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Cabbies driven to stall Uber, Lyft Ride services steered by smart phone apps say it’s sour grapes By TIMOTHY MAGAW tmagaw@crain.com
Two popular ride-hailing smart phone apps — Uber and Lyft — launched in the Cleveland market
last week, but a handful of local cab operators hope the city puts the brakes on the controversial services. Local cabbies say they’ve warned city officials for more than a year about Uber and Lyft’s likely en-
trance into the market and the issues that, at least in their opinion, could rear their head. Because of the way the tech companies are structured, they appear to fall largely outside the city’s regulatory
authority over taxi-cab services. Instead, Cleveland — at least at the moment — considers them limousine services, which are regulated by the state. That creates an unfair advantage, according to Patrick Keenan, general manager of Americab Transportation Inc. in Cleveland. Last
EDITORIAL: Critics of Uber and Lyft need to pump the brakes. Page 10 year, Keenan said his company spent almost $14,000 in licensing fees on his roughly 90 cabs in the city. See CABBIES Page 19
HE ISN’T DIFFICULT TO FIND Only now, Hanlin’s popular golf shows will be available across the country By KEVIN KLEPS kkleps@crain.com
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or golf fans in Northeast Ohio, Jimmy Hanlin is as ubiquitous as Cleveland Browns draft chatter, Chief Wahoo debates or pleas for LeBron James to return home. Soon, Hanlin really will be everywhere — or at least in 31 states and more than 50 million homes. Fox Sports Ohio, which purchased SportsTime Ohio from the Cleveland Indians in December 2012, is rebranding Hanlin’s popular “Tee It Up” show as “18 Holes With Jimmy Hanlin.” That program, along with “Swing Clinic,” the 30-minute show on which Hanlin gives golf tips, will be televised this spring and summer on 10 Fox Sports regional networks.
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Jimmy Hanlin hosts three shows on SportsTime Ohio, along with a weekly golf program on WKNR-AM, 850.
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