Slog - Comments on שקט בבקשה http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/post_95 This week's Sheket Bavakasha! (that's STFU when spat out by an angry Hebrew school teacher) goes to State Senator Margarita Prentice. Prentice is still pushing for a subsidy for the Sonics even though the idea was already killed by the legislature in 2005 and 2006. Reporter Chris McGann has the story in yesterday's PI. The story ends with this bit of wisdom from the incorrigible Prentice: For those who complain that millionaires would end up the being recipients of public dollars: "Poor people don't buy teams," she said. And poor people can't afford to go see the teams play either.... Copyright 2008 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 13:59:12 -0800 Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:30:10 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by BB Another choice quote from the article:

As for the state subsidy Nickels is demanding: "I'm not going to rule out any kind of extortion because it could be that we have to do it," Prentice said.

Oh yeah. It’s not extortion if the Sonics want it. Who does she think she is, Paul Allen?

]]> BB http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/post_95#c552333 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/post_95#c552333 Politics Thu, 07 Dec 2006 14:01:48 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I agree, why haven't they left already?

When three-quarters of us vote one way, we're NOT joking.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/post_95#c552343 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/post_95#c552343 Politics Thu, 07 Dec 2006 14:24:06 -0800 Comment by time to go More importantly, why hasn't Margarita left already? On almost every issue she advocates against progressive interests.

]]> time to go http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/post_95#c552361 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/post_95#c552361 Politics Thu, 07 Dec 2006 14:56:15 -0800 Comment by Mr. X ...if ever an issue could get a Democratic incumbent unelected in a Seattle district, blind support for stadia is it.

]]> Mr. X http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/post_95#c552364 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/post_95#c552364 Politics Thu, 07 Dec 2006 15:06:33 -0800 Comment by SeMe Amen Time to go, amen. This is the lady that defends predatory lenders by saying that they( the loan sharks) also hire a lot of folks from the community. Yeah, but they take a lot and help the poor become more impoverished. Too bad she is in a safe district in a small race that nobody pays attention to.

]]> SeMe http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/post_95#c552377 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/post_95#c552377 Politics Thu, 07 Dec 2006 15:30:26 -0800 Comment by seattle98104 yeah, she's toast. like burnt toast. not the cinnamon breed.

]]> seattle98104 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/post_95#c553964 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/post_95#c553964 Politics Thu, 07 Dec 2006 21:39:16 -0800 Comment by ivan Margarita Prentice will piss on all your graves. Who, exactly, is going to render her "toast?" Let's hear it.

]]> ivan http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/post_95#c554247 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/post_95#c554247 Politics Thu, 07 Dec 2006 23:17:46 -0800 Comment by time to go No one, Ivan, no one. But they should. Margarita may have been a fine legislator at a one time, but now she is half bought and paid for, half crazy, mixed with a ton of power. Time to go.

]]> time to go http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/post_95#c558423 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/post_95#c558423 Politics Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:30:10 -0800