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Boy, a light rail system spanning from Everett through Seattle to Tacoma sure would've been nice right around now.
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Republicans posted:The kernel of truth in this is that if people knew their waiters were being paid well they'd be much less likely to feel obligated to tip them. Of course that would mean a welcome return to the idea of gratuity being a way to reward exceptional service. You'd think that because our state allows tips on top of minimum wage, that it alone would've already undercut tipping culture to be more about quality instead of just an institutionalized thing. It hasn't really been the case. In that way, I don't think a minimum wage increase alone will change anything. I'd rather see tips go away completely, anyway. Gerund posted:For those out of the Seattle loop, Ballard is the north-western, largely white-ethnic enclave, largely investment-class contained in the new City Council seat #6 to be elected next in 2015 (along with every other seat thanks to the new 7-2 district charter amendment). It's easy to adopt that when you have the vast majority of your employees as temporary. If it wasn't already easy enough to absorb, she could just shave off a few hours a week and they'd be making the same money every month before the increase.
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Apr 13, 2014 01:53
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Best Friends posted:A business owner who doesn't make money by their employees showing up is an idiot or a saint. If she is a remotely rational business person (which she apparently is given the size of her business) then cutting hours would be foolish, because there aren't any pointless hours being worked. She is making money from her employees working. I think I see where you're getting at, but I still doubt she is being genuine in her beliefs. A path exists for her business to come out even or ahead while her employees come out unchanged. This probably applies to other businesses more than hers, since she is so reliant on her employees, but that doesn't mean she can't pursue it.
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Apr 14, 2014 01:59
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effectual posted:Haha, the seattle drill out of commission for another year (or more). I knew a tunnel would be a waste of time and money but I'm in Renton so couldn't vote against it (also the council ignored the vote anyway iirc because of their business bribes). The socialist revolution can't come soon enough.
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Apr 23, 2014 10:56
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Those concessions are pretty lovely though. I hope this movement is strong enough to reject the compromise and go for the ballot initiative. And now Tacoma is getting in on the act!
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May 5, 2014 02:12
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Did they define who counts as a big or small business? The chart suggests it's any business with less than 500 employees, which is much more than I consider "small" (should be more like 50). I'm not aware of any existing laws defining who is big or small, so I'm pretty suspicious they snuck in some wording that lets a few big businesses pretend they're small.
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May 15, 2014 03:13
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Tigntink posted:Idaho, WA, and Oregon livin in harmony, yo :casgaydia:
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May 20, 2014 04:34
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Solkanar512 posted:You have to admit, it was pretty loving hilarious how the rest of the nation was rooting for Denver. There's something about northwest sports teams that don't get any respect from the rest of the nation. Don't ask me why though. 
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Jun 1, 2014 08:45
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While I was reading about the columbia river gorge, I noticed a landmark called horsethief butte  How many other buttes do we have in washington?
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Jul 22, 2014 06:31
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I just want Pizza and Pipes to make a comeback.mod sassinator posted:If I had a lot of disposable income I would seriously try to bring a Steak 'n Shake franchise to Seattle. Plop one down near Dicks in Capitol Hill or Queen Anne and keep it open 24 hours, then bathe in the money that rolls in. Also, would it kill someone to make a 24 hour restaurant north of Seattle? Everett only has two (A Denny's and a Memo's) and Marysville only has Don's, which is better than Denny's but not by a lot.
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Aug 15, 2014 06:51
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Xand_Man posted:Wasn't this supposed to be a politics thread? Anyone know a good place to get pollo en la brasa in Seattle? I don't know about Seattle, but Lynnwood has a Macchu Picchu Peruvian Restaurant. I've only been there once but I enjoyed the roast chicken, which is what they called it because I'm a dumb american but pretty sure it was pollo en la brasa.
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Aug 20, 2014 11:50
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Considering how many good changes in law have happened in Seattle, at which point does it basically become a city-state?
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Oct 8, 2014 10:45
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I'd like to think of the cascadian movement as a backup plan in case the US government completely falls apart or a bunch of other states decide to secede first. A very logical and promising backup plan that I like to fantasize about every now and then.
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Oct 29, 2014 04:04
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computer parts posted:Congrats, you're an honorary Confederate. Too bad they didn't bring their snappy uniforms! Imagine what a cascadian uniform would look like.
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Oct 30, 2014 04:56
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CaptainSarcastic posted:We need to ban the death penalty. It is anachronistic, ineffective, and inordinately costly. It makes no sense for the United States to have the death penalty in the 21st century. Gov. Jay Inslee pretty much put a halt on all executions earlier this year. Even though it's legal, it needs the approval of the governor and he flatly will not sign them. A decent governor.
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Nov 7, 2014 11:08
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What a surprise, a highly rated food place turned out to have lovely owners. I hope they stay closed forever. If you seriously use yelp to determine where to eat, you are a bourgeois baby child.
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Nov 12, 2014 14:35
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I lost power for about 8 hours last night. Before going to bed, I saw around half a dozen transformers blow up around the neighborhood.A Bag of Milk posted:From the comments: The colorado/washington slap fight ended months ago. Move on already.
