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Dear Councillor

Edinburgh councillors responsible for rape!!!!

On Sunday 17th August, 2008, in the wee small hours, a woman was raped in Edinburgh. Be in no doubt, you are all collectively responsible for her being raped.

City of Edinburgh Council has a policy of restricting the number of operating taxis. You councillors voted for this.

Despite the Scottish Government's Best Practice guidelines saying that councils should take account of peak periods in determining the level of taxi provision, Edinburgh's council deliberately, note deliberately, ignored this, to protect a vested interest.

Because of the taxi restriction policy YOU support, it remains difficult for members of the public to hail a taxi to take them home at peak periods.

This leads them to take risks, all because they just want to get home.

This girl took a risk because of YOUR policy. She was raped. YOU are responsible.

It's time to put aside the vested interests like Cllr Cardownie's competitor private hire interests. And Cllr Keir's promotion of his bus employer's interests. It's time to stop fiddling the figures to maintain a dangerous restriction.

There has been no increase in the taxi fleet for over 6 years.

Common sense and public safety demands that you End the restriction NOW. Before any other woman is raped because of your actions.

The Scottish Consumer Council supports this. The OFT advocates this. Those who risk being raped need this NOW!!!!

I do hope you send this letter to every Edinburgh councillor, recorded delivery in every case, with your name & address clearly on the letter, & don't forget to sign it, with your usual signature.

And whilst you are in the letter writing mood, send a copy of your letter of protest to every newspaper within a 50 mile radius of Edinburgh.

That should make you reasonably famous, sorry wrong word, strike famous, insert notorious, in the Edinburgh area at least!!!

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Brummie Cabbie.

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It will be in every councillor's mailbox when they return tomorrow. It has also been sent as a press release, as an open letter to councillors, to the local News. I may even consider the wider press.

And it's not about being notorious. It's about doing what our trade should be doing collectively to build its rapport with the public. A public which currently disdains us, and can't differentiate between us and private hire/mini cabs.

What a load of Old Cobblers.....go on, have them add an Extra 1000 taxis just for peak time and see how quick the quite period ends up in a mass Exodus of unemployed taxi owners to the local dole office.. be even worse after the Trams take over.

I think he's already bordering the vexatious litigant / crank type scenario.

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Now theres a real word..."VEXATIOUS"....im gonna use it tonight and every night for the rest of my life...Vexatious,Vexatious,Vexatious,.ahhhhhhhh!!

No half measures with Mr Jasbar methinks.

I think a case could be made saying that fewer cabs leads to more disorder, if folks are waiting for ages to get home late at night.

Would an extension of that possibly lead to rape?

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IDFIMH

He might as well say, it was your fault Sussex,

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

He may well say that, but I think Mr Jasbar is pointing his finger at the buffoons in Edinburgh he doesn't really like.

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IDFIMH

And I suppose he actually likes the rapist....

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

I think he classes them in the same regard as councillors.

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IDFIMH

I have noticed.. he turns to think everybody else is wrong except himself

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

The fault couldn't possibly be with the rapist, it would have nothing to do with the fact that he had decided to rape a woman.... either by getting her into a car... attacking her on the street.... or waiting in a park till she walked through.... or even breaking into her home..... no it's the council's fault..... anything to get a plate....

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

The fault is 100% down to the scumbag rapist, but I think Mr Jasbar has a point pointing out to the world that the council could be culpable.

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IDFIMH

Thank you admin, your a star

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