seattle appears to be the focus of large astroturfing of comment pages and council meetings on behalf of lyft and uber. the problem of an wild-west/unregulated for-hire-car industry has a solid history in all major u.s. cities. in the end, despite some vehement haters of the yellow cab hegemony (and astroturfers, of which there are many with lots of money backing), some solid citizen protections must be kept in place or it devolves into hazardous polluting uninsured lawyer-fest http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/goldy/Author?oid=4904583