I see racism is alive and well in Skokie.
They can try to sell the idea that other commercial vehicles - i.e. trucks and vans - have not been allowed to park and, with this new ordinance, taxicabs are receiving the same treatment. They can try to have us believe that this is a fair ordinance that levels the playing field for all commercial vehicles.
Assistant Village Manager John Lockerby can try to tell us this:
“It's not that cabs are eyesores,” Lockerby said. “It's that they are commercial vehicles parked on residential streets. Limos and towncars have been not allowed (to park on residential streets) for years. The issue is with consistency.”
Does anyone believe this? I'm sure towncar drivers are always being harrassed by Skokie police about parking. I had a Skokie resident tell me: "my neighbor can only park his boat in his driveway for two months." I told her how bad I felt for her neighbor that he had to keep his yacht in a boat slip. Now he'll have to walk from the lake to his house instead of boating there. Poor guy!
They say they don't think cabs are eyesores, yet the only way a Skokie resident can park his or her cab in their driveway is if it is covered by a garage? So it's not that cabs are eyesores, but they can't be seen in a driveway? Is anyone else choking on the hypocrisy?
We all know the real reason for this ordinance. Affluent Skokie residents want to take cabs to the airport, but they don't want to see cabs parked in the driveways of their neighbors.
Why?
Simple: Those cabs belong to dirty foreigners. Make it so difficult for them to park their cabs in Skokie that they move out of Skokie and can be replaced with smiling white faces. Keep the foreigners out of our nice clean village! After all, they might be terrorists, right?
Where has this been done before? It sounds vaguely familiar to me? Something about being separate but equal maybe? Some guy named Jim perhaps?
I have a solution. Let's get together and purchase the cheapest, ugliest, most beat-up looking, hunk-of-junk cars possible and give them to the cabdrivers of Skokie so they can have private cars to park on their streets and in their driveways. That way, instead of seeing a clean cab parked in front of their neighbor's house, Skokie residents can see a dirty, piece of crap car in its place. They can't complain about that, right? After all, these cars won't be commercial vehicles.
On second thought, maybe we shouldn't do that. It will probably lead to a new ordinance: something along the lines of "only vehicles costing more than X dollars can be parked on Skokie streets." That doesn't sound too far off.
Awesome!
what hapenend at the council meeting?
Why should cabs be the exception to this rule? No other commercial vehicle is allowed to park on our streets. Why does that rule not apply to cabdrivers? I love how you cabbies like to play the race card whenever you see fit. You don't like something so it must have been done because of your skin color or ethnicity. My husband has a construction van that he is not allowed to park in our driveway or in front of our house. Is it because I'm white or because ITS THE LAW? If I was a minority, could I say it's racism?
If you don't like our laws, you are free to leave. You have that freedom because you are in America. But if you stay, follow the rules like everyone else. Stop complaining.
By the way, no one is forcing you to drive a cab. If you don't like your job, find a new one. Take responsibility for your own life and stop expecting everyone else to fix your problems. And I don't want to hear about being "poor immigrants." My parents came to this country with nothing and they became successful by hard work. They never complained, they never expected any handouts. They controlled their own destinies and you can too. But not if all you do is complain.
"Who is complaining?"
Are you serious? Do you really have to ask this question?
Well if you really do, I'll try to answer it in simple language so you can understand.
YOU ARE COMPLAINING.
By you, I mean you Mr. Tang and the rest of the people on this forum, who I can only assume are cabdrivers as well. Please look at pretty much any post on this forum to find examples of cabdrivers complaining. It seems to be your favorite hobby - complaining about how poorly your treated instead of working to fix your situation.
Personal responsibility - a precious natural resource. Please try to find it in yourselves.
