decision not government leaders i mean that's up for debate we're going to get into it now with mike riggs he's an associate editor for reason dot mike welcome so i mean what do you think should a government officials be able to block businesses from opening and expanding just because they disagree with their political views. absolutely not the licensing boards and the zoning boards and chicago and boston and let's be clear that's what that meant rahm emanuel and then you know in boston they're talking about using zoning restrictions to keep chick foot out those do not exist to tests as. to institute political let miss test for business owners they are there they're used quite frequently i mean this is just a very public example of how those boards are abuse but they're supposed to be there for safety you know zoning boards are supposed to exist licensing boards are supposed to exist to make sure that restaurants are healthy food or or that their kitchens are dirty and rat infested and that you know buildings are safe they do not exist to make sure that business owners have political views

of show producer sam knight and what we want to show is a crew that favorite reason magazine's mike riggs i just had to say my own name too many and i got a little confusing. well i got the short glass but i'm trying to get you a chalice. really. yeah exactly. let's talk a little pigs shall we since there are still going there's a lot of outrage because well there's a delay right and we see this playing at night but then you can find out the actual news when it happened anywhere else from anyone else a while but i kind of think it's funny because there seems to be like a rivalry like c.n.n. . text you the results just because they don't have the right feel the olympic ceremony if. you're getting that with all the time i turned around today to tell the whole crew like i just got a text message and i didn't specifically didn't read i closed because i didn't want to know because i saw all this always olympic gold i know this heat baseball really carry the story so i just go to war i just noticed splash water in each other's faces at the end of the race oh you know very well so you know when

mobile to a regular guest friend of this show mike riggs he recently had a run in with them when its mother's house burnt down in last year's texas wildfires she had to move thirty miles away to red rocks where her t. mobile cell phone didn't get service so my call they cancel her service and guess what t. mobile also wanted to slap him with a two hundred dollars fee this time it was an early termination fee now that was something that credo mobile her husband's cell phone company didn't do so at least every company out there doesn't try to profit off of acts of nature but in the end after the website consumers posted my story t. mobile also changed their tune and decided to waive the fee but i guess seeing a trend here companies are trying to make a profit no matter what when they get caught with their hand in the cookie jar they sure are mighty apologetic but don't want them for you just like the initial charges they're apologies are about one thing and that's their bottom line and rain or shine they only care about making money. well for years current and former detainees from gua

cities but wait a minute is this a decision government leaders should make earlier i was joined by mike riggs associate editor for reason dot com i asked them if government officials should be able to block businesses just because of their political views. i absolutely not the licensing boards and zoning boards in chicago and boston and let's be clear that's what rahm emanuel and then mary you know in boston they're talking about using the zoning restrictions to get to play out those do not exist to test to to and to do political atmos test for business owners they are there they're used quite frequently i mean this is just a very public example of how those boards are abused but they're supposed to be there for state. zoning boards are supposed to exist licensing boards are supposed to exist to make sure that restaurants serve healthy food or or that their kitchens are dirty and ragged fast and that you know buildings are safe they do not exist to make sure that business owners political views that are copacetic with the use of giving away that official i mean it's it's sort of crazy if we w