Streets of Dreams: Challenging Atlanta's Street Vending Monopoly

[@bayushizero]

And Fulton County Superior Court Judge Shawn Ellen LaGrua just struck down Atlanta's vendor initiative that was doing this to these street vendors. Excellent work, IJ!

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

If you have little to no governmental regulation for things that have higher levels of demand but lower levels of supply all it will do is facilitate chaos. All this case does is gives the public the false impression that the government can't make reasonable law to limit certain implied rights. You will either have limits or chaos you won't have both

[@ncwdane]

I wonder how much the private kiosk company that got the monopoly contract donates to the governing authorities campaigns each year and courts the mayer & cousel members w/ falcons Box seats & stuff like that

[@shamgar001]

The federal government has a hand in unemployment, but state and local governments do also. Libertarians often focus on the federal end, while ignoring local shinanigans like this.

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

"Shenanigans"? Should there be no limits -- even the brick-and-mortar stores have tremendous limits starting off with zoning regulations, but even when you're in commercial Zones they segment even the commercial zones into parts, then they have industrial, light industrial, professional, mixed use, and so on. Should I be permitted to open a shoe manufacturing company in a truck and operate it in residential areas? it may seem silly but it might be what some people want to do and if the answer is yes it should be permitted then people will do all sorts of things with trucks Without Limits you will have kiosk chaos

[@crookedman5896]

i wish this man and his co workers were still selling that old atlanta gear, hats and a town shirts, id buy em all the time. im not from the A and for years ive been trying to find those shirts

[@marudoethiopia]

I'm interested in why the city did this financially. How much money can this kiosk company possibly offer them that would outweigh the space-use tax of the private vendors. Is the company actually paying the city for all those closed kiosks?

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

It doesn't number of things: it creates a uniform look which for the most part is good, it encourages vendors to be in specific areas, and yes I'm quite sure that the city gets money from the kiosk owner and they probably have less management worries in terms of use tax and making sure that the property is appealing.

[@marudoethiopia]

@@TruckTaxiMoveIt How much can a company with an empty kiosk afford to pay in taxes compared to a store that actually has revenue? One is zero dollars a year and the other is thousands. My comment is from 8 years ago and still stands today. All this nonsense was struck down in courts

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

0:21 - 0:25 'Street vending is a classic way for entrepreneurs to work their way up the economic ladder' that's essentially the introduction to this video but then you go on to highlight two specific vendors who probably have over 50 cumulative years of Street vending under their belts -- in other words Street Vending started them off, gave them a springboard, and allowed them to grow their business in the more traditional fashion like a brick and mortar business but they consciously chose not to go that route for whatever reason. Those kiosks allow for old fashion Street vending at rates as affordable as the wares that they sell. I believe Atlanta should have a bidding process for each kiosk and that they should only allow a certain amount of kiosks per bidder. The

[@Devoneakapimp]

& i've come across many stumbling blocks presented by the local government. I've dealt with the frustrations of going through loopholes to do something I fellt I should have been simple. My best advice is to outsmart the government & don't allow competition to put an end to your plans.

[@MiguelExhale]

Is this still going on?

[@munnakumarpatel7393]

Thank

[@shamgar001]

@DickCabezaLtd You don't understand the term "privatize". The street vendors were all private entities to begin with. What Atlanta did was establish a monopoly, which is the exact opposite of privatizing.

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

New York City, NY a Democrat town has a private utility monopoly; Jacksonville, Fl a Republican town has a public utility monopoly.

[@torchiest]

Institute for Justice is one of the best organizations in this country. They are fighting in the trenches for liberty.

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

True

[@Buffalo122333]

@elharbingero - "Who is 'disliking' this video?" Brick and mortar businesses and politicians.

[@shamgar001]

@DickCabezaLtd That has nothing to do with the definition of "privatization". The vendor in the new system is still public, but now the government is restricting access.

[@stokesr08]

They don't want people to have nothing!! Sad!

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

How can that be said when they set up kiosks specifically on the street so that people can have in Road into entrepreneurship

[@k.r.v.4219]

But a fair balance needs to be reached for all vendors, both street and Brick&Mortar. There are huge advantages a street vendor has over Brick&Mortar that are obvious. However on the other hand there are benefits to the more permanent and correctly placed an established B&M, that knows the rates an clientele living nearby.

[@heroofdermwood]

@shamgar001 The Institute for Justice is a Libertarian law firm. They are holding cities and states accountable for their efforts at killing jobs. They are doing their part to deregulate industry.

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

Do they publicly proclaim to be a Libertarian law firm?

[@shamgar001]

@ezacharyk Oh, yes, I know. I mean the larger body of libertarians. IJ is the only group I see really pushing for this kind of thing (plus Reason, whenever they do a story about IJ).

[@shamgar001]

I wish libertarians would spend some more energy forcing state and local governments to own up to their part in our unemployment. Lowering taxes is always good, but local deregulation is more important.