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To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (7492)	5/13/2007 7:42:06 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20106

Cabbies on edge as penalties begin (Unhappy Muslim Cabdrivers at MSP Airport!) Minneapolis StarTribune \| 5/11/07 \| Heron Marquez Estrada - Staff Reporter startribune.com Things were relatively quiet at the airport Friday, the first day that taxi drivers faced tougher penalties for refusing to transport passengers with alcohol. "There were no incidents," said Patrick Hogan, spokesman for the Metropolitan Airport Commission (MAC) and Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. "Everyone was in compliance. It was pretty much business as usual." That doesn't mean, however, that anger, bitterness, hurt feelings, accusations and harsh words weren't expressed by many of the hundreds of taxi drivers affected by the MAC's new penalties. "The new ordinance is very tough," said Mekonnen Doyamo, an airport taxi driver for about 10 years. "It's excessive punishment ... The new rules ruin our life totally." The airport each year handles more than 700,000 taxi rides. Since 2002, the MAC says, it has received about 4,800 complaints from customers of drivers who refused to drive people carrying alcohol. Many cab drivers, however, take exception with that number. They maintain the MAC is inflating the figures by citing all the drivers in line when one of them refuses to transport alcohol. The MAC denies the allegation. (Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ....