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Because of That creates an unfair advantage, spent almost $14,000 in licensing Two popular ride-hailing smart Local cabbies say they’ve warned the way the tech companies are according to Patrick Keenan, gen- fees on his roughly 90 cabs in the phone apps — Uber and Lyft — city officials for more than a year structured, they appear to fall eral manager of Americab Trans- city. launched in the Cleveland market about Uber and Lyft’s likely en- largely outside the city’s regulatory portation Inc. in Cleveland. Last See CABBIES Page 19 HE ISN’T DIFFICULT TO FIND Only now, Hanlin’s popular golf shows will be available across the country By KEVIN KLEPS [email protected] or golf fans in Northeast Ohio, Jimmy Hanlin is as ubiquitous as Cleveland Browns draft chatter, Chief FWahoo debates or pleas for LeBron James to return home. Soon, Hanlin really will be every- where — or at least in 31 states and more than 50 million homes. 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