Back in 1989, when a San Francisco cabdriver named Tristan Bettencourt needed somebody to bail him out of jail, he called his close friend Heidi Machen."Public sector" morals.
Bettencourt later pleaded guilty to first-degree burglary -- for stealing a necklace from the home of one of his fares.
Today, Bettencourt, 49, is scheduled to chair the San Francisco Taxicab Commission's meeting at City Hall, and as the agency's acting director, he will be seated in the chair formerly occupied by Machen, whom the commission fired from her executive director post on June 28 in a closed-door session.
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Interim director of S.F. taxi panel a convicted thief
The San Francisco Chronicle reports:
