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Sunday, October 4, 2009

A Short History of San Francisco's Taxi Crisis: Bigoty & Cabbies, Part 2

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When Mayor Newsom discovered that he was $600 million in debt, one of the first things he DID NOT DO was tell the people of San Francisco t...
Thursday, October 1, 2009

A Short History of San Francisco's Taxi Crisis: Bigoty & Cabbies, Part 1

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An African American customer of mine was waxing sympathetic. "I don't know how you do this job," he said, "I mean they...
Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Looking for Bands

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The new Deputy Director of Taxis, Christiane Hayashi, is looking for entertainment for the upcoming holiday celebration of the taxis. Althou...

Town Hall Meeting Schedule

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Upcoming 2009 Dates/Topics for Town Hall Meetings Date Topic/Event Material October 5 2 to 5 p.m. Proposition K Reform To be Posted October ...
Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Nat Ford Serves a Facial

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It's official. As of Monday 9/21/2009, Taxis & Accessible Services became Administration, Taxi & Accessible Services under D...
Friday, September 18, 2009

The MTA's double Message: ?

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The MTA met Tuesday, September 15, 2009. I haven't written about it until now for two reasons: I wanted to think about what the meet...
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Mayor Newsom's New Plan to Soak the Taxi Industry

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Yesterday, at the SFMTA's Police and Governance Committee, Mayor Gavin Newsom unveiled his proposed plan for taxicab reform. Although th...
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Crocker Amazon is the nom de blog of Ed Healy. I started this blog in 2009 when Mayor Gavin Newsom tried to steal taxi driver medallion and use them to pay off the San Francisco's 600 million debt. I have used this blog to help inform the public and the people who make decisions about the various issues that arose from this including the Taxi Reform, protests and other changes that followed. I've been driving a cab for 25 years in San Francisco. You can contact me at: amazincrocker@gmail.com I've started a new blog devoted purely to cab Stories at: http://phantomcabstories.blogspot.com/ Comments are welcome but please identify yourself.
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