Well, Omaha is putting on the party for Warren Buffets crew again this year. Many parties, food, sales and oh, of course, one big stock holders meeting. For those of you not native to this area, or have been watching "Mr. Personality a little too many times, its Uncle Warren Buffets annual stockholders meeting for Berkshire Hathaway. Those of you wanting to pick up a couple of shares to go, your cost would be $69800.00/share as of 4:03pm...wow!

...sorry uncle Warren. but here is a link to Berkshire Hathaways site: http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/

In other news...If you go to "The NATIONAL DIRECTORY of On-Line Taxicab Reservation Services" http://taxicabreservations.com/national.htm

and scroll down to NEBRASKA...you will find a link to this site. Go to the Upper Right hand corner to put in your Reservations.

And...We will be trying to contact every cab driver in the Omaha area to see about forming a Taxi Drivers Association in order to have a voice in some things that go on around this great city of ours..... And in my opinion this is WAY long overdue. Watch out City HAll because I smell a TaxiCab Commission here in the very near future. We need this with all the conventions coming in the future.
Peace**

Below is an email to Andy Pollack (PSC Tranportation Department Director) by myself

As a cab driver in the Omaha area, I would like to know the parameters in which a business called "Prince of the Road Transport Service", operates.

They have been a consistent pain in our "fares" all over the Omaha area with them picking up cash orders off the street and delivering them anywhere in town. To me, that sounds like a cab-company without the meters installed or just another "Jitney Service"

Questions:
How do they determine the price of the fare? How often are they inspected? What type of "Professional License or Permit requirements do the drivers have to possess? Are they Drug/Alcohol tested? At what time intervals? Have they been Background Checked? All of the above are requirements to be a taxi driver for the company I work for (Which is consolidated with 4 other cab companies and totals about 100 drivers). All of the above (EXCEPT drug and alcohol testing) are requirements to be a taxi driver/company in the Omaha area.

Also:
Some of the "elderly or disabled" that they pick up do not know where to complain i.e. Late Pick-Ups...Rude drivers...or Dirty and Broken-Down vehicles.

This really deserves some further investigation as I believe they should...

1. Have road worthy vehicles
2. Have sufficient insurance in place (not just "Filed" but 'IN FORCE INSURANCE')...
3. Have to Maintain some sort of License Requirements
4. Be Background Tested at the State Level (Not just at the company level
5. Be Drug and Alcohol Tested

Plus:
I have heard that they are not allowed in the Lincoln area. Why invade our city when the capital city is protected? When? Where and How did this happen without our knowledge?

A few of us would love to start a "Transport Service" to gather lucrative State contracts. Please send me the rule book, if there is one.

Thank you for your ear:

Questions, Comments, Answers?
Tom Rose

Again, below is YOUR PSC (Tranportation Department) people in which to contact if you have questions:

Andy Pollock Director apollock@mail.state.ne.us
John Schmidt Rate Analyst jschmidt@mail.state.ne.us
Susan Lamborn Court Reporter/Secretary slamborn@mail.state.ne.us
Robert Harrison Investigator

Bravo...Bravo...Bravisimo...Keep it up and everyone should ask the questions that weren't asked in 1991. As soon as I can think clearly, I will be asking some questions myself.

Please e-mail Colleen or myself with any questions...and thanks for all the support...keep it coming

I have been taking customers information via e-mail. The whole system works out good for both the consumer and, of course, myself. I would recommend this system to supplement radio/computer dispatch, personal cell calls, and word-of-mouth bookings. The best thing about this e-mail system is that I have a hard copy of the customers requests and if there is ever a discrepancy in an orders time, place or date, it is very easy to figure out just where the breakdown in communications occurred. And...anyone that would like to e-mail me with an order, please include your name, address, time you want me there, and (VERY IMPORTANT) a call-back number. This number is my insurance against prank and bogus orders. To put in your time order via my e-mail address: Click on TAXI RESERVATIONS in the right hand column....OR email me here:
trose@cox.net