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Monday, 18 April 2016
Uber caves to Newark's extortion demands, will pay $10 million for a "Liberty License"
In Newark, NJ the price of Liberty is $10 million dollars.
Because that's how much Uber agreed to pay in exchange for the "right" to operate there, after the city council threatened to impound drivers' cars unless they each paid $1,000 a year for a "Liberty License."
Hours after announcing the deal that will allow Uber to continue operating in the city, the office of Mayor Ras Baraka on Saturday released details of the tentative agreement.
Under terms of the deal, Uber will pay the city a $10 million fee to operate at Newark Liberty International Airport for the next 10 years.
The company has also agreed to provide $1.5 million in liability coverage for all drivers in its network, conduct background checks of each one and to install and enforce a zero-tolerance drug and alcohol abuse policy.
Gangster government at its, uh, finest.
Oh, by the way, this agreement means Baraka sold out his taxi driver buddies.
Lionel Leach, president of CWA Local 1039, the union that represents nearly 300 taxi drive and has pushed for regulations to "level the playing field" between taxi and rideshare companies said the agreement fails to meet that goal.
"This is an agreement for $10 million that benefits the city and the rideshare companies, not the [taxi]drivers. "Based on what I see right now, the only thing that it creates an unfair balance."
Of course it "fails to meet that goal," because Uber coughed up more protection money than you did.
See, that's the problem with buying politicians. They never stay bought.
Posted at 09:39 by Chris Wysocki
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