Re: “Police chief backs Yes side,” March 13.
I have several issues with what is being said in this article but for the time being I will deal with one.
In this article, Mr. Chu cites “fewer fights between drunks” as being one reason to support the Yes side.
Let me quote: “We believe late-night transit will provide a means for people to disperse to get home safely and that will improve public safety” said Chu. It was also noted in the article that some of the fights were over the limited number of taxis.
My questions are: Why isn’t TransLink providing service? And why aren’t there more taxis? I cannot answer the TransLink question but I can answer the taxi question.
Mr. Chu should have talked to the mayor of Vancouver about the limited number of taxis. After all, I just read an article “Judge nixes bid by suburban taxi companies” in the Metro newspaper whereby these cab companies wanted to take a slice of that busy weekend period in our downtown and their petition was dismissed by the judge.
The most interesting aspect of this article was the following quote by Mayor Gregor Robertson: “We’re thankful to see a decision that upholds the city’s powers to make that decision.”
Yesterday. I saw the ticker-tape line on Global BC1 news with the following item: City of Vancouver is proposing to extend its moratorium on cab licenses.
Need I say anything more? I know where the problem lies.
Koula Stoubos, Vancouver
