Prince George's council OK's plan to add taxi permits

Citing a ticking clock, Prince George's County Council members unanimously approved a plan Tuesday to double the number of licensed taxicabs.

"There's been too many years of doing nothing," Council Chairman Thomas A. Dernoga (D-Dist. 1) of Laurel said just before the council voted.

The vote was taken at the council's last meeting before going on summer break, and with four council members leaving due to term limits this fall, the vote marks one of the last major initiatives the council will address before the Sept. 14 primary election. After summer break, the council is scheduled to meet one more time, on Sept. 7, the last meeting before the election.