[Paladin2]

Wiliston is not to big to walk across.

Of course it could be run by 'rats.

[darkwing104]

Cronyism has been around before recorded history. It pretty much exists everywhere. What makes this place any different?

[GeronL]

This happens in big cities too, friendly businesses buying off local politicians to protect their turf.

[Vince Ferrer]

Here is the story of four African immigrants who wanted to start a taxi company in Denver. They when to a libertarian legal foundation, and with the unlikely help of the NAACP, won the right to form a taxi cab company.

Challenging Denver's Taxicab Monopoly

[blueunicorn6]

Using government to destroy compeitors......how Democratic.

[Rebelbase]

I recall reading somewhere about a person concerned with drunks on the road offering a free-ride-home-from-the-bars service on weekends and getting hammered by the local authority for operating a unlicensed taxi service.