D.C. taxicab drivers may have won a small victory in their attempts to derail Mayor Fenty’s time and distance meter mandate this week, when a judge awarded them an extra month of the zone system thanks to a silly typographical on the part of the District government. But a hilarious story in today’s Post by Sue Anne Pressley Montes outlines their new strategy in getting what they want (namely, zone meters), which includes tactics such as attempting to gather enough signatures to recall Mayor Adrian Fenty (ha!) and something called a “paparazzi campaign” that could find taxi drivers photographing elected officials they encounter (huh?).

Mounting a recall effort against a popular mayor like Fenty is going to be close to impossible, but we’re even more mystified as to what exactly taking photos of public officials will accomplish. OK, so sure, it might annoy them. But are they expecting to catch them climbing out of limousines with no underwear on? We suppose Ward 8 Council member Marion Barry might want to be on his best behavior if he takes any taxis between now and May.

One thing the drivers are apparently not planning on doing anymore: striking. Those rolling, once a week strikes we heard so much about only ever happened twice, and the second time didn’t even go according to schedule. I’ve asked four different cab drivers in the last week whether they had heard there would be any more strikes, and they all told me they thought the strikes were over.