November 27, 2019
Ride-share passengers downtown are poised to pay higher fares to use Uber and Lyft under a proposal by Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Photo credit: By Wendell Hutson
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MINISTERS DENY UBER OFFERED THEM MONEY TO LOBBY MAYOR ON PROPOSED FEE HIKE
Black ministers are denying an allegation by Mayor Lori Lightfoot that Uber offered them $54 million to lobby her regarding a proposed ride-share fare hike. “I have not been approached by Uber and I do not know any other minister that was offered money in exchange for their services,” said the Rev. James Meeks, pastor of Salem Baptist Church in Pullman. “If Uber did make such an offer, it’s a secret to me.”