'by Alex Highly, Aspen Daily News Staff Writer':
"Following in the footsteps of crusaders like Malcolm X and badasses like Mike Tyson, Aspen’s rogue cabbie Phil Sullivan has converted to the Nation of Islam while imprisoned yet again in the Pitkin County Jail.
Sullivan, 76, having served his third 15-day term for giving people free rides in his cab that aren’t actually free, said he was tired of the oppression of his people.
Minister Louis Farrakhan visited Sullivan in jail, and praised him as a “freedom fighter who has birthed new meaning for the word ‘free.’” Farrakhan reported the beleaguered taxi driver is in good spirits despite The Man continuing to try to keep him down.
“La ilah illa Allah, Muhammad rasoolu Allah,” Sullivan said in a jailhouse interview over a shrimp cocktail and just before inmate massage time at Aspen’s soul-destroying gulag..."
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Showing posts with label Free Phil Sullivan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Free Phil Sullivan. Show all posts
April 1, 2012
March 14, 2012
SandBoxBlogs: Aspen Daily News "State PUC bills Sullivan for investigation travel costs"
Hmmmm....so, how does this work? Taxpayers pay for state PUC...and PUC is acting solely on a complaint by a private company (High Mountain Taxi) that obviously has a vendetta against Phil and yet gets all their legal fees and costs paid for by the state......and the taxpayers are pretty darn upset with the PUC for the entire debacle?
If Phil pays the 'fine', do the taxpayers get a refund on any of this mess and High Mountain Taxi finally steps up to pitch in to cover the state's costs? Seems fair considering if Phil doesn't pay this 'fine' he's going to be in contempt again and headed back to jail.
So, how about you?
Still boycotting High Mountain Taxi in Aspen, Colorado? Good for you. Buzz has it that so are most area residents. Wonder how long it will take HIGH MOUNTAIN TAXI in ASPEN, COLORADO to launch another vendetta against Phil because they're so upset over their continued loss of business?
Chad Abraham:
"If the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) gets its way, rouge cabbie Phil Sullivan will have to cough up $1,107.79 to pay for the hotel stays and other travel expenses of investigators and attorneys that came to Aspen to shut him down.
Meanwhile, the PUC is investigating whether a nonprofit organization recently formed by the Woody Creek man complies with statutory requirements that would exempt the corporation from state oversight. The tactic was conceived of by Sullivan’s attorney as a way to allow him to legally continue giving people free rides around town while accepting donations.
A six-year battle between the public utilities commission (PUC) and Phil Sullivan has resulted in two jail terms totaling about two weeks for the 76-year-old. He was found to have violated a district judge’s court order prohibiting him from giving rides around Aspen for tips.
On Monday, Judge Gail Nichols of Pitkin County District Court approved the PUC’s motion to bill Sullivan for the agency’s travel costs in pursuing the case. The expenses, which are related to the state’s most recent investigation of Sullivan last summer, amounted to $1,107.79...." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
If Phil pays the 'fine', do the taxpayers get a refund on any of this mess and High Mountain Taxi finally steps up to pitch in to cover the state's costs? Seems fair considering if Phil doesn't pay this 'fine' he's going to be in contempt again and headed back to jail.
So, how about you?
Still boycotting High Mountain Taxi in Aspen, Colorado? Good for you. Buzz has it that so are most area residents. Wonder how long it will take HIGH MOUNTAIN TAXI in ASPEN, COLORADO to launch another vendetta against Phil because they're so upset over their continued loss of business?
Chad Abraham:
"If the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) gets its way, rouge cabbie Phil Sullivan will have to cough up $1,107.79 to pay for the hotel stays and other travel expenses of investigators and attorneys that came to Aspen to shut him down.
Meanwhile, the PUC is investigating whether a nonprofit organization recently formed by the Woody Creek man complies with statutory requirements that would exempt the corporation from state oversight. The tactic was conceived of by Sullivan’s attorney as a way to allow him to legally continue giving people free rides around town while accepting donations.
A six-year battle between the public utilities commission (PUC) and Phil Sullivan has resulted in two jail terms totaling about two weeks for the 76-year-old. He was found to have violated a district judge’s court order prohibiting him from giving rides around Aspen for tips.
On Monday, Judge Gail Nichols of Pitkin County District Court approved the PUC’s motion to bill Sullivan for the agency’s travel costs in pursuing the case. The expenses, which are related to the state’s most recent investigation of Sullivan last summer, amounted to $1,107.79...." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
February 8, 2012
SandBox Comments: Aspen Times "Man cited after driver says he threw snowball at taxi"
The highly coveted 'lol' from 'SandBox Nanny' today goes out to the guy who took a stand on behalf of our very own rogue taxi driver, Phil Sullivan. Granted, if Phil is cited for contempt of court again, they may be doing time together...but at least the beat goes on.
Rick Carroll:
"ASPEN — High Mountain Taxi drivers are still feeling the presence of rogue cabbie Phil Sullivan — even if he's not on the streets.
Aspen police cited Dustin Timothy Fletcher, 26, of Aspen, just before midnight Sunday on suspicion of throwing a snowball at a taxicab, yelling “F--- High Mountain Taxi!” and muttering something about Sullivan, according to a police report.
Sullivan was released Thursday from Pitkin County Jail after serving a term for violating a judge's court order to stop accepting tips from passengers. The judge said he was not allowed to take gratuity because he did not have the licenses required to operate a cab service by the Public Utilities Commission.
In the days leading to Sullivan's sentencing hearing last month, a group of High Mountain Taxi drivers also wrote a letter to the judge, Gail Nichols, asking that he be punished for violating the injunction.
Meanwhile, Officer David Rosselot wrote that Fletcher was ticketed because he threw either a chunk of ice or a snowball, as well as a cup of beer, at a cab driven by Erica Cleaver. Cleaver told police that Fletcher yelled obscenities at her, and she told him not to throw things at the taxi and that she was simply doing her job.
Cleaver said that after the alleged snowball or ice chunk hit her windshield, she pursued Fletcher on foot.....(lol...)"
(Did she catch him? What was he cited for? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
Rick Carroll:
"ASPEN — High Mountain Taxi drivers are still feeling the presence of rogue cabbie Phil Sullivan — even if he's not on the streets.
Aspen police cited Dustin Timothy Fletcher, 26, of Aspen, just before midnight Sunday on suspicion of throwing a snowball at a taxicab, yelling “F--- High Mountain Taxi!” and muttering something about Sullivan, according to a police report.
Sullivan was released Thursday from Pitkin County Jail after serving a term for violating a judge's court order to stop accepting tips from passengers. The judge said he was not allowed to take gratuity because he did not have the licenses required to operate a cab service by the Public Utilities Commission.
In the days leading to Sullivan's sentencing hearing last month, a group of High Mountain Taxi drivers also wrote a letter to the judge, Gail Nichols, asking that he be punished for violating the injunction.
Meanwhile, Officer David Rosselot wrote that Fletcher was ticketed because he threw either a chunk of ice or a snowball, as well as a cup of beer, at a cab driven by Erica Cleaver. Cleaver told police that Fletcher yelled obscenities at her, and she told him not to throw things at the taxi and that she was simply doing her job.
Cleaver said that after the alleged snowball or ice chunk hit her windshield, she pursued Fletcher on foot.....(lol...)"
(Did she catch him? What was he cited for? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
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