Dear Cholmondeley Crenshaw,
Thank you so much for your letter regarding regulating cab drivers in the Abiquiu area. As you know, there are many opposing views on this issue, which has been discussed repeatedly in village council meetings. It appears that the lunch lady at Abiquiu Elementary has been moonlighting as a cab driver for some four months now, and doing this without a cab driver’s license. 
This has greatly upset Juan Bob Lucero Ortega C de Baca y Pino, who has driven Abiqui’s only cab since 1981, when he first took Georgia O’Keeffe from Ghost Ranch to the Saints n Sinners bar just outside of Española. Of course, it is true that Juan Bob also doesn’t have a license, but it is his position that he is grandfathered in, and that Cleofila Zamora Gallegos Aragón is just butting in to take business away from the family of her daughter-in-law’s ex-husband, since they have taken the chile roasting business away from Severo and Chupo Herrera.
We appreciate your input and will consider all opinions at next Tuesday’s council meeting. A vote is expected on the issue by the end of the evening, after all input is taken into consideration. Council members Gallegos, Zamora, Aragón and C de Baca are expected to attend.
Again, thank you for your input. The council works for you.
Sincerely,
Maria Josefa Perea Chavez Mondragon y Garcia
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The Unreliable Taxi
By Chuck Brodsky
The Unreliable Taxi Company, call him if you want
It’s just Bob & his cab is probably sitting out in front
Of one of the local taverns in a little Michigan town
But The Unreliable Taxi Company might not want to be found
The Unreliable Taxi might take off Saturday night
Even if he plans on working & you never know, he might
But not if there’s a poker game or something on tv
You’ll have to find another way to where you want to be
If you go out drinking thinking Bob’ll take you home
Be prepared ‘cause every now & then he’ll leave you on your own
You can either walk back or stay right where you are
Until he can come & take you, or drive you to your car
The Unreliable Taxi parked in a dark & quiet place
It’ll be a couple of hours before Bob can show his face
He’ll be driving in the morning, he’ll be glad to take you then
It’ll be a couple of hours – it’s hard to say just when
The Unreliable Taxi Company, call him if you will
He’s never had an answering machine & he surely never will
Maybe you’d be better off to get yourself a bike
The Unreliable Taxi, you can call him if you like
But The Unreliable Taxi Company might not answer his phone
Even sometimes when he’s only sitting around at home
Maybe you can reach him – he might even show
He might even be on time – it’s something you don’t know You just never know
The Unreliable Taxi Company sleeping at the wheel
No panic to the locals, it’s really no big deal
Even when it’s noon & his cab is still out front
Nobody wants to wake him, you can try it if you want
The Unreliable Taxi, you see him around town
You might even see him driving somebody around
If he needs the money & if he isn’t drunk
If he hasn’t locked his only set of keys inside his trunk
(There is actually a place one can hear this song in full free streaming, but there’s no handy direct link. It’s in flash player under the album “Tulips for Lunch”. )