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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday September 10 2019, @11:43PM   Printer-friendly
from the leveling-the-playing-field dept.

The City of Bonavista has taken a new approach to dealing with airbnb hosts who represent unfair competition for hotels and bread-and-breakfast ins because they don't pay business taxes. They cut your sewer and water lines.

Bonavista cuts off services for Airbnb operators with unpaid business tax bills.

"We have gone to some pretty serious measures to collect. We have literally dug up driveways and turned off water (and) sewer service until the bill is paid, cutting them off completely from all municipal services.

-- Mayor John Norman

If people can't even drive their car onto your property, take a shower, use the toilet, you're pretty motivated to pony up.

The mayor said the taxation method has been successful, but he acknowledges not all Airbnb owners are pleased.

"I don't think some are happy about it, but it is what it is."

This is a pretty effective fix to unfair competition by airbnb hosts. The next question is, how can we apply the same thinking to uber and lyft?


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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by janrinok on Wednesday September 11 2019, @07:56AM

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday September 11 2019, @07:56AM (#892587) Journal

    Yes you are, but you are not entitled to use it against anyone. Even spreading the contents of your honey bucket will probably be breaking several health and environmental laws.

    But I do hope you enjoy building it... Pics or it didn't happen!

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