Thank God For The Rain To Wash The Trash Off The Sidewalk

* “The Taxicab Industry Group is encouraging a taxi strike to run from 7 a.m. Monday to 7 p.m. Monday in response to D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty’s plan to switch District cabs to a time-and-distance based
meter system.” [WTOP]
* “A House of Delegates committee rejected Monday a proposal to raise Virginia’s gas tax by 5.5 cents a gallon, to 23 cents.” [WP]
* “It’s different from the way most other Mid-Atlantic cities approach plowing, but seemingly the only real down side, assuming Fenty can pull it off, is that it will just cost more to do each time.” [DCist]
* “There are over 50 advertisements in the Farragut North station alone. Yeah, I counted.” [why.i.hate.dc]
* “Most of you DC residents love me for fucking those DC cab drivers up don’t you? Fuck them!” [Diary of a Mad DC Cabbie]