At the latest meeting of the California Ford Dealer’s Association of California, a resolution was passed calling for limits to be placed on the growth of Chevrolet dealers in the State of California. “We’ve got to do something to shore up the finances of our Ford franchisees”, CFDACa President Haile Duplicitous was quoted as saying. Speculation has grown that this moratorium may soon be requested to apply to the actual number of Chevy’s sold in the state, as well.
This action follows similar moves in other industries, such as the effort last year of local Exxon Mobile stations to seek limits on the growth of Shell gas stations. These calls for restrictions on competition may indicate a growing trend to seek a competitive advantage other than delivering a superior product, noted advertising icon Captain Obvious, who let it slip that Hotels.com was considering a similar request against the website Trivago.
In a related action, on Jan. 29, 2019 the board of the Los Angeles Unified School District, an authorizer of and competitor with charter schools in the LA metropolitan region, called for a moratorium on the growth of charter schools in the state.