FOUNDING MEMBERS 1998
PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER
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THE FREEDOM TAXI DRIVERS ASSOCIATION, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, WAS CREATED BY THE INITIATIVE OF RODRIGO
RESTREPO ON FEBRUARY 2, 1998. THEIR GOAL IS TO DEFEND THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF THE TAXI DRIVERS. CIVIL RIGHTS THAT
ARE BEING VIOLATED BY A GROUP OF MONOPOLISTS THAT OPERATE THE TAXIS COMPANIES AND ALSO CONTROL THIS
CORRUPT INDUSTRY. THE PARTNERS RODRIGO RESTREPO, FERNANDO VILLACIS AND OMAR ESCOBAR, CREATED A GROUP OF
THREE WHO ARE FIGHTING AGAINST A POWERFUL MAFIA WHICH USES ITS TACTICAL INTIMIDATION AND THREATS IN ORDER
TO PERSUADE THE DRIVERS TO CONTINUE AGAINST THEIR OWN INTERESTS. THESE TACTICS HAVE MADE IT POSSIBLE TO
LEGALLY CREATE A MODERN SLAVERY SUPPORTED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. THE CHAUFFEURS ARE OBLIGATED IN
ORDER TO OPERATE A TAXI, TO GIVE THE TAXI COMPANIES 70% OF THEIR OWN EARNINGS. THESE EARNINGS GENERATE
THESE TAXI COMPANIES APPROXIMATELY 100 MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY.AFTER PRESENTING A LAWSUIT IN THE FEDERAL
COURT AGAINST THE COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE FOR THE VIOLATION OF THE TAXI DRIVERS CIVIL RIGHTS,WE BENEFIT FROM
THE SUPPORT OF HUNDREDS OF CHAUFFEURS THAT SPITE THE FEAR THEY FEEL FOR THE MONOPOLISTS, ARE SUPPORTING US
TO PERSEVERE.
OUR GOAL IS TO FINISH WHAT WE HAVE BEGUN AND ACHIEVE OWNERSHIP OF THE PERMITS SOLELY FOR THE CHAUFFEURS.
WE ARE FIGHTING TO STOP THE CORRUPTION AGAINST THE CHAUFFEURS
OF THE TAXI INDUSTRY IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY!
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