We walk the streets and talk to businesses, put in applications for health and safety, and talk to the police department.

The Latino community is reluctant to help police officers, but we're out here to tell them this is not an immigration thing.

We believe most rescue activity is a public safety function. If I get into a car wreck and the police come to the wreck, I don't get a bill from the police officer for his time. So why should I get a bill from a county sheriff if I need a rescue?

Police officers and firemen have safety training and protective equipment. The most a taxi driver might have is a Plexiglas window.

The standard in the statute hasn't changed in the last week -- it's 'imperil the national health and safety' -- and we monitor the strike conditions and the economic conditions to see if that standard has been met. So far it has not.

The No. 1 priority of the city is the health and safety of its residents. And traffic is always the No. 1 thing on people's minds.