"a Business Academy to help small business owners learn the ins and outs of running a company,"

When things go bad, blame poor people and crime and call for government help with bailouts, even though you want government to stay out of your business otherwise.

When things go well, hoard the profits and refuse to recognize your success is due to the labor of others. Ta da! Academy over.

@3: I suggest a better attitude.

If you guys don't know about 8-Bit Arcade in Renton, you're seriously missing out. The game selection there is fantastic.

Matt, you live at 47 degrees north; it's going to get cold in winter. <20 F isn't "nightmarish".

"There's no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes."

@3 Brent, you've been reading waaaaay too much The Stranger, LOL.

7 - Who said that about clothes and bad weather? It's true! Bring out the scarves.

We need a dose of frigid cold. A good freeze helps cut down on flea eggs and other such nasties.

@10 Jackkay, fuck that shit. Republicans are no better, if not worse. Republicans have little interest in infrastructure (just look at Republican vote on recent infrastructure bill in congress).

Republicans only interest in "governing" is to take away rights from women, BIPOC, LGBTQ+ - pretty much limit citizen rights in whatever way they can, while giving more money to rich people, corporations, and the military industrial complex. Oh, and they're intent on destroying our democracy, just for shits & giggles. None of that is debatable.

(that's not to defend WA state & Seattle Dem-controlled governance - they do a spectacularly shitty job... but they are far superior to the Repubs who are fascist shitbags)

@10 - which half century are you talking about? Republicans had control of the state Senate for half of the last decade, and split control of the Legislature around the turn-of-the-century. When Dino Rossi ran for Governor, he bragged about how much influence he had on budget-writing in Olympia.

@10, the next time some cheap grifter tells you that we can maintain our transportation infrastructure on $30 car tabs, just say no.

@15 FTW!
And tell him to return that goddamn chair!

@13:

Granted, but you can't blame poor @10: over the past century or so conservatives have developed what amounts to long-term amnesia when it comes to trying to recall who did (or didn't do) what or who was in-charge when, especially when the outcomes reflect poorly on their own flagrant mismanagement, graft, corruption, and general distain for anyone who doesn't sport at least a seven figure bank balance.