Massachusetts Nautical Tours
Government Regulators Block New Transportation Alternatives
Erroll Tyler—an African-American entrepreneur from Melrose, Mass., who is battling for economic liberty—seeks to show that you can fight City Hall.
After two years and two applications, Tyler still does not have the license he needs to start his amphibious vehicle tour service because City officials from Cambridge, Mass., decided that the City does not “need” him. In a sharp break from the American tradition of fair play, Cambridge is using the power of government simply to protect other tour operators from honest competition—hardly a proper use of government power.
Not only does this naked protectionism cost the City jobs and drive up prices by reducing competition, it violates Tyler’s constitutional right to earn an honest living in the occupation of his choice without arbitrary government interference.
That’s why on July 26, 2006, Tyler joined with the Institute for Justice, a public interest law firm that helps entrepreneurs overcome senseless government regulations, to file a third license application and fight for his economic liberty. If Cambridge does not recognize Tyler’s right to pursue the occupation of his choice, the Institute for Justice will take this case to the courts of law.