Posted on 10/03/2009 6:45:45 AM PDT by AtlasStalled
Federal law-enforcement authorities Friday unsealed indictments against 39 D.C. taxicab drivers, charging them with conspiring to bribe the head of the city's taxicab commission in a widening criminal investigation into the industry. The indictments come just over a week after the chief of staff for D.C. Council member Jim Graham was charged with accepting bribes from a person with a financial stake in the taxicab industry to promote favorable taxicab legislation. * * * The indictments unsealed Friday charge that the men attempted to bribe Taxicab Commission Chairman Leon J. Swain Jr., who is identified by title but not by name in the court papers. Federal officials said Mr. Swain worked with investigators in an undercover capacity.
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You thought it was tough grabbing a cab before in D.C. just wait till Monday
Awwwww, come on....they’re just practicing what they learned from their Messiah.....Chicago politics, you know....
so the cab drivers are going to take the fall for the ones looking to line their pockets from the cabbies.
Street level lobbyists, that’s all.
One thing in the article they will never talk about is why they need a 8 person taxi cab commission and how much the commissioners are paid. I am guessing these are highly paid patronage positions that are fleecing the taxpayers.
*And* the cab companies.
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