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Originally Posted by jammies
As I stated before, the taxi issue, despite current public opinion, has not been a front burner issue until now. Uber has done a masterful job of stirring up the citizenry, and city council is done a terrible job of handling that angry populace.
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Riders in Despair Over Cab Service (Calgary Herald, 20 Aug, 2009)
Group wants Calgary taxi policy reviewed (The Gauntlet, 11 Feb, 2010)
Wishing Upon a Taxi (Calgary Herald editorial, 18 Dec, 2010)
Council Sets Strategy to Ease Shortage of Taxis in Calgary (Calgary Herald, 19 Dec, 2011)
Editorial: Taxi situation is a bad joke (Calgary Sun, 21 Dec, 2011)
Stampede cab crunch blasted by Calgarians (Calgary Sun, 9 Jul, 2012)
Calgary cab crunch has alderman warning of industry changes (Calgary Sun, 9 Jul, 2012)
Calgary alderman apologize for latest looming taxi terror (Calgary Sun, 24 Oct, 2012)
Taxi shortage needs fixing (Calgary Sun editorial, 25 Oct, 2012)
Hail of a time finding a ride (Calgary Sun, 28 Oct, 2012)
Calgarians need way to get home (Calgary Sun, 28 Oct, 2012)
Alberta justice minister Jonathan Denis scolds city politicians for not moving on taxi shortage (Calgary Sun, 30 Dec, 2012)
City officials begin studying movements of Calgary taxis in bid to improve service (Calgary Sun, 3 Jan, 2013)
Forcing fix for Calgary's broken taxi industry off the road an infuriating proposition (Calgary Sun, 18 Feb, 2013)
Heck, TripAdvisor even recognized the issue in
a warning to travellers to Calgary.
You can define 'front-burner' issue however you like. But the taxi shortage has absolutely been a political issue that the media and politicians have talked about for almost 10 years.