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by Mykul3649 from Hillcrest, SE DC

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Taxicab Strike?
Oct 29, 2007 | 11:44 AM
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So, the cab drivers want to strike? Then I say, the day after they strike, anyone regularly using a taxi should strike. Do not take a taxi, schedule other transportation to get around the city if you can.  They want to strike against having meters put in their taxis, something that would stop them from ripping off the consumers.  Many of them do not and will not pick up minorities trying to catch cabs downtown, whether you have on a suit or not. They illegally congreate around the hotels to pick up tourists and convention goers who won't be around to complain about getting ripped off.  I often wonder why there is no enforcement of the taxi waiting zones in front of the hotels where the sign indicates there should only be two taxis and there are twelve or fourteen, illegally parked and/or double parked, blocking the driving lanes.

Let them strike, but strike back at their attempt to dictate what should be fair for consumers.  DO NOT TAKE A TAXI ON 01 NOVEMBER, 2007. Let them feel the pain they wish to inflict on consumers who just want a fare that's fair.

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Starrman read my blog view my photos
Oct 29, 2007 | 12:28 PM

Mykul3649, I agree!

The only thing I can say about people using DC taxi's between now and when they use meters, prepare to get outrageously overcharged. You all will have targets on your wallets until then.
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I am a lifelong, native Washingtonian a 74 graduate of Woodrow Wilson. I am proud having been a DC resident all my life. I take honor in having served my country in the US Navy as an Operations Specialist (retired due to disabling injury), at one point for five months sitting off the coast of Iran while the hostages were being held, waiting for rescue operation to start. I am a certified scuba diver, the pic is of me scuba diving in Belize I have made trips to many countries, while in the Navy and since I was retired, all over the caribbean, and many countries in Central and South America (I am fluent in Spanish). When I bought my house, I looked specifically at SE Washington, having spent some childhood years on Douglas Rd, walking along Nicols Avenue. At that time many white Jewish families lived in Anacostia and I used to cut grass and trim hedges on the weekends to make money. I remember the first black history museum that opened in the old theater, and even though the exhibits didn't change much, we'd go every weekend. I remember when John Kennedy was assasinated, he had just come to my school the year before. I remember the riots when Martin was killed, and I feared for my grandmother who was very light skinned, that she would be mistaken for white. She had to walk home from downtown to 8th and Kennedy street NW and I was so releived when I saw her. I remember her love and it sustains me, even to this day, God Bless her soul!

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