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Taxi fares going upSubmitted by Crystal Gentry on 7 May 2008 - 7:48am.READ MORE: News | New Hanover County News | Transportation
ยป e-mail this story | discuss | print Taxi fares going upHigh gas prices are putting a strain on taxi drivers in Wilmington. Wilmington City Council met Monday to discuss several items including a proposed increase in taxi fare for the Port City. City Council voted to add a one-dollar fee to taxi fares. The surcharge will provide temporary relief for drivers who are responsible for filling up their cars. Many of the drivers said they have to work fourteen hours a day to make ends meet. The new fee goes into effect immediately. 
 » add new comment | e-mail this page | printer-friendly version14 hour days.....Submitted by Guest461 (not verified) on 7 May 2008 - 9:42am.
This oil situation has everyoone scrambling to make up for the additional costs. EVERYTHING is going up and using ther cost of fuel as a reason. It hasn't gotten me a raise yet and doubt that it will. The oil situation is only making a greedy country even greedier, with more hands extending to snatch that dollar away from us. Snatching?Submitted by Commonsensenotc... on 8 May 2008 - 6:11pm.
Are they not selling you gasoline for that dollar? That sounds like a fair business transaction to me. I'd say that a closer definition of "snatching" would be the government wanting to seize the oil companies' profits. What is this - Russia? N.C. HeadlinesN.C. Sports |
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why just taxi drivers
Don't they know that taxi drivers are not the only ones working more than 8 hours a day to make ends meet. This gas situation has made problems for everyone in some way.