Atlanta taxi cab drivers have filed a lawsuit against Uber

Atlanta drivers are suing Uber because they are false advertising.  First of all most of their cars are unmarked you do not know it is a taxi for one thing.  The San Francisco national based company has cabs in every major market in the United States this includes Alaska.  Uber operates in Anchorage, Mat-Su Borough and Eagle River.  They claim they are a ride sharing service when the truth they are a taxi service they should have to apply for a municipal taxi cab permit.  They also have a sliding fee scale for cab fares.  If the traffic is higher and more demand they charge more for the fare.  The taxi cab fare could be from Anchorage Airport to Muldoon could be up to $90.  Most taxi cab in this nation charge a rate and it is displayed on vehicle not Uber cab in fact they not even marked.  Here in the cab industry we call these gypsy cabs.  Anchorage though they had trouble with Alaska E-cab that is nothing compare to this free willy no respect for local laws they serve.  You can say these Uber cars are like cockroaches they multiply.  Please Uber when you enter a market respect the local laws or get sued.  I hope the Atlanta cab drivers win in Fulton County Superior Court.

All municipalties should require their cab drivers to have good hygiene

Every municipality in the world cab drivers should be required to take a shower.  If they do not take a shower the local taxi enforcement officer or transportation inspector or their staff can require them to take a shower or have good hygiene before they take another fare.  I can tell you when I was a dispatcher between 2004-2011 at Alaska Yellow Cab I would get hygiene complaints all the time.  I would have to tell the cab driver to take a shower before taking the fare.  Dispatch companies if they get more than two complaints should have the authorities to not give any more dispatches until the cab driver comes to dispatch and they smell clean.  Clean cab drivers give you more tips and Dirty ones get complaints usually make less than a clean one.   

The Rest of Washington State has a message for you Seattle

 

Hey Seattle the  rest of Washington has a message you.  You do not speak for the rest of the state.  We do not want bike lanes your agenda 21 your $15 an hour minimum wage.  We also tired of funding your welfare and ritzy lifestyle.  You are a welfare check we need to cut.  Our taxes are tired of going to porkbellow projects.  We also do not want your complete streets and traffic calming.  We will root for your football team and baseball team that is it.  From now let the rest of the state speak for itself thanks.  In 2016 please vote out Patty Murray and in 2018 please vote out Maria Cantwell.  We also want Common sense thinking coming out of Olympia thanks. Last but not least you can take your Jay Inslee back to the Liberal politic rehab known as Bainbridge Island in 2016 hopefully replace him with Spokane's very own Kevin Parker we need a governor from Eastern Washington the last one was Clarence Martin from Cheney elected in 1933 when FDR was elected he was a conservative Democrat at this time.  He was governor from 1933 to 1941 

Alaska US Senate candidate Dan Sullivan decides to attend Kodiak debate

After paying attention to this blog Dan Sullivan has decided to attend the Kodiak Fisheries debate.  This is a great decision if you want to win.  As someone who wants Mark Begich to be on the unemployment line in January 2017 so he can either be Barack Obama's Arctic Policy adviser the bad news if Dan Sullivan beats Mark Begich in the fall then Lisa Murkowski will be facing him in 2016.  There are three main industries in Alaska one is Oil and Gas, Tourism and Fisheries.  He understand it is the Alaska natives in the Alaska Bush that will win the elections in the state the major population centers like the Railbelt which is from Seward to Fairbanks.   He already has the Alaska Peninsula, Bristol Bay, Jack Wade Federal Census area.   Alaskans want to participate one thing about the Alaskan natives they vote for familiarity.  Alaska is not a typical red state plus this an independent state not a red or blue state.  This has always been a swing state at statehood this state supported common sense Democrats and then in 1968 and 1980 Alaska started to elect Republicans.  In 1973 in a special election it sent its only Republican house member Don Young  In 1970 it elected its first Republican to the US Senate which was Ted Stevens.  Alaska native elders decide statewide elections if they say vote for Begich they do.  They will do what the tribal leaders say.  We want them to vote for Sullivan.  Some Alaska Native Corporation have endorsed Dan Sullivan already for this position he needs the majority.   It will tell Alaskans you do not care about the major issues affecting Alaskans.  National issues have never defined Alaska races the local issues and industries do.  This will be a great debate for the major candidates hopefully he and Mark Begich can discuss the issues in front of the Kodiak fisherman and listen to their concerns.

Truth on collapse of Oregon health insurance exchange

Here is the truth in the Oregon Health Insurance exchange.  Bureaucrats, State Legislature, Governor Kitzhaber's office , Insurance Commissioner and Oregon Health Authority not Oracle corporation.  Oracle only provided technical support and web page support.  They had fulfilled this.  Politicians and bureaucrats did not provide enough servers to handle the traffic of individuals to comply with federal mandate which took a supreme court ruling to do on June 2012.  Federal role out on Halloween 2013 by Federal Health and Human Services of the federal exchange was also a slow  disaster at first by former secretary Kathleen Sebellius only chosen due to been from Barack Obama's mothers home state of Kansas. Bureaucracy caused collapse not web hardware and server company Oracle in Boise they also have centers in Eastern Oregon.  Oracle had its Oregon employees working on the Cover Oregon to help the bureaucrats monitoring the site.

Each state voters should decide what marriage should regardless of so called equality

Recently federal judges have overstepped there bounds in most states have defined marriage as one man and one woman.  Only one ban in Louisiana escape this overstepping of federal judge who was smart it might be the waters of the bayou or that if Phil Robertson the patriotic of Duck Dynasty not sure.  This marriage equality needs to do the right way like in my home state and ask the voters to change the law and voters said yes in 2012.  I disagree with this the voters of Washington, Colorado and other states have spoken said yes.  The same sex marriage needs to respect that they do not need to go to court and covert their agenda America is not a dictatorship ruled by people in Geneva Tabs like in British Empire.  In 1775 we America told the king to go to hell.  Let's rule by judge this is wrong for this so called marriage equality movement.  Voters say no it means no. We need to hopefully not make this a constitution amendment or federal law that handicaps a federal judge from ruling on state policy decisions. 

Palmer Rep Jim Colver lets make the old car and recreational trailer forever registration bill at the Alaska state law

Jim Culver why not make the old car registration longer than 8 years old at the Alaska state level and trailers as long as the ownership does not change not used for commercial purposes.  Vehicles used for business, taxicabs, vehicle for hires would not qualify only residential vehicles not sold within the 8 year period.  Rick Rydell has been talking at this since 2002 when he started his program on KENI.  This law has been proposed also in Washington State by Spokane representative Jeff Holy in the 2014 session almost got passed.  He will propose again in 2015 he got a lot of Democrats in a Democrat dominate house and almost passed the State Senate in 2014.