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Dec 13, 2014 00:12
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oxbrain posted:As someone who doesn't live or work in seattle and never drives on the viaduct I say cancel the tunnel and leave the viaduct open. When it finally collapses we'll get some sweet federal disaster money to build whatever replacement we want. Maybe, or maybe not. The skagit river bridge collapse was enough to declare a state of emergency, but I can't find anything describing how much federal disaster money they got, if at all.
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Dec 23, 2014 02:56
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I shop at Winco because it's the cheapest, but if I could afford it I'd definitely buy fresh meat and certain deli items elsewhere. Winco's beef tastes a bit lackluster compared to Safeway's, and they don't have like a real deli either, just a selection of "whatever we feel like throwing together" salads, pastas, and sandwiches that the employees all buy up during their lunch break.
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Dec 25, 2014 03:56
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I won't go out of my way to tell people to kiss the rings, but it will definitely be my opening salvo should someone care to debate sports with me. I am also prepared for a seahawks dynasty.
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Jan 2, 2015 10:24
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I'm kind of confused. How is food waste a problem when garbage disposal units are a thing? Or are they talking about food containers that generally have scraps of food in them, like pizza boxes?
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Jan 5, 2015 12:28
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FRINGE posted:It (seems to me) to be one of the biggest wastes of time and distractions from Real World poo poo in a while. It really is.
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Jan 7, 2015 19:53
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BraveUlysses posted:there's no way they'd survive on their own. Won't be our problem anymore 
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Jan 13, 2015 00:23
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Yes! Do it! Kill bertha!  quote:
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Jan 27, 2015 08:41
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Wasn't Sawant supposed to be gerrymandered out? That's pretty good news.
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Jan 29, 2015 16:32
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I would sooner support wasteful mcmansion suburban sprawl than support micro housing as it is.
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Feb 2, 2015 18:20
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oxbrain posted:Or we expand the Seattle housing authority and provide city owned, subsidized housing. But that's socialism. Indeed. Why use socialism when you can let the unwashed masses build their own tent cities? A seattle mayor unironically advocating for more hoovervilles. Disgusting. Ditocoaf posted:Here's something that should happen more: penalties for vacancies. Developers shouldn't be building high-end housing that proceeds to sit empty as speculation. They'd be pushed to build apartments targeted at and priced for people who actually need them. I like this idea.
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Feb 4, 2015 00:46
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Crossposting:a shameful boehner posted:McDonald's is suing the city of Seattle to stop their minimum wage hike...using the 14th Amendment to the Constitution (Equal Protection Clause) as justification. Jagchosis posted:edit: ^^^^ Here is the brief I knew a corporation would try to manipulate the whole "small business" angle, but they're after it in the most ridiculous way possible.
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Mar 11, 2015 05:30
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Only the seattle Ivars are going straight to 15, the 50 other fast food and stadium locations outside seattle are only going up to 11. Meanwhile, the state legislature failed to approve of a state-wide minimum increase because muh eastern worshton  I really don't like this precedent of major cities being the only place with larger pay, so I'm crossing my fingers that a voter initiative shows up for 15 across the state.
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Apr 3, 2015 03:51
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If california is willing to foot the bill for an actual roman style aqueduct to get at our water, I would approve of it.
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Apr 22, 2015 02:33
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RuanGacho posted:Also public transit is stupid if were going to make giant hangars change production it should be into mobile suits or big Berthas That too presents its own problem... 
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Apr 24, 2015 04:37
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effectual posted:It wasn't? The xmen never had an alien queen type fight with it? Shame. They didn't bother. Sentinels weren't very bright, a trait apparently passed on by Master Mold (see near end of video).
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Apr 25, 2015 05:35
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I haven't been to tacoma in a long time, but my brother stopped for gas there on the way to portland a couple years ago and he was shocked at how decrepit everything looked.
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May 23, 2015 03:20
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Haji posted:a really cute retro arcade I have never in my life heard someone describe an arcade as being cute.
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May 24, 2015 07:31
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bartkusa posted:The Airlock just closed. I heard about this place a few years ago, but could never find the time. I too played battletech pods at the WotC gaming center a few times, even had my 18th birthday party there. At least someone bought the pods. Hoping this is just a change of owner and venue. DrNutt posted:Dorky's does have the new Star Wars Battlepod, which is totally different from what you're talking about but still pretty neat. Seattle has a pinball museum. Yet another place I've been meaning to visit.
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May 25, 2015 07:39
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Ernie Muppari posted:it's based on your ancestors' c. 1000 years ago continent of origin So, native american ancestry only? I approve.
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Jul 1, 2015 07:24
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oxbrain posted:They have the authority to rewrite the budget themselves. They won't because separation of powers. They should totally do it though. The court isn't wrong.
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Jul 10, 2015 22:00
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Drunk Tomato posted:Smart people hate the 99 tunnel because it's putting a germ-infested bandaid on an infected wound. The viaduct was a horrible monster that should never have been built so its good that it's coming down, but 99 should have stayed as a surface level street. Look up the concept of induced demand; the tunnel is only going to make congestion worse. It's a huge waste of money. They better approve it reaching everett this time.
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Aug 11, 2015 08:01
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It seems creepy in retrospect since he somewhat recently did a commercial pretending to be heisenberg. Gonna miss that guy.
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We had a bit of smoke in Everett yesterday that didn't clear up until late in the evening. First time I've seen an orange sun.
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