In courtroom battles against the room-rental service, elected officials find themselves facing a surprising opponent: the people.
FORTUNE -- The week before Thanksgiving, roughly 200 Airbnb hosts and community organizers sat shoulder-to-shoulder at The Alley, a Midtown Manhattan co-working space popular with techies. The event was convened by Peers, an organization developed to support the growth of the sharing economy.
An Airbnb host named Mishelle Farer got up to speak. Farer explained MORE