093 – Making Sense of the ACL Line-up and the Outcome of Prop 1

The FeedBak Podcast is BAK!! We had talk about the ACL line-up with Festival Expert Micco. Attorney and TNC Guru Jeff Kirk breaks down Prop 1 and its outcome: Micco covers the ACL Line-up: C3 Presents The switch from 1 weekend to 2 weekends Percentages of acts by genre Local acts vs national/international acts Differences between Weekend 1 and Weekend 2 Jeff Kirk attorney and writer for Medium.com breaks down Prop 1: The pilot ordinance of 2014 The influence of the taxi lobby The situation in Austin vs Houston Uber and Lyft's failed $9 Million campaign Background checks for taxi drivers vs Uber/Lyft background checks Is the debate really about a public safety issue? The alternative solutions and their incentive problems: GetMe, Ztrip, taxi cabs Statewide legislature to get involved in 2017 Unregulated corporations vs government involvement How viable are optional fingerprint background checks? "11% of the line-up is from Austin." - Micco "One of my main specialties was consumer law. I was there as a proxy looking out for the needs of the Austin citizenry and drivers, taxis and TNC drivers." - Jeff Kirk