Marco Rubio says screw the taxi industry in Florida and embraces Uber

This man has been bought off by venture capital and is as corrupt as the day is long

"Sen. Marco Rubio was looking to score a quick ride in Miami, but when he tapped his white Uber button on his smartphone, the Florida Republican came up empty. “I was bragging to someone about this service in Washington and I clicked onto my app … and up comes a message saying, ‘Sorry we can’t pick you up in Miami because the county commission won’t allow it,’” he recalled.

 That incident was the impetus for Rubio's Monday visit to Uber’s Washington headquarters, where he used the struggle of a growing and fashionable tech company to underscore his case concerning overburdensome regulations.

“We should never allow government power and government regulations to be used to protect an establishment incumbent industry at the expense of an innovative competitor,” he said. Operating in 37 U.S. cities, Uber is a transportation company that allows a customer to order a taxi, town car or SUV to a specific location with just a click of a phone app. All transactions are paperless and tips are included in the fee. The service quickly gained popularity in Washington due to frustration with the lack of available cabs in certain parts of the city and the inability to pay with credit or debit cards."

NOTE: Rubio is wrong because Uber and lift services DO NOT serve the BLACK and poor SPANISH areas (He betrays his own people). Poor people don't have credit cards Rubio. They rely on free money orders from Amscot to pay their bills. Regulatory agencies PROTECT THE POPULATION FROM CRIMINAL DRIVERS. It is a public safety issue. All taxi and limo drivers in Tampa must be cleared by an FBI background check. Your method gets around that. Would you want your wife picked up by a Rapist?

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The sad life of Kim

Kim has been on the streets for at least twenty years. Long time cab drivers know her from Kennedy Blvd where she would work as a prostitute. She is mentally ill and unpredictable. She can also be sweet and nice.

I saw her today for the first time in a year. I was at a gas station and she asked me for money. I just don't have any extra and told her no. She looked sad, and walked off. I genuinely have sorrow for her.

Her disappearances are from being in jail or rehab. I hope. Perhaps ObamaCare will help her if she goes online and pays the $400 a month. Right.

MUFON meeting with friends

Teri and Kevin are great friends of mine and I do Bigfoot research with them. They are also UFO investigators, and use their objective approach in field research. We should be working Wednesday when a little cold front will be moving across Florida.

A busy night

This first week of April is clearly the busiest week so far this year. A major convention is in town, and cruise ships everyday. They are running out of cabs at the airport and the streets are loaded with calls. It has been years since we had this kind of volume. I did drive 130 miles of concentated business. Unfortunately, in a few weeks, the heat sets in and things slow down. Oh well, for the first time in years, I now have hope.

Bucs add more quarterbacks for camp

I picked up a young man at a hotel and took him to One Buc Place. He said last year he was the third string QB for Jacksonville and he did not throw a pass all season. He should be a "camp body" this summer.

I looked it up and that would be Ricky Stanzi. He's a good looking kid in great shape. Why not give him a look see.

The Bucs must have been waiting for him because security had him on the guest list. I dropped him off and he went inside. Got to wish him all the luck in the world.

The image is One Buc Place in the side view mirror.

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The new Epicurean hotel on south Howard in Tampa has quickly developed a bad reputation among cab drivers. They will call for a taxi, and when you arrive, they tell you your fate is already gone. This is happening so much, United Cab dispatch mostly flags the calls.

The hotel prefers to use car services like the illegal Flex Sedans. I have heard they are not charging the required $50 minimum, but charging taxi rates. That violates HCPTC rules.

Here are some photos of the scum loading my fares after I was sent there. They are bad people.

Aztec Snake 1 Bigfoot expedition

We like to give our Skunk Ape expeditions names. This one was at the Wasburn area in the rain and we did launch the Aztec Snake gallons with the video camera. The problem was it did not fly very well. We will need bigger balloons next time. The plan was to usr a 150 foot tether to view above the tree lines.