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• Commented on Is Seattle a City or a Single-File Town?
  There were something like 8 gazillion tourists in town by way of the uber-giant cruise ships. Those people in line are definitely from Milwaukee. Feel free to cut in....
• Commented on More Fees From the House's Bag O' Tricks
  What the WSDOL should do is allow people to renew tabs online without being forced to pay the stupid Ticketmaster-like $4 "subagent" fee. I'd be happy to put that money toward the parks rather than line the pockets of those...
• Commented on Seattlest Poll: Should Washington Impose An Income Tax?
  Unfortunately, there is no way this will pass. Republicans will invoke the slippery-slope argument and get even the poorest of the poor rallied against it, e.g. "Once we have an income tax, those tax-and-spend liberals will tax everybody." The bill...
• Commented on How Many XP Users Holding Out for Windows 7?
  I loaded the Win7 beta on a new PC I built up last week for home. So far it rocks. Works far better than my Vista machine at work. Full disclosure: I work at the Evil Empire. Dave...
• Commented on Are Government And Booze A Match Made In Heaven?
  Another way to look at the chart: 3.48 - wholesale price 2.35 - LCB mark-up 2.14 - federal tax 1.01 - state/city/county tax 4.67 - more state tax LCB mark-up = 2.35 / 3.48 = 68% (that's a healthy profit...