Post #725780 by Limbo Lizard on Wed, Aug 20, 2014 9:28 AM

Well, it's certainly offensive to licensed cab drivers, who thought their political support and contributions had bought them a solid monopoly, disguised as "regulations to protect the public" - who are too careless to trust with their own choices, you see. :)
To many of us, "tiki" symbolizes a type of freedom. To many people, so does Uber and Lyft, and AirBnB, I expect. I'm not in California, so I have no participation, there. But I'm interested to see how this type of conflict plays out. Though how to react to these new types of business models IS a political question, the possible answers don't neatly fit into one or another party. The clash can be with the political establishment and status quo of any locality. Threatened businesses want regulations, ordinances, codes, licensing, etc., enforced, ostensibly to protect the public, but in fact to make it costly and difficult for upstart competition to enter the arena.