PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Christopher Leon Johnson on School Bus Safety and Contracting
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Christopher Leon Johnson testified in support of Resolution 250 and other measures to improve school bus safety and accountability in contracting. He emphasized the need for stronger stop arms on buses and stricter penalties for violating school bus safety laws.
- Advocated for lower and stronger stop arms on school buses to prevent cars from ignoring them
- Suggested felony charges for passing a school bus during operation times
- Called for more transparency in bus company employee suspensions and terminations
- Expressed concern about the contracting process and alleged "pay to play" practices
Christopher Leon Johnson
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Yeah.
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Hi, chair Joseph and chair Juan.
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My name is Christopher Leon Johnson of record.
4:04:49
Thank you.
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Let me speak.
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I was in the bathroom.
4:04:51
I wanna show my support for intro 250.
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My reason is because my niece takes the bus.
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She used to take the bus.
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Now she walks home, but my sister We need more.
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We need the stock arms.
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I prefer to be more in the back, and the stock arms, DB a little lower than not only on the midway of the bus, the low way old bus, and they need to be strong as a baller because some of these drivers don't listen at all.
4:05:21
They don't give a crap by no by no stop arm.
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So but if you put make him strong enough to a car to hit one of those stop arms and the car got damaged, It'll work.
4:05:31
It'll work.
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And what need is to happen more is the state.
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I know you guys is the city council, but this need goes to the state legislative need to enter some bills to put put away, like, if you had a a school bus during operation times, you need to be prosecuted for felony charge, not misdemeanors.
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And when it comes to intro the intro when it comes to about the contractors I know you don't you you're the city council.
4:06:00
Just need to go to the mayor office, but we all know this mayor is so dope care about protecting his boys and gals.
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And the mayor's up because they didn't want that brick order of laws with these violations and contracts, they need to start putting like, every time a a worker gets suspended, like a employee gets suspended, that need to be recorded to the tracker.
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They need to have a new portal to so anybody like, any parent or any guardian that has a bus company in real time gets to know if anytime an employee been suspended or an employee been terminated because people even had to write the no.
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There's a big issue with certain companies begin these contracts, but it comes out to we find out that the some employees are sold are sold dirty and rotten.
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It is like, how you how you get a contract?
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Nobody don't know.
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It's politics in a nutshell.
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That's why this mayor, Eric Adams, in the situation, because of his dirty dealings as a mayor.
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But we all know that it's all paid to play when it comes to these getting these contracts.
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So I'm showing my support with nobody bills.
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I I I think you introduced those bills, Joseph, with the contracts, I believe, is a good contract.
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And this resolution to support push put the stop arms into the buses is great.
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So I support both bills.
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I hope it gets passed in city council, but we all know that's up to the state, and we hope that the governor, Hoco, doesn't veto the bill because we don't owe us about money here.
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So thank you.
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Thank you.
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Take care.
