If a candidate holds views contrary to mine s/he should not be in office. It's that simple.

Fuck this guy.

Ideological purity or nothing!

I'm assuming #1 and #3 are in jest, but who knows these days. I'm curious as to what Ms. Groover believes is the appropriate course of action for someone whose policy agenda was rejected. Should they respect the decision and move on? Should they fight on, hoping for a preference change and an opportunity to set new policy?

Either way, the way this article is written strongly implies that supporting an eventual losing side aught to be permanently excluded from the political system.

One more reason district elections suck: I can't vote against guys like Dave Montoure.

@5 ftw

Dave M. seems to equate to tightwadassholerestaurantowner in this town.

Dave Montoure is one of the nicest guys I have ever met. I have met almost all of the current counsel members. Dave puts them to shame in terms of ability and understanding.

Negative comments and this article are silly and demonstrate ignorance. $15 now was objectively flawed relative to most tipped employees including tipped employees at restaurants. This is objective, not subjective. Regardless of your political beliefs, the concept doesn't make sense for servers at high end restaurants. Being rude about a guy who pointed that out, is ignorance at the highest level.

@9: There is obviously no editorial review at The Stranger. Just post-'n-go!

that jacket is not appropriate with jeans. and it's poorly tailored.

such a person does not belong on the council of my city.

This is pretty telling about the Stranger's current and future coverage of Council candidates. Less actual reporting, more commentary about which candidates you do and don't like. I know it's par for the course but I keep hoping that this college dorm dream of a news dept. might some day grow up and see the difference between reporting news and printing comment as newsworthy.

@8 - tipped employees aren't covered by Seattle's $15/hour as I understand it. They'll still be covered by the state's minimum wage. So Dave M's opposition to increase in Seattle is strange, because higher wages in Seattle should increase our ability to go out. Not that I'll be going to West 5, or voting for Dave.
His stance against linkage fees and homeless encampments seal the deal.

@5, don't worry doug, I've got your back. I'll make sure to campaign against Montoure and vote against him. He says he stands by small business interests but supported huge out of state developers bringing in a development at the Junction that will bring national chain retail, including whole foods, a non-union grocer in the midst of SIX union grocers (I.e. closer to middle class jobs) within 1.5 miles. And he opposes linkage fees, another handout to big developers. Doesn't sound like small town politics to me.

@13- Jon, your comment is exactly what scares restaurant people- a total lack of understanding by the public of what this minimum wage plan actually does. There is in fact recognition for tips for several years but a very small amount- it starts out on April 1st with a $1/hour recognition for tips and maxes out in a couple years at $3/hour. Think about that- for an 8-hour shift it recognizes all of $8/shift the first year and maxes out at $24/shift in a couple of years. Then it decreases to zero, at which point everyone- tipped or not- will be making $17-$18/hour. That's the problem with this plan and why people like Dave came out against it. You can actually be FOR people making $15/hour and AGAINST this particular plan, especially if you're in the industry that is most at risk as a result of it.