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A few days ago, I wrote about Seattle Mystery Bookshop's battle with the Mayor's office over a sandwich board they put on the sidewalk. The Bookshop's owners were told that their sign obstructed pedestrian traffic.

Today on the Mystery Bookshop's blog, they report on a meeting they just had with the Mayor's people. It looks like things didn't go well:

So we're screwed.

We'll likely lose a huge part of our sales during our busy season this Summer. If the city does alter its codes and will one day allow us to use the sandwich board at the intersection of First and Cherry, those lost sales cannot be made back. Those tourists will never have found us, they will never have a chance to see us and the books, they'll never become repeat mail order customers and the city will never recoup the sales tax from those lost sales.

If you like mysteries, you should check out Seattle Mystery Bookshop; they know more about mysteries than anybody else in town.