Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Cabbie Fights To Keep Mementoes

Photo: Taxi driver Arieh Perecowicz has been fined more than $1,400 for having personal effects in his cab. (CBC)

From The CBC:

A Montreal cab driver was in municipal court Tuesday to defend his right to display religious symbols in his taxi.

Arieh Perecowicz has been stopped four times by Montreal's taxi authority and fined more than $1,400 for keeping personal objects in his cab, including photographs, newspaper clippings, and two mezuzahs — small Jewish prayer scrolls.

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My Comment: His cab is well kept, and there has been no complaints against him .... I call this harassment from bureaucrats who have nothing better to do.

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