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October 19, 2005

Jamestown taxicabs?

A lady walks into Town Hall and wants to start a cab company in Jamestown. The staff does some research, discovers its regulations governing cabs are way out of date. It hasn't mattered because, well, Jamestown hasn't had anybody looking for a hackney license in a long time.

The town asks her to wait until it can bring its rules into the 21st Century.

In the process of doing research, Town Clerk Martha Wolfe discovers a few things. If Jamestown gives a license to the lady, then it would be a franchise. That would limit her to doing business only in Jamestown's corporate limits. It would also keep out the High Point cab companies that already serve the town. Read: No trips to the airport. Jamestown would also need to have its own taxicab inspector. And the Guilford County Sheriff's Office would be asked to make sure the wrong taxi companies aren't in the wrong municipalities...

So what's a town to do? The council will hold a public hearing at its Nov. 15 meeting to update the taxi regulations. The board will also consider the license request at the same time, although council members seemed lukewarm to the idea at Jamestown's meeting last night.

"We've been served well by High Point (cab companies)," Mayor Billy Ragsdale said.

"I think it's a lot of work for nothing," Mayor Pro Temp Emily Ragsdale said.

Posted by Jonathan Jones at October 19, 2005 9:13 AM

Comments

Well, if a Ragsdale says it, then it must be true.

Does Emily Ragsdale ever disagree with Billy in public?

Posted by: truth at November 4, 2005 4:51 PM

Truth,

I haven't seen her disagree with him, but I've only been covering the council for two months. And they don't meet that often.

Also, I apologize for at first identifying her incorrectly. It's Emily not Nancy. I did that in haste, which is no excuse. The mayor pro temp of the last council I covered was a Nancy.

Posted by: Jonathan Jones at November 6, 2005 12:19 PM