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James

Just a thought.

Not only did Edinburgh's council facilitate the blackmarket they took measures to reinforce it.

One such measure was to increase licence application fees to prohibitively high levels to discourage such applications, and protect the status quo blackmarket.

The highest fee in Scotland is around £400, Edinburgh's fee is £1567, 400% higher. A deliberate act.

I have attached a report which examines this and provides the figures in the appendix.
Any questions feel free to contact me.

Regards

Jim Taylor

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Skull, "You are a police inspector, aren't you?"
Cab Inspector Smith, "Yes."
Skull, "So, are you going to tell Mr Taylor what his rights are?"
Smith, "And ... What rights?"

I hope it's up to Kray standards

Nice wee luxury touches provided by the boys

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Skull, "You are a police inspector, aren't you?"
Cab Inspector Smith, "Yes."
Skull, "So, are you going to tell Mr Taylor what his rights are?"
Smith, "And ... What rights?"

I can see next Sunday's headline now:

Lassies being raped to protect blackmarket in taxi licences.

An Edinburgh Council spokesman said,"It wisnae us".

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Skull, "You are a police inspector, aren't you?"
Cab Inspector Smith, "Yes."
Skull, "So, are you going to tell Mr Taylor what his rights are?"
Smith, "And ... What rights?"

Another sick comment from a man who portray's a superior intellect Mind you profiling sick people who carry out sick attacks , "well" a lot of them predators do have superior intellects

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Alway's been about Tightening the Grip!

I wonder who put James Douglas up to this one? another poor dig at the black cab trade, never heard of this journalist before must be a wannabe serious writer,in typical NOTW style

What JC has done is not a CRIME, He has not BENT ANY RULES (JD) What JC has done is amassed in my opinion to many Licences LEGALLY. This was alway's going to happen as has happened with ECPH Remember some of their owners where saying ECPH wanted control of their licences and how many private hire plates do ECPH (Directors) hold collectively? Charging their drivers 50/50 and openly promoting the idea of paying their drivers a wage, is this the same or worse the JC i fear much worse

Edinburgh is a different market to Glasgow and what goes on in Glasgow is a million miles from what goes on in Edinburgh. Its known that Glasgow is in the top 5% of most corrupt cities in the world, i wonder how many Glasgow licence holders where put under pressure to transfer their licences? Although i know JC and don't think for a minute John has done any wrong, John has made his money selling TAXI's in Glasgow and Edinburgh including my Metro, Knowing John he has probably helped out many licence holders who have had financial troubles as many cabbies
do, finance on a new Taxi is not cheap its a massive commitment.

The situation in Edinburgh i agree the usage of the plate is changing hands for around £40k but it's legal and i don't know of any one owning as many as in Glasgow. For JD to compare the black cab trade to the Private hire and say the PHC fares better is niave. Black cab drivers study the knowledge and go through all checks to gain the right to operate a black cab, professional drivers in all aspects of serving the public.

In a De-restricted/De-limited world the same problem would arise but a lot worse, the Trade would be fully open to all kinds of criminal gangs. Tighter restriction/regulation is what is required to sort out any kind of mass ownership of usage of Taxi licences.

The alternative is the council like NEW YORK ask for a change in law and Charge a New licence fee granted charge of £40k, if you can't beat them join them There is currently no laws being broken

NEW YORK NEW YORK

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Alway's been about Tightening the Grip!

JD
Don't listen to this clown, investigative journalism will find the truth!!!!!!

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LET THE TRUTH BE TOLD

What a pile of shi*


Dougie, I can't help but notice, the more desperate you become in your support for the status quo, the more sh*te you talk.

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

People are buying and selling Public Licence on the black market through de facto transfers. The Civic Government Scotland Act, 1982, strictly forbids the sale, and or transfer of a public licence. It is the council that permits the incorporation of a licence, facilitating this trade. This is why the C.E.C. won't admit they have knowledge of said trade in public property. One thing is for sure, now the black market trade in plates has been exposed, it won't be allowed to continue. An investigation is being called for, and you know what that means. ..

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

I detect your stunned by my response If you think we got it bad just wait and see how bad The PHC are going to get it The PHC have been openly working this way for years, ECPH must own hundreds of PHC plates ENSLAVEMENT at it's worst

The leasing of something to trade is not unique, i could buy a lease for a pub, shop or a TAXI if i then sell that lease on you muppet for profit then it's job done, this is the economic world we live in you empty piece of self filled sh-t, it's called capitalism

If you want a way that is fair and without discrimination to wipe out multi ownership of the right to use Taxi and PHC licences then Double the cost!!! per licence First plate £1,500 2nd plate £3,000 3rd plate plate £6,000, so if a company holding say 10 plates, the tenth plate would cost them nearly a million pounds. If that's a topper then per plate again Local authorities could charge incorporated multi plate holders double for their annual inspection, first plate £205 2nd plate£410 3rd plate £820, Nearly £200,000 grand. This i believe wipes out Multi plate holding of Taxi and Phc licences

Sweet Dreams SKULL

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Alway's been about Tightening the Grip!

Dougie, I know you're not right in the head, but what amazes me is your ability to drift off into fantasy, in defence of the [edited by admin] you talk. I think you are pretty harmless Dougie, but anyone reading your posts might question your sanity. Talking [edited by admin] and then congratulating yourself on how clever and witty you are, is making me think you are living in some sort of alternate reality.

You need professional help Dougie, the above is a defence mechanism for low self-esteem. You must have been made to feel pretty worthless as a youngster, by some pretty worthless individuals. To answer the way you do is a conditioned response. You are living in the past. I could go on. ..

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

Amazing, now we are selling leasing agreements with Licence Plates attached as part of the deal. You are completely away with it Dougie.

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

But the Edinburgh council DO allow transfer of plates

on the application form there is a section to fill out for change of manager of license

if this isn't transferring then I don't know what is?

The Question is:

Should there be a difference in fees for single plate holders to that of Multi plate holders?

I've outlined in a previous post how this would be done.

DOUBLING THE FEES PER PLATE WIPES OUT MULTI PLATE HOLDING

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Alway's been about Tightening the Grip!

Nut job!

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

yeah! i can certainly see the salesman in Dougie,could he be any more caught up in his own spin,i bet he knew nothing about the products he used to sell either but it didn't stop the program from running.