I worked as a temp at Hennepin County Violations Bureau eterring ticket and fine information. The tickets written to cabbies go and the city does seem to use violations by cab drivers as an income source.
Fines under the statutes for cabbies often amounted to hundreds of dollars rather than tens of dollars for similiar offenses by other vehicles. This makes sense to the exent that cabs are a public amenity but it also seems that the cabbies are not necessarily out of line in asking for some return on the combination of fees, liscenses, and high fines paid to the city by those in their industry. Is there readily available information on total dollar income to the city when one considers fees, liscenses and fines? I understand that cab fares in Minneapolis already rank high when compared to many other cities. As an individual who does not own a car and rarely uses a cab, primarily when I have bought more groceries than I can readily carry on the bus, I would rather fare increase not be the only option to increase safety for cab drivers. David Strand Loring Park --- Michelle Gross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Among their concerns are security equipment, > of course, but also > police services to cabbies. They told me that they > get hassled by police > and ticketed for silly reasons (their term) like > wearing sandals but when > they call for the cops, they take forever to show > up. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
