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[DP]

This thread deserves more attention, so I’m chiming in . . .

The main impact of I-1100 and I-1105 on wine sales would be that local wine producers would lose the marketing advantage they currently enjoy over out-of-state wineries in state liquor stores.

Will this hurt Washington’s wineries? In the short term, I would say yes. I suppose it could even put some of them out of business. The strong will survive, though, just as they always do.

The second impact of these initiatives would be to float the price in the retail market. Outfits like Costco, who buy wine by the swimming-pool-full, would now be able to offer deep discounts on local wines to their customers.

It’s hard to predict the long-term impact of market pricing on local wineries. If they sell more wine overall, it could be good for their bottom line, but the downward pressure on prices might also put some of the smaller ones out of business.

From discussions I’ve heard so far, Washington’s wine producers are split on this, but the larger ones, represented by the Washington Wine Institute, are against both I-1100 and I-1105.

Here’s a Web page from which you can download several PDFs explaining why WWI is against these measures:

http://www.washingtonwineinstitute.org/announcements.html

There is at least one other industry group, and it claims to represents smaller wineries. It’s called “Family Wineries of Washington” and its Web site has a lot of I-1100 related info:

http://www.familywineriesofwashington.com/

For a good general discussion on both these initiatives (and many others), go here:

http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Washington_2010_ballot_measures

At the bottom of the Ballotpedia page you will find more than a dozen editorials discussing the pros and cons of each initiative.

—David

[Jiggers]

I wonder how we would have looked..

click,

http://culturespill.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/0_21_caveman_0.jpg

[Jiggers]

There’s a bigger gay community living here than heterosexual type. It is harder to meet single straight women because it’s a convoluted region. Both party’s are trying to hit on single women all the time here, so, it’s a lot harder for a single male like myself who’s not making A $100K a year to hook up and compete with a 30 year old making that in the tech field. I do have standards, so then again, that’s my problem when it comes to meeeting straight women here. It is what it is.

The problem with me also is that I don’t waste my time with online dating. It is A waste of time. Same thing with blogging. I’m old school and like to meet someone up front. People lie all the time online so, they aren’t genuine and possibly very insecure.

[hollyplace]

meetup.com is a good source and most of the groups are free to join. Here is what we post on our meetup group page. It is paraphrased from a couple of other sources, but I think it applies to anyone trying to find a group.

“Breaking into a new group requires tenacity and perseverance. They should be welcoming to all newcomers, but unfortunately, they often are not. Perhaps they are simply not focused on the visitors, or maybe they are just not as welcoming as the newcomer wants, or perhaps their idea of welcoming is different from the newcomer’s. In any case, breaking into a new group will take some effort on your part, but if you make the effort, it will be worth it. Fitting in with a group is largely up to the individual.

Go to events every week. Make it a priority. You are likely to be remembered if others see you on a regular basis, and their names and faces will become recognizable to you much sooner. If you start missing event dates here and there, before you know it, you won’t be a regular anymore. Groups often evolve over time; if you go regularly, you will be part of those changes.

Arrive early. It is easier for you to start talking with only one or two other adults than it is to approach a group of adults.

Active participation will establish you as part of the group but also as part of the community.”

If you don’t find a group that interests you, you can always start your own “new to West Seattle”.

Welcome to the hood!

[redblack]

@#39 worldcitizen:

imho, let ’em squeal. this country has deep roots in socialism.

and if someone would raise some damn tariffs, we could stop this outsourcing b.s. china protects their currency and their trade markets aggressively, but the suggestion of the u.s. doing the same thing causes apoplexy in the investor class. (i realize they want a world without borders, but most of us are stuck on this quaint nationalism thing.)

anyway, sorry about the rant. so no salary caps for CEO’s, regardless of their actual worth. i guess raising taxes is one way to mitigate their damage.

regarding polarization, it stuns me every time i realize that the teabaggers have no idea what the boston tea party was really about. or when they claim they’re the revolution.

why can’t they see that they’re the counterrevolution, and they’re carrying water for people who don’t care about them?

[JanS]

from today’s NYT: Letter to the Editor:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/opinion/l22krugman.html?ref=opinion

[natemac]

Hi Beth,

We have an old stationary bike (not recumbent) that you’re welcome to have permanently. We got it free so we’d be happy to pass it along to someone else who could use it. It’s not fancy but it works just fine and would do the trick for your husband I’m sure. Just let me know if you’re interested and you can come take a look/pick it up. Thanks. You can e-mail me at jonjames100@hotmail.com. – Jon

[tom kelley]

Have you thought of doing it yourself? It really is a no brainer; electricity in, cold water in, hot water out. If you’ve gotten enough hot water from the current size you know what size you need. Otherwise, go up to the next size.

[maplesyrup]

Not sure if it affects wineries as well but I read something recently from a local distiller who said that it will negatively affect him because he currently can sell at retail without having the same restrictions the WSLCB stores have. With 1100 he’d lose that advantage.

