Hi? Do you like Uber – and you voted for Terry McAuliffe? Well, THAT was dumb...
Because this was inevitable. Just when you thought you couldn’t despise the Department of Motor Vehicles any more, Virginia’s DMV decided to wage war against popular passenger carrier companies Uber...
View ArticleRepublican party coming out in support for Uber’s cheaper cab rides.
Short version: it’s an app that matches people who need a taxi to somewhere with a local driver willing to sell them a ride. The taxi companies hate it with the white-hot fury of a billion exploding...
View ArticleMy Watchdog.org piece on Uber in Broward County, Florida is up.
Found here. Short version: the county commissioners over there like taxi company money. The big question is whether they’d like Uber pulling out of the area.
View ArticleHillary Clinton DOES NOT WANT you to have cheap cab rides.
She hates the very idea of it. Marco Rubio goes into Hillary’s thinking a little, but really: this is the best way to describe her thought processes. In that light, I almost can’t be all that upset....
View ArticleUber versus De Blasio.
Don’t let that last sentence get in the way of enjoying this looming confrontation. After all, David Plouffe is merely a mercenary: Uber bought him fair and square, which was of course their privilege....
View Article“And A Big Yellow Taxi Took My Young Professionals Voting Bloc Away…” Hmm....
This should surprise precisely nobody. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul opened a campaign office at a San Francisco tech incubator that hosted a 24-hour “hack-a-thon” last month. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio won...
View ArticleSeattle Uber users can still get a Mad Max car to pick them up.
The promotion lasts until tomorrow. The new MAD MAX video game is coming out on September 1st and we’re working with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment to give you an adventure like no other!...
View ArticleSeattle discovers new and exciting way to get rid of Uber.
Unionization. …in Seattle, new legislation the City Council will vote on today [*] could give these drivers a way to collectively bargain regardless of how they’re classified. Some call it the Voice...
View ArticleWeird. Uber sent me a work-for-us form letter?
It was clearly a form letter, but I’m kind of wondering why. I mean, I’ve used the service and I like it – but that’s the thing, right? If I had a car, why would I be using Uber? I mean, the only times...
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