Fuck i hope not

I’m old. I attended this protest when I was 15. I had no idea what it was really about and used it as an excuse to skip school. I can see the parallels here on the comparison. It felt in the moment like there was going to be change , but unless you have organizers and a common vision it can easily fizzle out.

Yeah same with Starbucks. I can’t support them after everything they’ve done against unions.

Some service industry folks I’ve talked to are happy about it. Some are cautiously optimistic. I still think it’s a good step in the right direction, but like I said - I’m worried chain restaurants will move back in to fill the void and I’d rather have small businesses to go to.

Puget sound is for the most part, but drive to the peninsula or east of the mountains and it is a different story.

I personally know someone who rents a building and runs a bar as a business. Between rising labor costs and the landlord wanting more money, he’s closing as of January. I’m sure he isn’t the only one considering this.

I personally believe we should pay people what they are worth and it should be a living wage. That said, there obviously are going to be some small businesses that close due to this change. I hope we don’t end up with a bunch of chain restaurants taking over to fill the void…

Alloy theft has been an issue for a while in many major cities

I haven’t drank Elysian since they sold out to AB. I used to do their Great Pumpkin Beerfest every year. Such a waste of a great local company. Fuck AB.

Luckily I only lost power for around 10 hours the first night. Some people a block away weren’t so lucky and were out for 3 days. This was definitely a wake up call that we probably need a generator or something for this winter.

Those look like the hamburger helper hands 🤨

These are the comments I look for when I link articles, especially if I don’t fully understand the topic at hand. Thank you for your insight!

Total be clear I’m in favor of more public transit than less. Our city was never meant to have this many people or cars on the road. If we can shift away from individuals in cars, that’s a huge win for Seattle.

Good question 🤔

As a native Seattleite, I try my best to at least acknowledge people with a head bob. Sometimes I’m not feeling a conversation and just try to shut it down quickly.

“Your dog is beautiful!” “Oh yeah, haha, she’s a good girl.” - and keep walking

I’m wondering how exactly it will be enforced. Not only that, but it looks like it would just shuffle these people to other areas of the city.

If you look at what I’ve posted previously, you can see I post more center-left content that anything else. There have been several stores shuttered recently in downtown and Saks is just the latest.

If this same question had been posed from the Seattle Times, what would your answer have been?

My vote is it’s easier for people to buy online without the hassle for going to a brick and mortar store, but I could be mistaken.

Great to see we have so many readers in our area.

Shitty to see publishers price gouging, but not unexpected in a capitalist hellscape.

I’ve been using NoScript + PiHole for a few years now and it doesn’t seem so bad. I can certainly stop linking articles from it!

Headline spaghetti is fun sometimes

I’m all for building more housing to alleviate the homeless crisis. I don’t think sweeps work.

As with any major project like this, the question is where the funding comes from. I’d like to see a real state income tax in Washington state replace a lot of the other taxes we have, but that will probably never happen.

Low snowpack in the mountains due to el nino and a solar cycle maximum and climate crisis heat. We get most of our energy from hydroelectric, so it’s a supply and demand thing I think.