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| Author: | jasbar [ Mon Nov 27, 2006 8:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Jim Taylor throws down gauntlet to Edinburgh Council |
Today, I applied for a new taxi licence plate in Edinburgh. Taxi licence plates here are currently trading/transferring for over £50,000 - expressly prohibited in the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982. With my near 15 years service as a taxi driver in Edinburgh, the fact acknowledged by council leaders that Edinburgh's economy is booming, the fact that no new taxi licences have been issued for around 4 years, the four-fold expansion of the private hire fleet in that time, the introduction of the council's new taxi-bus service to the airport, City of Edinburgh Council's position of refusing to issue additional taxi licence plates on the grounds of "no significant unmet demand" is now clearly untenable. At a time when City of Edinburgh Council has a policy of refusing to grant new licences, this application prepares the ground to articulate the case for modernising the taxi trade in Edinburgh, in whichever formal arena the council chooses. This process will assuredly bring those elected and unelected officials responsible for administering the taxi trade in Edinburgh, forward to publicly account and be held responsible for their actions. |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:19 pm ] |
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Quote: Jim Taylor throws down gauntlet to Edinburgh Council
Now shouldn't that read Jim Taylor wastes money on an application? or Jim Taylor assists global warming by wasting application forms? regards CC |
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