Recovering journalist, pop culture nerd, haver-of-opinions on sports. Formerly @KIRO7Seattle and @MyNorthwest. Proud owner of multiple pocket squares.
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For the uninitiated, SCOWA ruled against a widely illegal practice known as "logrolling," where legislation attempts to cover multiple separate issues in a single initiative.
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Tim Eyman was famous for doing this with multiple $30 car tab initiatives that were struck by SCOWA over the years. He later was found to have used initiative campaigns to funnel donations into his personal accounts.
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So uh about that…
Column: No hot take, just reality…Rams will go undefeated on their way to winning another home Super Bowl title latimes.com/sports/rams/stor…
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Harrell looking to become Seattle's first two-term mayor since Greg Nickels, who left office in 2010 after he failed to make it out of the August primary.
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I'd love to meet the stone-cold psychopath who replies "START" to resubscribe to political fundraising texts.
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We may be vote by mail in Washington but now we finally get “I voted” stickers. Democracy is healing 🙏.
(Also don’t forget to turn in your ballots today or else your sticker doesn’t count)
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Maybe DoorDash would be more “operationally sustainable” if they weren’t spending $200k in a single month on lobbying. Guess it’s easier to make up that difference by charging even more in outrageous fees.
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Nick Bowman retweeted
Aurora fans...the current Kp is 9...we usually need a Kp of 7 to see the aurora. The aurora has already been seen in Alabama & Texas. This event could be like the Carrington event in early September 1859, one of the strongest geomagnetic storms recorded. Look up soon! #wawx
A good example of how delivery companies have successfully obfuscated the reporting around Seattle's driver pay ordinance. The ordinance does *not* add $5 to orders, that's an entirely voluntary decision from delivery companies.
DEVELOPING: Seattle City Council will discuss possible changes to a controversial delivery pay ordinance that adds $5 to every customer's order. The law was created to meet the city's minimum wage requirement, but some workers say the law backfired.
@HannahknowlesTV reports.
Companies like DoorDash are crying poor and say they're being forced to pass better pay for their drivers on to their customers with a completely arbitrary fee... except DoorDash is doing just fine. In fact their revenue went up almost 27% in Q1 of this year.
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And while they're exerting political pressure on Seattle leaders to repeal the pay ordinance, *they're not even explicitly promising to ax the fee if they get their way* (per @EaterSeattle)
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