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The INTENT was to make Boston more hospitable.
Settling the labor disputes with the public service workers would help, too.
Let's go back to basic capitalism again, regarding your question as why the cabbies should have to take four days off. They city is offering a price that that cabbies must accept should they be unfortunate enough to draw a conventiioneer at the airport. Well, screw the city of Boston. There are no cabs working at that price. If Boston goes through, I hope there isn't a single cab to be found at the airport during that four-day period. The cabbies can take those four days off. Or they can accept the 75% disount mandated rate. Their choice.
Now you want to talk about a cab business clusterfuck? A hack license in New York City cost six figures. Why the hell should the city profit that much from a license fee? Why should the city have their hands that deep in the pockets of the cab owners, cab drivers and their customers? I've never understood that. In this case, where the city is charging a license fee based on what the market will bear, all involved except the government suffer.
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