MikeDamone
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I hope she is killed by a drunk driver coming home from a Christmas party on Capitol Hill's Millionaire Row. And then the driver buys a great attorney and walks.
SawantFS
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Dude.
I couldn't possibly be serious.
That would be like thinking a state senator could become a United States Senator and then President in less than four years.
Oh yeah, the community organizer...
RavennaDawg
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Why should it be illegal for the Port to establish a minimum wage for people who work at the Port?
Sawant was not elected by a district. Seattle will not have City Council elections by district until 2015.
Sawant was not elected by a district. Seattle will not have City Council elections by district until 2015.
RavennaDawg
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She is a constituent of the Port Commissioners. She lives within the taxing district of the Port. So do her constituents. Are you saying only Port Commissioners can complain when they think people are interfering in Port business?
I just think she's an attention whore. She is trying to throw her weight around as a Seattle City Councilmember. This $15/hr. minimum wage platform is what she ran on, so she has to keep pushing it. She wasn't exactly protesting against the port. She was protesting against one airline, at their headquarters during business hours. The airline's headquarter building is not in her municipality.
In a way I actually respect her for running as a socialist and sticking to her socialism. That's more than I can say for the rest of the snakes in Seattle City Council and the mayor, who ran as democrats but are about as socialist as her.
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RavennaDawg
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She was protesting the lawsuit against the Port.
So if the lawsuit against the Port were coming from a business headquartered in Seattle, it would be ok?
And why should it be illegal for the Port to establish a minimum wage for people who work at the Port?
So if the lawsuit against the Port were coming from a business headquartered in Seattle, it would be ok?
And why should it be illegal for the Port to establish a minimum wage for people who work at the Port?
If she really wants to protest the lawsuit against the port, she should fly to DC and protest the headquarters of Airlines for America (just don't do it during business hours). That whole organization filed the lawsuit. So, picking on one member of a multi-airline organization, regardless of whether they are in Seattle or not is a moot point.
As for the nature of the lawsuit, A4A is probably pissing into the wind. I'm not saying what they are doing is right, but they are looking at their bottom line and the long-term contracts they have signed with airport employees and other contract vendors. I guess they'll have to re-negotiate all the contracts.
Most airlines make about $12 profit per passenger. So, when the cost of doing business goes up at the port, they're going to try to fight it. At the end of the day, they'll raise prices and find other ways to nickel and dime the passengers. Everyone will piss and moan about airline ticket prices, cost of food & drinks at the airport, etc.
Anyway the people of Sea-Tac voted for the increase in minimum wage and the businesses operating within Sea-Tac are going to have to deal with it.
Doesn't stop me from thinking that Sawant is a stupid bitch with a grating voice that could wake the dead.
As for the nature of the lawsuit, A4A is probably pissing into the wind. I'm not saying what they are doing is right, but they are looking at their bottom line and the long-term contracts they have signed with airport employees and other contract vendors. I guess they'll have to re-negotiate all the contracts.
Most airlines make about $12 profit per passenger. So, when the cost of doing business goes up at the port, they're going to try to fight it. At the end of the day, they'll raise prices and find other ways to nickel and dime the passengers. Everyone will piss and moan about airline ticket prices, cost of food & drinks at the airport, etc.
Anyway the people of Sea-Tac voted for the increase in minimum wage and the businesses operating within Sea-Tac are going to have to deal with it.
Doesn't stop me from thinking that Sawant is a stupid bitch with a grating voice that could wake the dead.
Dude.
I couldn't possibly be serious.
That would be like thinking a state senator could become a United States Senator and then President in less than four years.
I lost $1000 betting against this improbability. Not Weiser dollars, real dollars.
I made the bet within 5 days of W being re-elected. FMFYFE
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RavennaDawg
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Was that a long winded way of saying that you agree with Sawant, and it should not be illegal for the Port to establish a minimum wage for people who work at the Port?
I don't agree with Sawant. I don't think she actually cares about the minimum wage employees. She wants $15 and she wants it now so that she can use this issue to appease the typical Seattle resident.
I'm looking at this lawsuit from a different angle. I don't know the details of it, but most likely it's going to end up being a waste of time and a drain on the legal system. I don't think you can really hold Sea-Tac airport and the businesses that operate in it to a different standard than the rest of the city it sits in... but then, I'm not a lawyer either.
In any case, the suit has been filed so let it go through the legal process. Picking on a single company and protesting in front of their headquarters during business hours is FS. A4A may win or they may not. Either way, it'll be interesting.
RavennaDawg
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I don't think you can really hold Sea-Tac airport and the businesses that operate in it to a different standard than the rest of the city it sits in... but then, I'm not a lawyer either.
This was the crux of Alaska's last lawsuit, which it won. Alaska said the minimum wage increase for SeaTac the city did not apply to SeaTac Airport. They needed to be treated differently.
I think we agree the lawsuit is going to be a waste of time. Or we do not. Either way, it will be interesting.
This was the crux of Alaska's last lawsuit, which it won. Alaska said the minimum wage increase for SeaTac the city did not apply to SeaTac Airport. They needed to be treated differently.
I think we agree the lawsuit is going to be a waste of time. Or we do not. Either way, it will be interesting.
Either way, too many lawyers in the world...
Your_Mom
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I don't agree with the $15/hour "living wage" law. If people want to earn that much, they should get better jobs.
But who cares if she was arrested in her act of civil disobedience? She is just a politician putting on a show... just like every other politician... left, right, center, far left, far right, or far center.
But who cares if she was arrested in her act of civil disobedience? She is just a politician putting on a show... just like every other politician... left, right, center, far left, far right, or far center.
She looks like a terrorist