U-T San Diego | Plan removes cabbies’ economic shackles

Plan removes cabbies’ economic shackles: San Diego plan to lift cap on taxi permits would help industry compete with Uber By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO — After the Civil War, newly freed slaves and poor whites in the Deep South often became “sharecroppers” who farmed land owned by others and paid a share of the crops. Barely able to eke out […]

Sample Email for Lifting the Cap on Taxi Permits

Email Subject Line: I Support Lifting the Cap on Taxi Permits Dear Councilmember [insert name] I am a [resident or taxi driver] of San Diego who supports Councilwoman Emerald’s proposal to remove the cap on taxi permits coming to City Council vote on November 10, 2014. There is no debate that currently, the taxi industry is in a state of […]