I think the last thing we need is law enforcement making it more difficult
for taxis and limos to pick up customers and places like Rick's. Taxi
drivers have enough problems with police harassment and the city trying to
restrict their ability to do their jobs. Taxis provide a service, getting
people where they are going quickly and conveniently as well as discouraging
people from driving in to downtown where the cost of parking can sometimes
be as much as, if not more than, cab fare. Taxi drivers keep the city safer.
Without taxis servicing places like Rick's Cabaret, I guarantee that there
would be an increase in drunk driving as well as traffic in general. While
I don't support the industry that Rick's is a part of, Taxi drivers come
from many different countries, cultures and political ideologies, and can
hardly be called "john's cars." These are people working long 12 hour
shifts, struggling to pay their expenses who deserve to be treated with
respect. Finally, I've been harassed by the transit police and had my taxi
towed for stopping to close to the bus lane by Dream Girls (although my
customer was really going to get a gyro at the Sky Cafe next door.) Maybe
the next time some of you are downtown trying to hail a cab, think of these
things and how afraid we are of police harassment as the first few cabs pass
you by.
At 01:48 PM 5/26/01 +0800, you wrote:
> Minneapolis does speed enforcement too- quite often I see a
>squad running radar on Nicollet Island, would be nice if they didn't
>park on the sidewalk though. Another place in need of some
>enforcement is the corner in front of Rick's Cabaret aka the fancy
>stripper joint. During the evening there's usually a bunch of
>illegally parked cars, limos, buses, taxis, etc. there blocking the
>crosswalk and right lane of 3rd Avenue. If the city really wants to
>shut this place down why don't they do some enforcement here? If
>nothing else, parking in the bus stop can be punished with a
>handicapped parking big $$$ ticket. Transit Police also have
>authority there, in case MPD is to busy to be bothered. I have to try
>to herd a tractor trailer rig around this corner a couple times a
>night, and it'd be nice if there weren't a bunch of johns cars
>illegally parked where my trailer wheels need to go...
>
> parked in Hawthorne,
> Dyna Sluyter
Tamir Nolley
Candidate for Mpls City Council, Ward 6
and struggling taxi driver
Hop on the Nolley Trolley !
http://www.nolleytrolley.org
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