Austin apparently needs Uber, according to a marketing pitch started by the San Francisco-based on-demand cab company ahead of the South by Southwest Interactive festival held in the Texas Capital. The company, which has a beef with city rules dictating fares for sedans and limits on paid ride-sharing, has made a Twitter campaign out of the issue asking people to tweet #AustinNeedsUber.

And especially since Saturday dawned rainy and cold, people are obliging. But as an Austin resident, an Uber customer and someone who is able to look beyond the idea of disruption and to think about what that disruption actually will entail, I wish Uber wouldn’t use the epic influx of guests to advocate for changing the laws of the city I have to live in year round. That’s a job for the people who live here.

And there are people who live here who are pushing for…