Way to usurp the will of the people Greg. Uber spent $8M campaigning and lost, they lobbied you and the crooked R's and you sold us out.
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What else do you call politicians that can be bought? Or ones who subvert an election by the people of Austin?
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Democrats. And you can still choose which service. Good grief.
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We can chose amongst 4 new ride shares now that all properly vet (background check) new drivers. Remember the vetting process?
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Then choose. It's your choice.
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We did. For companies to properly background check their driver. Why don't you support small governments and elections by the people?
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We supported those regulations. So much for small government, I guess.
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56% of 17% of Austin's population supported those regulations enough to vote. Who are you to decide who I can and cannot do biz with?
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In other words, enough to enact them. If Uber/Lyft didn't want to play by the rules, they can beat it. Plenty of other companies did.
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"small government" is not government meddling in the private business between consenting parties.
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Reasonable safety regulations aren't "meddling", especially when the local population supported them.
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Absurd and flat out lie of an argument. Reporting disproved the narrative that their safety checks were less effective than Austin's.
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I don't care about the safety checks. I do care about companies acting like petulant little children when they don't get their way.
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Ah, so it isn't about safety. It's about you wanting to tell companies and their customers what to do. Aren't you being petulant now?
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Yes, thanks for continuing a take power from the people.
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Wow, what an inspiration, trampling over Austin's autonomy.
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Thank You Mr Abbott for your dedication to the safety and prosperity of Texans!!




























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Supporting Uber that just admitted it underpaid drivers in NYC and 20+ percent of drivers couldn't pass background checks!! Buyer beware!
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