Anchorage Cab drivers yelled at Anchorage Assembly members for not allowing them to keep their monopoly

Anchorage Cab drivers lead by George Kocur started to spout out lies at yesterday's Anchorage Assembly meeting on April 10, 2018.  When competition was introduced by an ordinance 2016-124 by former Assemblymember Bill Evans it actually made the value of the taxi permits more towards reality instead of allowing them to inflate their permit values.  It is not the governments job to protect industry instead it is to encourage free market by allowing as many opportunities as possible for people.  More taxis more competition means better rates.  Monopoly hurt the customer and consumer.  Anchorage Voters in 2017 voted against their proposition when they gave them almost 10 years to clean their behavior.  They would rather waive the white flag instead actually participating in competition and making Anchorage better.  Here is a link from KTVA of their actions http://www.ktva.com/story/37928253/taxi-drivers-protest-assembly-vote-with-profanity-laced-interruption