Oct 1
dw commented on Skillet: The Drama Continues.
They're just biding their time for I-1033 to pass and Hutchison to get elected. Then Public Health Seattle-King County will be eliminated, meaning no more health inspectors.
Skillet: Now with hepatitis A!
Skillet: Now with hepatitis A!
Sep 29
dw commented on Never Mind.
On paper MCF looks great. In reality it is one of the most disturbingly dysfucntional and abusive places to work EVER.
So, you're saying it's no different than the Stranger?
Well on the upside, they're still pounding the Weakly.
Funny thing is, the Weekly's web traffic has essentially been flat for a couple years now, while the Stranger's goes all over the place thanks to getting relinked by drive-by link readers.
But the Weekly's web audience is growing, albeit very slowly. The Stranger's traffic trendline, OTOH, is pointing downward.
I've felt all along that the solution to this whole thing would be to spin Dan off into his own blog and off the Slog. Make Dan into the national blog brand he already is, use that site to generate ad revenue, then use the revenue to reinvigorate the Stranger. Something needs to happen in a hurry, though. When you're down to a couple of art and food reporters, you're exactly where the Weekly was once New Times was done clearing out the newsroom.
So, you're saying it's no different than the Stranger?
Well on the upside, they're still pounding the Weakly.
Funny thing is, the Weekly's web traffic has essentially been flat for a couple years now, while the Stranger's goes all over the place thanks to getting relinked by drive-by link readers.
But the Weekly's web audience is growing, albeit very slowly. The Stranger's traffic trendline, OTOH, is pointing downward.
I've felt all along that the solution to this whole thing would be to spin Dan off into his own blog and off the Slog. Make Dan into the national blog brand he already is, use that site to generate ad revenue, then use the revenue to reinvigorate the Stranger. Something needs to happen in a hurry, though. When you're down to a couple of art and food reporters, you're exactly where the Weekly was once New Times was done clearing out the newsroom.
Jul 2
dw commented on Police Shoot Bank Robbery Suspect in Greenwood.
Greenwood/Holman/105th is Greenwood AND Crown Hill AND Broadview AND Bitter Lake. It's where all four of them meet.
So you're both right. Untwist thy knickers already.
So you're both right. Untwist thy knickers already.
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Then work to REPLACE 'EM. This is a representative democracy, for chrissakes. All this "Oh, now we can FORCE THEM NOT TO SPEND!" crap is useless when at the same time you're demanding they spend money on education AND public health AND roads AND whatever social agenda claptrap comes up
I can't afford higher taxes. End of my story.
I can't afford a non-functional government hamstrung by people who demand everything of their government and refuse to pay for it like you. And that IS California, idiot. 47th in per capita spending for students. Once upon a time it was top ten.
Washington is 42nd, by the by. There are only two Southern states that now rank below Washington in per capita spending -- Tennessee and Texas. Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Louisiana, who all once fought over 51st place every year, have raised their per capita spending considerably. Seattle's schools are now heavily reliant on whatever money PTAs and non-profits can give them just to reach a mere modicum of quality.
We now spend less on education per capita than Mississippi. Let that sink in to your thick skull for a second. And then ask yourself what happens when Boeing packs it up for South Carolina and Oklahoma in the next five years -- states that are not only right-to-work but also turning out more knowledge workers than Washington is. And you can expect tech companies will be the next ones out the door soon. You think you're overtaxed now? Wait until there are no upper-middle class people left to subsidize the state services you insist you don't use.
1033 may not be a perfect solution, but it addresses a bigger problem of politicians who don't/won't adhere to a strict modest budget.
I'm not even sure what to do with you. Either you're blind to the realities of what goes on in Olympia, or you're illiterate and can't see that the "strict modest budget" we'll be stuck with doesn't even pay for the most basic of constitutionally and federally required programs (e.g. schools), or you're just another greedy, selfish Baby Boomer who thinks the world revolves around you and only care about other people if they're sucking you off. Or you could just be too stupid for your own good.
Either way, I encourage you to eat at our local restaurants once 1033 passes, as the health inspectors, those evil, socialist types who force liberal ideas like "sanitation" and "hygiene" upon poor, innocent restaurants, will be gone forever. Enjoy the liver damage from hepatitis A! It's the medical ailment of FREEDOM.