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Uber and Lyft Spend $8.2 Million To Lose Fingerprint Election, Vow To Leave Austin (examiner.com)
On Saturday voters in Austin, Texas refused to repeal a new regulation that requires fingerprinting drivers for ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft. In Austin's most expensive election ever, the ride-sharing services spent over $8.2 million pushing Proposition 1, apparently outspending their opponents by a 80:1 ratio. But on election day, the proposal to repeal ultimately received just 39,083 votes -- 44% of the total cast -- meaning the lobbyists spent $209 for each vote received. Both services have said they will cease operations in Austin rather than perform the fingerprint-based criminal background checks.
You mean, like actually performing the background checks as required by law? Uber and Lyft have no power against the public will, and must obey the law.
Entitled? How about let the consumer decide. Don't like their policies, use a competitor. But no, we need to limit options and use government's threat of violence to force behavior.
Fuck off, cabbie.
"Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my Presidency. I'm fucked."; ~ Donald J. Trump
No, we just have lots of leftists who like government being involved in every aspect of your life. We also have asinine bans on bags at grocery stores.