer and baseball, you step in the gopher holes and thats why its been something of contingency in rec and park. Of course, i was going to say the same thing and i recognise the gophers and the gopher holes. There must be some way to do it because i cant do anything in my backyard because these gophers are rough but i think there has to be something rather naturally and creat
M. T. A. , Public Utilities commission in the Transportation Authority and even m. T. C. To identify funding at federal state at regional level. That is our biggest challenge right now. Of course, revisiting and making sure we have resources allocated to complete the design of the project on public works in the m. T. A. Side. And in terms of the lessons learned, the utilities and what happens with this covering some of the things underground. And i think this particular project, we are in a better space where we have been doing some preliminary work to see what is underground, to see if we can mitigate the netiquette negative impacts we have seen on the van ness construction schedule as a result of that. Last comment. I just want to say this is the kind of project that makes me proud to be affiliated with the sfmta. It is bold, it is transformative , it is 100 on our citys goal. Im struck by how many of the commenters wanted this adjusting in the beginning with car free spaces all thro