Category Archives: Taxicab

Leon Swain, Chairman at Arms

Posted on March 23, 2011 by admin

LISTEN TO LEON SWAIN [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Who walks into what is expected to be a heated meeting packing heat? No less than the chairman of the D.C. Taxicab Commission (DCTC). As he entered … Continue reading →

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Medallions May be a Trojan Horse for D.C. Taxicab Industry

Posted on March 17, 2011 by admin

Download the proposed DC taxicab medallion bill. Throughout the U.S., in city after city, taxicab drivers are forced to become the equivalent of modern day sharecroppers. Despite working long hours and generating great wealth, taxicab drivers are often not the … Continue reading →

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Taxi Drivers Look to Gray

Posted on January 18, 2011 by admin

LISTEN TO JOHN BUGG [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 John Bugg is a native Washingtonian and a professional taxicab driver in the District of Columbia. Since 1957, Bugg has witnessed attempts to make D.C.’s taxicab industry … Continue reading →

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How many D.C. taxicab drivers on the D.C. Taxicab Commission?

Posted on September 26, 2010 by admin

(video excerpted from DC Gov) Friday afternoon, at a hastily scheduled and poorly publicized roundtable hearing before Ward 7 D.C. Councilmember Yvette Alexander, D.C. taxicab drivers unanimously testified in opposition to the nomination of Elliot Ferguson to the D.C. Taxicab … Continue reading →

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