The contentious issue of credit card fees in San Francisco taxis, which has resulted in plastic-carrying riders being shunned, could be resolved Tuesday, though neither cabdrivers nor cab companies are pleased with the proposal.
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San Francisco hacks were hailed by armed hoodlums in two separate knifepoint robberies Wednesday, police said. The hack heists occurred in the Western Addition and Tenderloin neighborhoods, with one resulting from an argument over the fare, police said.
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A former San Francisco police officer accused of accepting money from taxi drivers in exchange for a passing grade on a written exam required for a permit was ordered today by a judge to stand trial on bribery charges, a district attorney's office spokesman said.Paul Makaveckas allegedly accepted bribes of around $100 each from taxi driver applicants during the course of two years, ending in March 2009 when he retired, prosecutors and police said.
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Recent attacks on taxi drivers have reignited the debate about the safety of cabbies in San Francisco. In recent months, taxi drivers have been stabbed, beaten and robbed while on the job. Early Saturday morning, a cabbie was robbed at gunpoint after picking up two men who hailed his cab in the Bayview district, according to police.
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