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• Seattle's City Council Is Now Run by Children

  15-02-2024 23:45 via thestranger.com
  
  This, sad to say, is our city council. It's packed with childish thinking.by Charles MudedeOn Tuesday, February 12, District 7’s Bob Kettle presented his “6 Pillars addressing the Permissive Environment.” These were, according to his reasoning, “the underlying factors behind crime tied to the lack of deterring structures that allow people to endanger themselves and our city.” The first concerned "police staffing"; the second: "legal tools"; the third: "closing unsec
  
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• Prosecutors File No Charges Against Pro-Palestine Protesters

  15-02-2024 20:27 via thestranger.com
  
  The lack of charges seems to support claims from protesters that SPD overreacted to the demonstration, as well as the fact that, according to the King County Prosecutor’s Office, SPD said the department might not have a felony case against either defendant.by Ashley NerbovigOn Wednesday, prosecutors filed no charges against two protesters arrested for felony assault by Seattle Police Department (SPD) officers during a pro-Palestine protest outside the World Trade Center Seattle last Friday
  
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• Prosecutors Decline to Charge Pro-Palestine Protesters

  15-02-2024 20:27 via thestranger.com
  
  The lack of charges seems to support claims from protesters that SPD overreacted to the demonstration, as well as the fact that, according to the King County Prosecutor’s Office, SPD said the department might not have a felony case against either defendant.by Ashley NerbovigOn Wednesday, prosecutors declined to file charges against two protesters arrested for felony assault by Seattle Police Department (SPD) officers during a pro-Palestine protest outside the World Trade Center Seattle las
  
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• Want More Representative Elections?

  15-02-2024 18:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The bill could increase voter turnout far more than all other election reforms Washington has implemented in the last decade combined.by Jazmine SmithIt’s 2024, and everyone’s talking about the election. 
  It’s welcome chatter to me, whose job involves driving buses full of young organizers to knock doors, meet legislators, and get out the vote in their neighborhoods. The energy this year is already a sharp contrast to last year’s. In 2023, the people who answered our
  
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• Slog AM: IDF Raids Gaza Hospital, Renton Minimum Wage Measure Leading, Alaska Airlines Flight Attendants Authorize Strike

  15-02-2024 17:24 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Vivian McCallRenton will probably raise the minimum wage: Early returns from a special election show a ballot measure to raise the minimum wage in Renton to $19 leading by 15 points, 57% to 42%. Nineteen percent of Renton’s voters, or 11,650 people, had returned their ballots as of Wednesday afternoon. We’ll know more on the next ballot drop at 4 pm.
  OKAY! The latest results are in! See below:BALLOTS COUNTED: 11,197 (19.06% voter turnout)YES: 6,
  
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• Garnishing Garnishes

  15-02-2024 00:30 via thestranger.com
  
  This was officially the last straw after a buffet of menu changes aimed at angering long-time customers.by AnonymousA very popular Hillside Mexican restaurant has gone too far in its efforts to "combat inflation,” beginning to charge a dollar for a “side" of limes.
  This was officially the last straw after a buffet of menu changes aimed at angering long-time customers. These changes include no longer giving "free refills" on soft drinks at the beginning of this year. As someone who do
  
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