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PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 1:30 pm 
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Can I ask a question re the tariff 4 point made earlier, is it possible that the allegations made re that point could be discussed openly by those concerned in here so we can get a clear picture of exactly what is being suggested and what was actually said.
I am not going to comment on something that is being discussed on the ranks until I can get the facts from the horses mouth so to speak :D
Also nice if we could keep the posts to simple facts and not opinions about the individuals concerned :wink:
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 2:06 pm 
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It's simple hssc the man concerned has already reduced the festive tariff by 6 hrs , now he wants to cut out tariff 4 completely again reducing the earning potential of all Cabbies and that I believe is a fact .


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 3:44 pm 
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les mcvay wrote:
Well I can say you are definitely wrong on that one. I would not behave in the same way. If I had a problem, during my 35 years as a member, with any part of City Cabs or any Committee member I would conduct my business in a totally different manner that appearing on a Forum making anonymous accusations.

City Cabs has its Rules Bylaws and Articles of Association. It is an Association run by the members and for the members. It was established in 1925 and has a long and honourable history. If any member is disgruntled with any individual or individuals there are a few options that he can take to challenge any persons perceived wrong doing whether this person is a committee member or not.

Just why anyone would select to go down this preferred road on this site is for this individual to know.
I would respectfully suggest that there are probably other reasons why this anonymous contributor wishes to keep his identity hidden and the fear of intimidation is not true because I know that intimidation and/or bullying does not form any part of City Cabs.

It has been my experience throughout the years that some members and drivers use these methods as a cop out. I can guarantee you this that the reason I am interested in the identity of this anonymous person is to establish the real and honest motivations behind his accusations. But I have come to realise that "honesty" is something that is in short supply when it comes to taxi forums hence the need for "made up names" to hide behind.

It is just a pity that these forums cannot be utilised in a more positive fashion rather being hijacked by those who seek to do nothing but harm our trade.


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Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interrèd with their bones.
So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious.

If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Caesar answered it.
Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest—
For Brutus is an honorable man;
So are they all, all honorable men—
Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral.
He was my friend, faithful and just to me.
But Brutus says he was ambitious,
And Brutus is an honorable man.
He hath brought many captives home to Rome
Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill.
Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?
When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.
You all did see that on the Lupercal
I thrice presented him a kingly crown,
Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And, sure, he is an honourable man.
I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke,
But here I am to speak what I do know.
You all did love him once, not without cause:
What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him?
O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason. Bear with me;
My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,
And I must pause till it come back to me.
:badgrin: :badgrin: :badgrin:

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:20 pm 
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Shakespeare always bored me shitless

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:22 pm 
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gusmac wrote:
Shakespeare always bored me shitless


Aye but you see the irony... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: For Brutus is an honourable man... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:27 pm 
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Skull wrote:
gusmac wrote:
Shakespeare always bored me shitless


Aye but you see the irony... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: For Brutus is an honourable man... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


Didn't they all end up dead in that one? Honourable or not.

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The real irony is that your brief was taken off you because you were deemed to be an unfit and proper person and yet you still come on here to lecture.
Perhaps you could research a bit further and come up with an appropriate scene for this situation.

The hatches are battened down in preparation for the forthcoming vitriolic salvoes.


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:47 pm 
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les mcvay wrote:
The real irony is that your brief was taken off you and yet you still come on here to lecture.

The man is still entitled to his views Les, even if you don't agree with them.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:59 pm 
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the real taxi driver wrote:
I will not name names or victor numbers but I can assure you that what I have written is true , you yourself use the forums for your own benefit by making accusations against others , also the PDA system to bully and intimidate an example of this happened a year ago ,when you used your position and the news letter to harass a member who sent every member a letter of your activities , rightly or wrongly the member exposed the hidden secrets that go on behind members backs . Now the latest one on the PDA is of idle gossip ( which you have used before regarding the letter ) a casual conversation turn into a vendetta against two members , making accusations is second nature to you is it not and you used the word honesty that beggars believe coming from you , like I said you like to make out your the victim , but it is we in the cab trade who are victims by your pursuit of cutting our earning potential .



The muddy waters begin to clear and the reasons for the "No Name" becomes clearer.

Firstly the City Cabs members made their own minds up regarding the letter that was sent to them last year both in the contents and who was responsible for formulating it.
We have recently spoken to two members who unfortunately have got themselves a bit of a name on the ranks over the years. I don't think asking members to adopt a more responsible attitude to their chosen profession is in any way bullying or trying to intimidate them or indeed a vendetta.


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:06 pm 
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the real taxi driver wrote:
It's simple hssc the man concerned has already reduced the festive tariff by 6 hrs , now he wants to cut out tariff 4 completely again reducing the earning potential of all Cabbies and that I believe is a fact .


http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/meetings/me ... _committee

http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/n ... -1-3489538

The decision to replace Tariff 4 with an enhanced Tariff 3 was discussed through the correct procedures and there were many opportunities for those who felt that they had been mis-represented to object . No individual or company objected to the Halcrow proposals within the correct time frame and the changes were implemented.


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:14 pm 
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les mcvay wrote:
The real irony is that your brief was taken off you because you were deemed to be an unfit and proper person and yet you still come on here to lecture.
Perhaps you could research a bit further and come up with an appropriate scene for this situation.

The hatches are battened down in preparation for the forthcoming vitriolic salvoes.


Okay Les, prove it?

I'll meet you up at the city chamber and we can check out your claim? The council wrote to me offering the renewal of my licence and I told them where to stick it. Yes, my licence was suspended in my absence, as I never attended the meeting because it was not my intention to do so. In fact, I told Councillor Jack O'Donnell and the whole committee in front of witnesses, some time before, that I would never stand before them and allow myself to judged by such a contemptible bunch of individuals. And true to my word, that's exactly what I did. So you see Les, unlike you, I do have principles and a backbone ta-boot.

Oh and Les, what have you and your chums ever done to protect the rights of drivers up at that council? I'll tell you, nada, zilch a big fat zero. You've been too busy lining your own pocket and if my memory serves me correctly, hiring staff with connections to Ph and working for ECPH out at the airport. :shock: Talk about bringing your company into disrepute??? [-X [-X [-X You and your chums should be locked up. eusasmiles.zip You are a disgrace of a man. [-X [-X [-X [-X [-X [-X

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:23 pm 
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Oh an incidentally, I told that clown Inspector Smith what to do with my licence the minute he came on the phone, asking me to attend his office.

So their you have it, the full story. 8)

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Skull wrote:
Oh an incidentally, I told that clown Inspector Smith what to do with my licence the minute he came on the phone, asking me to attend his office.

So their you have it, the full story. 8)

=D> =D> =D> =D> 8)

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If any member or driver of City Cabs who wishes any information or to discuss any aspect of this thread then I am happy to meet with them. Please phone the office during working hours.


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 6:56 pm 
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Muddy waters ?????????? not on my side but I see your still blaming everyone else but yourself .


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