John C. Randolph wrote on November 05, 2009 05:03 PM: Sounds like the people of Nevada need to go to the polls and eliminate taxi and limousine licensing. The purpose of business regulation is ALWAYS to protect the biggest vendors from new competition.

dizzle wrote on November 05, 2009 03:53 PM: I agree that this is an outrage.

justino wrote on November 05, 2009 01:34 PM: This is so sad. This law is made to protect the cab companies from competition, not protect customers.

averros wrote on November 05, 2009 01:21 PM: Do not forget to pay your taxes.

The armed meddlesome thugs NEED them.

ron wrote on November 05, 2009 11:29 AM: So the Nevada Transportation Authority wants to arrest "undocumented" American citizens in order to make sure "safety requirements are being met" and "legitimate" workers are not being undercut? That's hilarious, considering the way undocumented non-citizens have been acceptable all these years. Hypocrites!!

belle wrote on November 05, 2009 11:24 AM: this is an absolute outrage. these tax-sucking, bottom-feeding, corrupt, parasite bureaucrats (i know, i repeat myself) are as bad as any jackbooted thugs in any communist/nazi state that ever existed. if this is a "crime," then we should all be criminals.

Dammerung wrote on November 05, 2009 10:46 AM: So when I offer a friend $20 for a ride to the airport... I'm endangering their livelihood? Let's cut the government parasites OFF.

Mike P wrote on November 05, 2009 09:19 AM: Couldn't the market decide who's qualified or not to provide a good or service instead of bureaucrats behind desks who have bankrupted medicare, medicade, the post office, and amtrak, have dumbed down our kids with public schools, debased our dollar with the Federal Reserve, stirred up more violence and imprisoned more non-violent people with their drug war, and killed more innocent people with unconstitutional wars?

Jose Klein wrote on October 19, 2009 05:52 PM: I was targeted 4 sting also @ airport.
All that jazz just to serve an administrative ticket? obviously not.
They haven't being busy, so need to justify their existance. Go after indefensible, who lack knowledge of the transport rules, and woila' they've got themselves yard charges, fines charges, and levys. All on those who intended to make a small extra income by offering rides. This is justice being served. In reverse.
They said to me: You are stealing business from limos and taxis.
well, most I've heard telling me, were not able to afford either one.
The agency is peeing outside their bathroom. or in other words, they are invading, a private micro market.
This micro market has a mainstay on the community's bulleting board of craigs list. Craigslist, by the way is not a paid advertising, just a mere bulletin board free to the community. since the Nevada Transportation Authority have nothing else better regulate, they do go after those who dont know the rules of a business of transporting people. And please note, I said "a business" because that is their focus, regulate limo businessess, tourist bussess, and apparently taxis. Off course a limo driver per trip does expect a $ 20 + dollar tip, while in our "community world" the same amount, would amount to the total net worth of a proposed trip. Furthermore, a taxi waiting for you will charge $ 30-an hour. The elderly people I have carried do live on fixed income, there are not tourist, and the bus systems does pose some problems. As far as I see, we complement the actual in place transport system by covering for them for those who are not in Las Vegas to gamble or to spend on themselves, by rather serving those who are attempting to have some mobility.

in juicetown wrote on October 05, 2009 10:18 AM: In Smith's Friday column his last words were "Sources say taxi-topless joint payouts are again as high as $80 per customer." Where's the TA on this scam?

Any private citizen who actually supports a capitalist society and isn't outraged that they'd go after this woman just trying to make a living instead of the many scams cited here, like the doubled cab fare, isn't getting how corrupt this is: private citizen= NO RIGHTS. Big juiced companies greasing various ...'enforcement' agencies' and local politicians' campaign funds= ALL RIGHTS, all the time.

If you're not the one whose life's been destroyed by such corruption, and you don't speak up now, who will speak up for you when it's your turn to get ground under? Unbelievable...Great job on this Adrienne...