DCTC will pay $5,500 but not admit any guilt.

A Teamster-affiliated Taxicab association is touting this as “major victory.”

“Commission meeting rules pertaining to testifying are an administrative action,” DCTC spokesperson Neville Waters said in an email. “Speakers are advised to provide written testimony when they register to testify. The Commission may elect to waive the condition.”

There were quite a few outbursts. One involved comparing the DCTC chairman to Hitler.

Members of said Taxi Operators Association will hold a rally outside One Judiciary Square before the monthly D.C. Taxicab Commission meeting, presumably, to discuss their issues with the modernization requirements.

“As an immigrant to this great country, I know full well the challenges and difficulties that brings. If my comment was interpreted as offensive, I certainly apologize.”

Through a complaint and a motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction filed today in D.C. Superior Court, the Association seeks to delay the implementation of modernization regulations, claiming that some drivers have been placed on an “indefinite waiting list” to install dome lights.

With the Teamsters behind them, a group of D.C. cab drivers gathered outside the Wilson Building to continue their fight against what they see as the problematic rollout of modernization efforts and to get Mayor Vince Gray’s attention.

“We will win!” the crowd chanted after Ferline Buie, president of Teamsters Local 922, said that the union would help drivers win “fairness, justice, equality, dignity and respect” through their new association.

In a release, the Teamsters Union announced the formation of the Washington, D.C. Taxi Operators Association, which will be affiliated with Teamsters Local 922.