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...addition, the center's money goes to sponsor, among other things, musicians who play at "T" stops, crafts classes, and Suozzo a virtual monopoly on medallions and allow him to dominate the taxi...
With 50 irate cabbies looking on, the Cambridge Licensing Commission last Tuesday postponed the transfer of 52 taxi medallions from Yellow Cabs of Cambridge to the Ambassador Brattle Cab Company...
Medallions issued by the city permit taxi drivers to pick up fares within the city. Because only 248 circulate in Cambridge, medallions become expensive commodities sold at inflated prices almost $27,000 apiece...
...Taxi drivers say the transfer will give Suozzo a virtual monopoly on medallions and allow him to dominate the taxi business in Cambridge With almost 70 percent of the taxi licenses. Suozzo could put the squeeze on medallions, raise their prices, and offer them to other owner operators, local cabbie Frank McCarthy told the Licensing Commission...
Peter Ueberroth, president of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, another visitor, says, "They can decree that things be done here. We can't decree." But the generous way the Yugoslavs have followed their orders seems beyond the requirements of duty. Taxi drivers refuse exorbitant tips, and strangers race after passers-by to return precious figure-skating tickets dropped in the snow. "They are fiercely proud, and they want people to love their country," says Ueberroth. "This is what has to happen in Los Angeles for our Games to be successful." Among his new resolutions: to increase language services...