Cabbies Push For Fare Increases

24 Jun 2008

Cabbies Push For Fare Increases

Boston taxi drivers are demanding a rate hike. They say the record-high price of gas is driving them out of business, and they simply can't afford to fill up their tanks.

"… And as we did. Yeah no 530 Boston taxi drivers to -- a White night they say that the record high price of gas is driving them out of business they simply can't afford to -- that -- are complaining that they make less than a minimum wage and they had a full fare increase. In 2000 it was -- and cross report tonight hundreds of taxi drivers showed up at a hearing to -- the city they need relief now. …" at 0:00

"… can get to make the same amount of it makes my. The steelworkers union is organized -- eventually the police commissioner will center rate is tax guru listened to drivers in fleet owners. There are a …" at 0:44

"… The -- any discussion would raise the -- cab ride five dollars to about sixteen dollars a lot of anger between cab drivers in the city between cab drivers -- big fleet …" at 1:37

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22 Jan 2008

Logan Begins New Fingerprinting System

Logan Airport becomes the third airport to use 10-finger scanners as a way to boost security.

"… You know being fingerprinted it's nothing new for foreign visitors to this country but instead of providing two figures for printing. Barn visitors must now have all ten fingers printed and Logan is the third airport in the country to have this new technology. You put your right -- why that green. The green plate is a scanner collecting biometric information or digital fingerprints of every foreign visitors ten fingers. Particular -- Along with the fingerprints every visitors picture is taken with a digital camera. …" at 0:19

"… high tech tool to fight terrorism. It's a state of the art fingerprint scanner and it will soon be in every airport all across the country. …" at 0:03

"… we talked with did say they were not concerned about providing their fingerprints in fact they believe being part of the massive database protects them. …" at 1:31

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5 Jan 2008

Logan Landing Scare

State police are investigating reports by a commercial airline pilot that something was fired toward his aircraft as it made its approach to Logan Airport.

"… of the march he took these photographs New Year's Day. And he sharing his observations on the same day that US Airways express pilot reported seeing fireworks coming from the march. Fireworks which came in close proximity to his landing planes. But state police killed his sister five it was not gunfire the pilot saw that there were no hunters in the area. That they are investigating it as fireworks still coming is worried. This morning while I was watching them to -- easily a dozen or so planes that flew overhead. Within 4050 feet where these three hunters were shooting plots. Obviously coming does not want to give the impression that he knows what happened with today's airliner incident he says he's no weapons expert and he has bigger concerns than airplanes. Because these shooters were located right next to an area a street. Where people walk. By the Logan Airport Jim O'Reilly news …" at 1:09

"… A landing scared Logan Airport the pilot says something that looked like fireworks were shot near his plane. New tonight we're hearing from one resident who has been concerned …" at 0:00

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