tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708859863717325805.post1903252443679240920..comments2024-02-13T12:56:46.050-08:00Comments on The Phantom Cab Driver Phites Back: MTA Board Tells Hayashi - "Yes"Crocker Amazonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14344354862430937003noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708859863717325805.post-72469388398688040352010-01-31T20:13:46.766-08:002010-01-31T20:13:46.766-08:00My Goodness Hazelkorn.
1. I was at about 160 hour...My Goodness Hazelkorn.<br /><br />1. I was at about 160 hours of the meeting and I don't recall seeing you there. I thought that you probably didn't go to the meetings because what you said at the MTA board meeting was so full of false information.<br />2. Cab companies will not be allowed to buy medallions under this plan. If you went to the meetings, why didn't you know this?<br />3. I've never been accused of being either innocent or sweet before. Thanks, I guess.<br />4. If Chris Hayashi says she won't let the cab companies lend the drivers money, she won't let them. She may look frail but I won't want to fight with her in a dark alley.<br />5. She already has finance companies lined up to lend the money. They will be lending it to drivers regardless of credit scores.<br />6. Actually I can't see where Luxor or Yellow are getting much out of this plan at all except business as usual.<br />7. And I can't see where the UTW has had a new thought in 20 years. Gruberg gave the same speech five different times during the meetings. He sounded like an old 78 rpm - complete with static.<br />8. To answer you first question last, I back this plan because I helped create it along with a couple dozen other cab drivers who tried to find a solution to the situation we are in. It's a lousy plan except that it's better than all the other ones out there.<br />9. I walked out of the the Meeting on the MTA because they wanted to raise $30 million by taking it away from me and had no plan to put it back into the cab industry. This is a whole different situation.<br />10. Everybody tries to do the best they can, Bud.<br /><br />Sorry for getting back to you so late.<br /><br />EdCrocker Amazonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14344354862430937003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708859863717325805.post-88926994403731252962010-01-24T21:53:40.579-08:002010-01-24T21:53:40.579-08:00Dear UTW and Bud,
Before you go and attack anybod...Dear UTW and Bud,<br /><br />Before you go and attack anybody, perhaps you can clear up the question of how Green Cab obtained its 7 pre-k medallions (the Welsh medallions) There are some who know about the skeletons in the closet. Maybe Director Hayashi should take a look at these medallions as she has others which should be returned to the city. A mother with dementia forgets to pass them along to a son? Sure. The house counsel for Yellow Cab. All hushed up when the extortion demands were met. Suddenly Green Cab is formed. That story may have washed with the corrupt Taxi Comission, but this is a new regime. <br /><br />If you live in a glass house, don't throw stones.<br /><br />Yours,<br /><br />CTD (Concerned Taxi Drivers)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708859863717325805.post-24163154059788821762010-01-22T23:45:03.279-08:002010-01-22T23:45:03.279-08:00Ed, I'm curious how you so resolutely back thi...Ed, I'm curious how you so resolutely back this plan when last year you walked out of our coalition with Barry Korengold's Cab Drivers Association, saying you'd never support anything that sent cab money to the city, period. Well, here you are waving the flag for just that. Moreover, by your logic, YOU never attended the meetings because you weren't at the meetings I was at (Careful: quoting Jane Bolig does not a journalist make). The fact is that Mark attended on behalf of UTW and regularly reported back. Also, I regularly wrote letters to Chris Hayashi and the MTA board. And, too, I and UTW, for all you and your elitist friends' disdain, is involved in aspects of driver rights that you have nothing to do with, e.g. fighting -- and winning -- against Yellow Cab's deposit schemes, our continuing battle against bandit cabs and limos, getting retirement for all drivers, not just you privileged few, and on and on. Finally, I have a family, which suggests a life outside cab driving that you may lack. But that's neither here nor there. Your support for this proposal falls right into the arms of Yellow and Luxor, as I said at the MTA. For you to sweetly and innocently accept Chris Hayashi's assurances that "cab companies won't be allowed to loan money to drivers" neglects a basic political and legal conundrum: how you gonna stop 'em? And, two, who's gonna lend the money in their place, since banks aren't doing it? I suggest you be less adversarial and hard-headed and try thinking in terms of what's best for ALL drivers. That's what we at UTW do and of that I couldn't be prouder. Love, BudBud Hazelkornhttp://www.budcab.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708859863717325805.post-86195962219972585882010-01-22T13:02:58.882-08:002010-01-22T13:02:58.882-08:00ThanksThanksCrocker Amazonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14344354862430937003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708859863717325805.post-32765661736712834482010-01-20T20:19:41.226-08:002010-01-20T20:19:41.226-08:00Dear Crocker,
Great reporting of the events. Jou...Dear Crocker,<br /><br />Great reporting of the events. Journalism at it's best. Especially the parts about Gruberg and his disgruntled co-horts. Very funny stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com