Changes needed to help county taxi drivers

As a taxi cab driver's wife and a Prince George's County resident, I am wondering how taxi cab drivers make it from day to day and still stick to their goals of serving the public. When my husband started driving a taxi cab, his expectation was to serve our community, support our family and pay our tuition. However, things are much different than we expected.

Most people assume driving a taxi cab does not take a lot of effort, however, [that] is not the case. Cab drivers must pay taxes and get a "medallion" (a license number that allows the driver to operate the taxi in the county that issues it). Unlike what we thought, cab drivers in our county do not get the medallion easily. Cab drivers are paying a lot of money to the cab companies in order to rent the medallion from them. I feel Prince George's County should directly give the medallion to all licensed cab drivers.