Only In Seattle: $15 An Hour = No Tipping
King5News—SEATTLE — As customers start to feel the effects of Seattle’s minimum wage increase, some are asking why they should leave a tip. Some restaurants have increased prices to make [Read More]
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Only In Seattle: “Democracy Vouchers”
MYNorthwest_JasonRantz—- There’s a bizarre and complicated new plan to publicly finance campaigns in Seattle and it’s going to be on the ballot in November. It’s called Initiative 122. It’s being [Read More]
Only In Seattle: Ballard Becomes Bland
MyNorthwest—Report: Advisory committee considers idea of eliminating zoning for single-family homes in Seattle. If adopted, ideas being considered by a Seattle housing committee would be devastating to the city’s appeal, KIRO [Read More]
iOTWay Back Machine: Mark Twain Smokes a Cigar and Drinks a Cuppa Tea
https://youtu.be/mqaSOw1WhjI VintageEveryDay— TFG Film & Tape has performed a digital restoration to the film shot by Thomas Edison in 1909, this is the only known footage of the great author [Read More]
Fort Sumter nixes all Confederate flags, makes decision sans historian
WashingtonExaminer—The flags of the Confederacy that flew high over Fort Sumter, the site where the first shots of the Civil War were fired, have been taken down from the historic [Read More]
Only In Seattle: Mayor wants ‘all-gender’ restrooms
King5TV SEATTLE – Public places in Seattle would have to re-label single-occupant restrooms as all-gender under a proposal by Mayor Ed Murray. The move is meant to give people who [Read More]
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Today in History: ‘Star Trek’ 50 Year Anniversary of Original Pilot Shoot
Hollywood Reporter– Dec. 3 may not feel like an important day in the annals of science fiction, but leave it to Leonard Nimoy to reveal the hidden truth, via Twitter… Note that [Read More]
Seattle police union president on ‘professional’ protestors
KING5 Seattle– On Monday, protestors took to the streets of Seattle for the fifth time in just the last week. The president of the Seattle Police Officer’s Guild says he [Read More]