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?
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Thursday September 12 2019, @12:33AM
I don't see a problem with that, myself. Moose is fine, if properly tenderized. Screech is an excellent, mellow rum. The effect of drinking it is not at all what the name implies.
Lastly, Newfies out-nice the rest of Canada; just think about that, they're so nice that they actually make a visitor start to think about what a bunch of whiny dicks Albertans are. That's, like, industrial strength nice right there.
Washington DC delenda est.