Mike Solana

The implication being Uber, outside causing medallion owners to shit themselves, wasn't great for the city. I think the whole Office of Emerging Technology is a terrible and bullshit approach, but you can't just get all partisan and pretend all of Uber has been for the better

unclear what metric you could possibly be using to determine what’s “great for the city” besides popularity among citizens, and eager to see what happens when a mayor runs on the platform of banning uber

I still don’t understand what this tech office will actually DO. If I wanted to start a tech company, would I have to get a special permit? That would be nuts. Everything from coffee shops to fitness studios to home delivery is all built on great tech these days.

If I wanted to negotiate with the city to install, say, vending machines or bike pods or whatever on city property, will they streamline negotiations and help me find the right person to assist with Board hearings and whatnot? That *could* be useful. Again, it’s not clear.

“war” strikes me as a hyperbolic, if illustrative, word choice. did you mean this literally? if so, what is a city’s motivation for “killing” payroll tax revenue, or other things that typically come from startups operating, and growing, in town?

my implication was “company enters arena by intentionally thwarting regulators” instead of, say, “in cooperation with said regulators” but im pretty sure you and most people in this thread believe that the first way is the only way, unless im mistaken

but yeah i dont know what “common good” means and it seems pretty ill defined very curious what execution will look like here