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Related: About this forumUber-Lyft election!
So far it looks as if Uber and Lyft spent those millions
and made those illegal robocalls for nothing.
http://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2016-05-07/prop-1-election-results/
Update 4, 8:03pm The hits keep coming for the Prop. 1 supporters. The first votes are in from election day, and with five precincts reporting, e-day results so far are 427 (37.72%) for, 62.28% against. That mean, overall, it's going down 43.84% to 56.16%.
Update 5, 8:10pm: The city has just released a statement from Mayor Steve Adler: "The people have spoken tonight loud and clear. Uber and Lyft are welcome to stay in Austin, and I invite them to the table regardless. Austin is an innovative and creative city, and we'll need to be at our most creative and innovative now."
However, in a show of corporate petulance, per the Austin-American Statesman, Uber is threatening to withdraw from Austin, starting Monday.
griffi94
(3,733 posts)Thanks for posting the results.
metroins
(2,550 posts)We lost.
SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)Response to SusanCalvin (Reply #4)
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SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)What is Circle C?
I ask as a person considering a move to Austin - how are they fixed for high school Computer Science teachers? (Not in charter schools.)
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christx30
(6,241 posts)saying that they're pausing operations indefinitely.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)tired of corporations wanting to tell governments what to do.
If Uber leaves, "Don't let the doorknob hit you in the ass"
DhhD
(4,695 posts)district. That includes contractors. Seems like it would be easy to work with government to set up fingerprinting with the online application. Too bad that millions of dollars were spent to stop background checks. Maybe the city could help lower the cost and hold a few Saturday clinics. Public school teachers and substitute teachers, pay the cost of fingerprinting for themselves upon arriving for the procedure, at an appointment. Fingerprinting means that there is an electronic data connection with the FBI.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)WolverineDG
(22,298 posts)Congrats for forcing Uber & Lyft out in the name of "public safety!"