The town's had laws and we're reaching out to the companies to see how they would deal with their new business model. The companies decided to ignore all of tha

The town's had laws and we're reaching out to the companies to see how they would deal with their new business model. The companies decided to ignore all of that and just start doing things they were explicitly told not to do. Once you start ignoring the law it's pretty hypocritical to start complaining that other people are treating you the same way. Honestly I'm surprised the town's havent done more to these companies. Apparently they confiscate equipment when found but the company is can pick it up with no cost. It degrades the rule of law when one entity can blatantly disregard the laws for their own benefit Edit: Additionally, what's the economic difference between someone destroying a bit of capital, a scooter for example, and someone performing a sit in and blocking a service oriented business from serving paying customers. Both cost the businesses money, but the current behavior is somehow morally different? If the companies had attempted to stay within the confines of the law I might agree with you, but once they ignored it they lost all ability to claim any sort of high ground. A number of people are tired of these giant vc backed companies coming into their towns and completely ignoring all laws and not even pretending to be civil.