During yesterday’s mayoral press conference — and at some point between the questioning of his choice to chair the Board of Elections and Ethics and the media uproar over the decision “filtering” of the D.C. Fire and EMS Twitter feed — Vince Gray announced that he would appoint four new members to the D.C. Taxicab Commission, including two cab drivers.

The relationship between the District government and taxicab drivers has always been strained. But now, that relationship will be the subject of a lawsuit.