[khaolak]

I remember a time when people protested their local governments to enact laws and policies which they thought were best. Which is exactly what's happening here.

I haven't followed the situation with Uber closely, I don't know what laws they're supposedly breaking, but my general citizen layman opinion is that the service should be allowed, so if my local taxi mafia has gotten laws passed that prevent Uber, then those laws should be changed or repealed.

Your characterization just seems really weird to me. This isn't some company dumping chemicals in our backyards. It's a service that many people like, of course those people are going to petition their government to let them use it.