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East Precinct Neighbors Criticize City's Petition for Later Bar Hours
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Gah, why do I get the feeling this "neighborhood group" is nothing more than a bunch of 30-somethings formerly from the Eastside, who got suckered into buying overpriced crackerbox condos in the vicinity of Pike/Pine with promises of living in a "vibrant, fast-paced urban setting"?
Guess what? You got what you signed up for...
Guess what? You got what you signed up for...
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One point of clarification. "running an anti-nightlife editorial" is what the Seattle Times or, I guess, the Stranger would do in your newspapers. Central District News has an open contribution system that lets anybody post -- even slightly out of touch neighborhood groups. We do choose what makes the homepage, though. With the addition of Dave Meinert's response, this ended up as a pretty good read. Anyway, thanks for pointing to it.
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Can a publication that is paid mouthpiece for Seattle bar owners and staffed by alcoholics really be objective on this topic?
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Wait, @3, I'm totally sober. Right now.
One more thing, you can meet the eastpac people live in person at their next meeting on December 8 http://eastpac.org/
The precinct brings out the brass for the meetings so it's a pretty good chance to get SPD's ear.
One more thing, you can meet the eastpac people live in person at their next meeting on December 8 http://eastpac.org/
The precinct brings out the brass for the meetings so it's a pretty good chance to get SPD's ear.
5
The entire nightlife problem could be solved by periodically filling every bar in Fremont full of poison gas at, say, 1:30 AM. Most of the rest of the city can be dealt with on a case-by-case basis, but there's just no excuse for Fremont.
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I'm seriously afraid of the scene in the pike/pine triangle if whatever plan implemented created a late-night alcohol scene here. I have nightmarish visions of people coming in from Kent, Des Moines, Etc. Because they don't have such a liberal nightlife policy. I understand the urge here, but I can't help but be afraid of the refugee situation. It is already bad enough, and I can't believe they're trying to spin it like it would get better. Please... Meinert, of course, loves the idea of the hordes driving in and drinking at 1:45, but I don't.
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Should we really be trusting the SPD to tell us about safety after all we've seen lately? Really?
And CDN seems to have their finger on the pulse of the issue, unlike the alcoholics at the Stranger.
And CDN seems to have their finger on the pulse of the issue, unlike the alcoholics at the Stranger.
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Just a bunch of Seattle neopuritans, twisting their pearls and having a bad case of the "what ifs?"
They're the reason why I never, ever expected the liquor privatization bill to pass. Hopefully, their influence is waning.
Let the bars stay open all night, and let them have strippers and porn.
They're the reason why I never, ever expected the liquor privatization bill to pass. Hopefully, their influence is waning.
Let the bars stay open all night, and let them have strippers and porn.
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I work at a popular bar on Pike and at last call people are so intoxicated I worry about their safety and getting home okay and refuse service to several people. I could use the extra cash, don't get me wrong, but people would probably continue to party, more drugs, more fights, etc.
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Fnarf dear, I'll grant you that Seattle Frat Boys are certainly not the frat boys I knew back in Iowa City. (Iowa City frat boys were interested in beer bongs and sexual experimentation. Seattle frat boys seem to be mostly interested in street fights) .
However, as a former bar employee, I think the late closing serves a very good purpose: instead of sending a whole bunch of drunk bores, who probably just pounded two shots at last call, out in the street all at once, you are letting those same bores leave on a flexible schedule, without the pressure of a last call. If they get too drunk and obnoxious, they'll get 86'd on an individual basis. If not, they'll wind the evening down on their own.
However, as a former bar employee, I think the late closing serves a very good purpose: instead of sending a whole bunch of drunk bores, who probably just pounded two shots at last call, out in the street all at once, you are letting those same bores leave on a flexible schedule, without the pressure of a last call. If they get too drunk and obnoxious, they'll get 86'd on an individual basis. If not, they'll wind the evening down on their own.
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@8 - I suppose, but going home from after sunrise always made me feel dirty and creepy back in my great liver years.
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Ms. Vel-DuRay,
Sad to say, you must have met different frat boys than I did in Iowa City. Now the Engineering Department....
Sad to say, you must have met different frat boys than I did in Iowa City. Now the Engineering Department....
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It's MRS Vel-DuRay, dear......
And I spent HOURS in the Engineering Building (KSUI: Classical Radio for Eastern Iowa and WSUI: News and Information for Eastern Iowa) with not even a come-hither glance. I guess that's just the way things work, isn't it?
But I'll always cherish the Summer of 1990 and the boys at the TKE house.....
And I spent HOURS in the Engineering Building (KSUI: Classical Radio for Eastern Iowa and WSUI: News and Information for Eastern Iowa) with not even a come-hither glance. I guess that's just the way things work, isn't it?
But I'll always cherish the Summer of 1990 and the boys at the TKE house.....
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I work with former frat boys at an engineering firm and the only thing they have interest in are beer bongs, even in their late 20's and 30's. An annoying bunch to say the least who lack charm wit and brains.
But it is fun to watch them turn from somewhat attractive fresh college graduates into pudgy balding middle age men.
But it is fun to watch them turn from somewhat attractive fresh college graduates into pudgy balding middle age men.
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