Furthering their quest to cut out the middleman – us – and deliver the news straight to you, the city has taken to issuing council “highlights” each meeting. Take a gander: thrilling amendments all, relating to Jollyville Road sidewalks and the speaker sign-up system at City Hall.

In more intriguing news, it should be noted that Item 14, awarding a new taxi franchise to Capital City Cab Company has been postponed by Council all the way until March 1. Methinks there’s some further details needing to be ironed out. With the waiting period prescribed in the city charter, this means no new cabs will be rolling city streets until at least May.

This article appears in January 19 • 2007.

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