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Aye, that's more or less what the weegies told me

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[quote="Jasbar"]Cllr Colin Keir
Regulatory Committee Convener
City of Edinburgh Council

Dear Cllr Keir

As predicted by me in November in a communication with you there has been another assault where a vulnerable member of the public entered an inappropriate vehicle resulting in a sexual assault.

Such actions are encouraged because of the unreasonable difficulty in hailing a taxi in Edinburgh.

City of Edinburgh Council operates a policy of restricting the number of taxis operating in Edinburgh, which protects the Council's own transport interests and the vested interests of the taxi trade, where council owned licence plates are traded for substantial sums of money and high rentals are charged because of the artificial shortage of available drive opportunities that the restriction brings.

All while encouraging an exponential expansion of Private Hire cars which are less regulated, less clearly identifiable to the public and with a varied vehicle type, which encourages customer confusion and opportunity for criminal abuse. This results in a much greater risk to a susceptible public, particularly vulnerable young females just trying to get home.

No Council can claim to be doing everything it can to protect public safety unless and until it has done everything reasonable within its power that it can. Artificially restricting the number of operating taxis, artificially reducing the availability for the public, falls well below this benchmark and places the public at risk.

As stated previously I hold you, the Regulatory Committee and City of Edinburgh Council responsible and culpable for what has happened in these incidents. It concerns me that if no action is taken now, then the next incident may involve loss of life.

In order to ensure that you are ultimately held accountable I propose to release the communications I have made to you in respect of these matters to the victims of the assaults.

Yours

Jim Taylor

Councillor Colin Keir is an SNP councillor, Convener of the Regulatory Committee which guides Council Policy and a driver with Lothian Buses - the council's own bus Company.

Cllr Steve Cardownie is the Deputy leader of the Council. He has declared interests in Private Hire as well as various roles concerning the Waterfront Development which the Council is spending up to £600 million providing a new Tram system to service it.

(Note:- Notwithstanding the influence on formulating policy that his position must bring him, Cllr Cardownie abstained from the vote held by the full council to maintain the restriction of Taxi Licences operating in Edinburgh.)


My informant tells me that nobody reads Jim Taylor's emails anyway and the only support he gets is from the Conservative group, all eleven of them.

It's also worth remembering that although two councillors have interests in PH, two councillors have interests in blacks, pretty even I'd say

Thats been the way for a while Council insider thats why his email has been banned by the council most of them just got cheesed of with his email not becoz of the subject matter but just the rants and insults as you can see by the letter you posted he cant help himself and goes over the top one day he will go to far with one of his letters.

i have been told that jim is to address the Regulatory Committee on the 1st April now if this is true they should warm to him straight away talk about making friends

Hardly even, since both groups benefit from restriction

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Chip, you're getting to be a bigger fanny by the minute . . . Baaaaaaaaaa

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
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The last time Jim came up to address the Regulatory Committee he and his sidekick got chucked out. So unless he speaks nicely it will be 'Taxi for Taylor'

Cooncil Insider my er*e . . . just another fanny from fasties . . . .

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

You lot will take allsorts

CC

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You lot will take allsorts

CC[/quote]

His own one at last

Cooncil Insider wisnae there, because that's no what happened :lol fanny

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

Skull why has no one challenged the cost of first licence up there its around £800 more than anywhere else in Scotland

nope, it makes you wonder though


If anything it shows the contempt the council have for there slaves.

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

ffs

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

http://www.taxi-driver.co.uk/files/scotishfees3.pdf

There are 1 or 2 changes to make but you can see for yourself

A slave lives in fear dipstick, it is that, what makes you a slave. The fear of losing £1205 (non-returnable) stops people from applying - what don't you understand?

You've got to have big balls to risk that kind of money when you've a family to feed - especially now.

Wouldn't you say CC ?

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"