Of course it would also mean that he would be able to sell at wholesale to more outlets, if I’m not mistaken.

Anyway I’m all for 1100. The role of the state government is not to run retail operations and any revenue shortfall can be made up in additional liquor taxes if the legislature so desires.

[VCSinWS]

A senior living near West Seattle Junction in a private apartment building loves art and being creative. Because of mobility issues and chronic illness, she has trouble keeping up with her own housework. She feels that her apartment is cluttered, and would like help with light housework and with organizing. She has trouble with anything physical, including going up and down stairs to do laundry, cleaning the bathroom, kitchen, floors, and bedroom. Due to a history of Polio, she has chronic fatigue, weakness, and pain.

Volunteer Chore Services is currently seeking a volunteer to help this woman for a couple of hours a month.

Volunteer Chore Services, a program of Catholic Community Services, is committed to helping low-income elders and adults living with disabilities remain living independently in their own homes through a network of caring community members, individuals like yourself.

Due to the vulnerable nature of our clients, volunteers must complete a registration packet, provide three personal references, pass a background check, and attend an orientation.

If you drive while volunteering, we reimburse for your mileage.

To apply, please go to http://www.ccsww.org/volunteerchores, or reply to this ad.

[moxilot]

Removed from premesis? No…..”To prevent the occurrence, realization, or attainment of: They thwarted her plans. 2. To oppose and defeat the efforts, plans, or ambitions of”. Whether that was their goal (probably not) I did not eat where I planned to eat because I felt uncomfortable ordering, and then standing and waiting in a parking lot with a large group of young men who did not appear to be there for the tacos.

[DP]

We do seem to be getting more polarized, don’t we?

[squareeyes]

Check out Underdog Sports, it’s a social sports network. I’ve signed up for things (bowling, mini-golf) as a single and been placed in teams. It seemed to me the age range skewed 20s-30s. If you have any particular interests, hiking, etc, a friend has had success with seattle.meetup.com.

If you follow a particular college team, find out where those alumni gather to watch games (Rocksport is or was the place for Michigan alumni & friends to gather for football games). You could hang out at the more sportsbar type places. It always appears to me that guys who don’t know each other can banter away an entire game at a bar. The back room at Maharajah has multiple big screens. I always talk to people I don’t know at Maharajah.

A lot of people find Seattle a tough place to make friends – we’re all in our little bubbles and it’s hard to break in…or break out. I found that I had to be persistent and be the one to pick up the phone the first several times “hey, let’s get a drink”. But it worked. Good luck!

[lizru]

Hey BigPhil – here are a few thoughts.

I’d think more about meeting some nice folks, rather than focusing on people in your age group. Meet nice people and the right age group thing will sort itself out.

Get busy doing things you like to do. Join a bike group, volunteer doing something you’re interested in (music? architecture? politics?).

Focus on things that bring you back in touch over and over again with a great community of people to give yourself time to get to know them.

Do something that will make your already fabulous neighborhood the better for YOU being here. Guaranteed you’ll meet some great folks doing that!

[HSG]

Peter, were there teeth marks on the top and the bottom of the bites? If so deer aren’t your culprit since they have no upper teeth.

[dawsonct]

My Dad lives in Bend, so I use that as an excuse for going through the YV. US-97 doesn’t take much longer than I-5, and the food is better.

[DP]

WorldCitizen: Where in the world are you now? ;-)

On the question of businesses moving overseas if we cap CEO salaries . . . yeah, I suppose that could happen. However, I get the feeling the everybody who’s gonna jump ship has already jumped. You might have noticed that we don’t have much of a manufacturing base left in this country any more. Well, that’s why.

What’s left are a lot of service-type jobs (baristas, teachers, health care workers) and a lot of “brain workers” (engineers, software developers, lawyers). These aren’t the kinds of jobs you can get somebody in India to do for ten cents on the dollar, so for now, most of them are staying put.

You know, it strikes me as odd that every time someone mentions capping CEO salaries, a shudder goes through the crowd. There’s some kind of unspoken agreement that CEOs are exceptionally wise and talented individuals who are so useful to society that we would simply shrivel up and die without them.

I beg to differ.

Remember a few years ago when Washington Mutual was riding so high? They had some 20 billion (or whatever) in investments and new branches were popping up faster than McDonalds franchises. Everybody thought their CEO was the second coming of Christ.

And look where Washington Mutual is today.

Same place as Enron.

Same place as Goldman Sachs and Bear Stearns.

Same place as a hundred other Fortune 500 companies run into the ground by one of these billion dollar babies.

I don’t care how much business savvy someone claims to have. I don’t care where they got their degree or what kind of connections they have. I don’t even care how much money they’re making for their precious shareholders.

