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National Cab Act; Update
Further to our breaking news on the above proposal, our email box has been busy. Some tell us it’s a lie; we have made it up to buy some cheap plates. So be it, that COULD have happened. July 19th is the deadline for the Select Committee report. You will see it here first. Let’s all wait till then. If our source is lying you will know in 3 weeks’ time. We here know our source, we know this is right. We stand or fall by our revelations.
Moving slightly on from that, why have things reached this point? The trade both Hackney and Private Hire were working OK, why fix something which is not broke. The people to ask are Unite the Union, apart from all the other industries they have destroyed; here they try to end ours. Unite have started the whole process by demanding change. They were warned about the consequences of their actions over a year ago, they ignored that warning, and we reap the consequences. Proof is here;
http://www.unitetheunion.org/pdf/089-CT ... L%20A4.pdf
One of the warnings they received, and incidentally one of the best trade articles I have ever read, was published this January:
http://www.national-taxi-association.co.uk/?p=99
The Institute of Licensing have put their oar in as well. The Institute are a registered charity, members of which are Licensing Officers around the Country. Our own Principal Officer Ann Marku is on the board. Ms Marku represented the Institute at the National Conference in Sunderland last year. It is suggested Ms Marku made quite a berk of herself, a representative of the North Tyneside Hackney Carriage Association, Bob Sneddon, laid a nicely worded trap for her. Ms Marku says all licensing authorities have bye laws to control drivers, Bob Sneddon (North Tyne) then informs her that Derwentside do not have byelaws, (page 27) Ms Marku then says “well there must be some who don’t have byelaws, I mean, I don’t know”. Fair enough of her to own up really. . . EXCEPT, Bob’s point was that Ms Marku purports to have been in Licensing at Derwentside, before she came to Manchester. We think Ms Marku’s CV should be examined as well as the “unable” Ms Hicks
Ms Marku also goes on to say Private hire cars should be made to park on car parks, off road, where they “can be accessible to people”. Grouping PH cars together where “they can be accessible to people” is a CRIMINAL offence Ann, your suggestions for the destruction of the Hackney trade are not law YET.
Ms Marku has been unavailable to the Licensing Unit for some of last year and early this year, due to her “volunteering” to assist the Institute ( a charity remember) in formulating their survey and report to the Commons Select Committee. We would hope that she did not claim her salary from the licensing unit, the money for which comes from OUR pockets. However don’t hold your breath.
Many of you reading this may feel that the salary Ms Marku collects is hugely disproportionate to her ability. The group attending Conference at Sunderland would no doubt agree.
Ms Marku’s comments start at page 23 of the following report page 27 onwards shows her replies to Bob.
http://www.national-taxi-association.co ... d-2010.pdf
Bob Sneddon if you read this, well done Mate.
A final note, attempts will be made to “adjust” (destroy) our trade; some will be the suggestions of our Licensing Officers Institute. I am sure many of you will find it particularly galling that you have been paying her wages for that privilege.
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