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City Council Is to Blame for Failed Taxi Pay System
RECEIVED Mon., June 21, 2010
Dear Editor,
While Wells Dunbar did an excellent job of explaining the system that cab drivers are forced to work under in the city of Austin, he gave City Council a pass and failed to highlight that this is the system that is created and perpetuated by our city’s elected officials [“Sharecropping on Wheels,” News, June 11].
Council Member Mike Martinez can no longer hide behind past city councils and cast the blame for this system upon them. Along with the rest of City Council, save Bill Spelman, Martinez voted to continue the monopoly of Yellow Cab and this sharecropping system.
Thank you for your time.
While Wells Dunbar did an excellent job of explaining the system that cab drivers are forced to work under in the city of Austin, he gave City Council a pass and failed to highlight that this is the system that is created and perpetuated by our city’s elected officials [“Sharecropping on Wheels,” News, June 11].
Council Member Mike Martinez can no longer hide behind past city councils and cast the blame for this system upon them. Along with the rest of City Council, save Bill Spelman, Martinez voted to continue the monopoly of Yellow Cab and this sharecropping system.
Thank you for your time.
Ann Darbonne
President
Taxi Drivers Association of Austin
President
Taxi Drivers Association of Austin