Category Archives: District of Columbia

Taken for a ride: press coverage of D.C.’s taxi industry is unfair to public and drivers

Posted on September 16, 2012 by admin

The Taxi Link airs on WUST 1120 AM. Listen to Sept. 15 show here: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download mp3 “You have one media person interviewing another media person who shares the same biased opinion.” – Tony … Continue reading →

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Is The Informer being blacklisted because of its black readership?

Posted on September 12, 2012 by admin

(Cross posted at The Washington Informer and The Urban Revival.) The Washington Informer has a mostly black readership and that appears to be why it was denied a District government contract which instead was awarded to The Washington Times, a … Continue reading →

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Is classism behind D.C.’s push to regulate taxis, not Uber?

Posted on September 9, 2012 by admin

The Taxi Link airs on WUST 1120 AM. Listen to the Sept. 8 show here: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download mp3 “Uber is a classic example of… class economic warfare,” said Tony Norman, a D.C. ANC commissioner … Continue reading →

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Remembering Brian Anders through action

Posted on September 7, 2012 by admin

Listen to TheFightBack‘s 2010 interview with Brian Anders [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download mp3 Brian Anders, a tireless D.C. activist and homeless advocate, passed away August 28. He asked that he be remembered not with tears but … Continue reading →

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VeriFone contract suspended

Posted on September 3, 2012 by admin

The Taxi Link airs on WUST 1120 AM. Listen to the Sept. 1 show here: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download mp3 “The District is hereby ordered to… suspend any further contract work,” Judge Monica Parchment of the … Continue reading →

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D.C.’s very funny VeriFone contract

Posted on August 27, 2012 by admin

The Taxi Link airs on WUST 1120 AM. Listen to the Aug. 25th show here: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download mp3 “We’re not doing anything that is not legal,” D.C. Taxicab Commission chairman Ron Linton told TheFightBack at a … Continue reading →

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Questionable Firings at Howard University’s WHUT-TV

Posted on August 20, 2012 by admin

Listen to three of the “Howard Four” here: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download mp3 (The Urban Revival cross-posted the piece and Union City linked to it.) “The behavior of the television station under this administration, this is … Continue reading →

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Taxi chair’s condescension

Posted on August 19, 2012 by admin

The Taxi Link airs on WUST 1120 AM. Listen to the Aug. 18 show here: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download mp3 “The regulators and the people that control this city, they have no respect for the taxicab … Continue reading →

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DC’s Taxi “Kangaroo Court”

Posted on August 13, 2012 by admin

Listen to The Taxi Link, Aug. 11: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download mp3 “[I question] whether this is racial or not,” D.C. Taxicab Commission (DCTC) member Stanley Tapscott said after the commission’s meeting last week at which it approved increased fines for … Continue reading →

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The Taxi Link, Aug. 4: The Lawsuit, the Media and the Mayor

Posted on August 5, 2012 by admin

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 “They have waged a number of media campaigns against us,” D.C. cabbie Mechal Chame said of the local press corps. “We are not against the public interest.” Chame appeared on WUST … Continue reading →

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