There’s no way you’re going to convince me that a guy who spends his days on the golf course and pulls $30 million a year is worth six hundred times as much to society as a lady who spends her days in a classroom. I’m just not buying it.

I’m not for capping CEO pay, but I am for bringing back the 90% top tax rate. Let the billion dollar babies turn tail and run if they want. I say we’re better off without ’em.

http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/paywatch/

[villagegreen]

Turning one of Seattle’s greatest assets, its waterfront, into an elevated highway was not good city planning. But that was the 50’s, when cars ruled all and gas was cheap and plentiful. Rebuilding the viaduct today would be a travesty.

Cities grow and thrive when those that work in the city live in the city. Downtown Seattle isn’t housing near the number of residents that it takes to have a thriving downtown core. Part of the reason for this is that we have not one, but two highways gutting our downtown. There is no reason to live downtown when you can drive into the city so easily. It’s a catch-22, since not many live downtown, there aren’t a ton of amenities downtown (such as grocery stores), so not many people live downtown, etc.

In a nutshell, the viaduct promotes sprawl, which is not good for cities. The tunnel, on the other hand, would be used by those that absolutely need it (and are willing to pay)to get BY downtown – not so much as a route into downtown (there are no downtown exits). Compare the livability of these two cities: Vancouver and Phoenix. I’ll admit, Vancouver is a pain in the ass to drive into, but once you’re there you realise there’s no reason to leave. The city is thriving in a way that makes Seattle seem somewhat suburban and antiquated. Where is our public transportation? Where is our Robson St? Where is our downtown culture?

On the other hand, Phoenix is what happens when all common sense city planning is thrown out the window. The place is a ghostland at night. No culture to speak of and terrible public transportation. But they sure know how to build the hell out of roads.

Oh, and ditto everything dawsonct said. Ignoring the whole city planning theory stuff for a second, cutting your city off from the waterfront is just sad. I can’t remember the last time I was down there. I refuse to simply write off the area as a tacky tourist trap. The city needs to reclaim the area and make it our crowning jewel. There is no reason it can’t be a tourist area AND beneficial to the locals – just look at the Pike Place Market.

[JanS]

beth…I have a recumbent bike that has become a piece of furniture in my bedroom. It’s basic, nothing fancy, it works, there is a little damage to the back of the seat where a previous owner had a cat who used it for scratching. It’s also free.If interested, email me at mmfeelgood at gmail dot com.

[garcka1]

We are At 47th & Oregon and my car has been broken in 2 times this summer (most recent one the first week of Aug.). The first time there was nothing in there and the second time they took the car manual and the faceplate to the stereo but not the stereo and ripped out the ipod wire connection. The driver door has multiple vertical scratches next to the handle with new ones being added all the time. Think I’m going to get a security camera.

[jwws]

For the third time in a week or so I’ve woken up to my front courtyard water feature totally drained by my midnight marauding raccoons (those little opposable thumbs are great for unscrewing the bubbler and somehow these guys think it is just GREAT FUN to do – not to mention munching my water plants, tipping them over, sitting on them and increasing my water bill!). But today they crossed the line, breaking one of my glass floats leaving behind only a small glass shard (did they run off with the remainder of the float ‘cuz I can’t find it anywhere?). So BOLO for a Genesee Hill raccoon with a cobalt blue bobble stuck on nose or hand. Guess I’ll be visiting Avalon Glassworks soon….

[WorldCitizen]

redblack:

I would love to. Don’t think it’s possible. I’d like to see a corporate culture where CEOs make no more than one or two thousand percent of what the lowest paid person in the company makes. If there is a way to do it I’m all ears.

It seems that there would be screaming from the side of big business accusations of Socialism (more than there is now) and threats of moving business overseas (more than they are now). I think this second possibility is a real danger of capping CEOs pay.

[redblack]

@worldcitizen:

“9) Deny unions’ ability to keep workers employed who’s skills are not up to date in their position, while introducing a performance based system of compensation as their standard.”

can we do something similar for boards of directors and CEO’s?

[redblack]

@#34 HMC: i have to focus on this:

“47% of citizens pay federal taxes. 50% of what is taken in is paid by 10%.”

are you advocating for the top 10% to only pay 10% of the country’s tax revenue – when they make upwards of 60% of the nation’s income and hold close to 90% of its wealth?

and you know that entitlements account for less than 10% of the deficit, right? the way you use it, i don’t believe the generic word “entitlement” refers to the billions of dollars in subsidies – our tax dollars – given directly to industries that are turning record profits. like big oil. don’t get me started on agribusiness, which has had government and lobbyist help crushing small farmers for decades.

you really can’t compare welfare for people with welfare for corporations. the economics of scale are lopsided, and it ain’t in favor of the “welfare queens” or the farmers.

[WorldCitizen]

And by “the real world” I mean the unfortunate political reality we find ourselves locked into today.