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1
If you can't stand the grinding, Dave, stay out of the sausage factory.
2
At least he didn't threaten to move all of his restaurants to Mississippi.
3
Please go, Dave. You know policy eventually tilts toward the capitalist class -- your services are not necessary. Bye. Au revoir. Auf wiedersehen.
4
I wonder if it is ethical to directly quote someone's Facebook post on The Slog when there is, at least theoretically, the presumption that access to one's post is limited to an agreement between particular users. Facebook is not a blog. Not sure about this.
5
"Permanent and enforceable tip credit?" Fuck you, Meinert. Right up the ass. 15Now. Because we can.
6
The civil facade finally comes off. The only person shocked is Dave himself. Don't worry, he'll be back for more. He's prone to senseless FB rantings.
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Unless Dave's FB posts are all public. If so, ignore ^^^
8
Aw, poor wittle Davey can not handle not having everything his way. Poor guy. Maybe someone will give him a juicebox and make everything better.

But what will we do without his passive aggressive, whiny facebook rants about how he is not getting everything he wants and it is sooooooo unfair?

Please don't leave us Dave! How will we make it through this bleak, colorless world without you?
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@7. Looks like he set that post to public. I won't link to it on here, but it's easy enough to find.

Anyway, everything we needed to know about Meinert's position was implicit in the fact that the Comet charges $1 for a game of pool.
11
So, this means he's running for Sally Clark's seat after the recall?
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@9. Thanks. Democracy is such a messy business!
13
Hey Meinert, there's a name for candidates who don't take money from SEIU, UFCW and the King County Labor Council: REPUBLICANS!!!
14
This coming from a guy who charges $9 for chicken strips *without* fries.
15
Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out, Meinert.
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The idea that by getting a few dozen people to begrudgingly agree to a plan they don't much care for we could avoid a ballot fight has to be one of the more dumbass and naive things Murray has ever done.

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@13:

Dave just wants us to think he's liberal, because, you know, he's hip to the rock-and-roll or some-such B.S. But, everything that comes out of his mouth or keyboard just pegs him as another in a long line of conservative Capitalists cashing in on popular culture by adopting a hip demeanor.
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It is sad that Dave didn't run for student council when he was in jr. hi. That would have been a better time to learn that one does not always get one's way.
19
So Meinert is butthurt about a $13.25 minimum wage that won't be in full effect for several years, because he didn't get a permanent tip credit? Cry me a fucking river.
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It's pretty dishonest to say that tipping will disappear, it's a cultural artifact that will not evaporate with increased consumer costs. He pretty much implies that a lot of workers would do worse with a $15 min wage, but that includes some very non-data driven assumptions.
21
Last night, before seeing the SIFF film
Patema Inverted (great!) my son and I tipped $8 on a $2 meal

It has nothing to do with the owner - tips are fore the servers
22
As a non-profit employee fuck you Dave. So, according to this prolapsed asshole I should expect to work sub-minimum wage, for pay little better than the homeless teens I support and advocate for?
23
That's not just a $15Now supporter, that's one of the Masterminds! Way to go Philip Locker!
24
Galt's Gulch needs restaurants too. Don't know where they'll find the takers (sorry, employees) to staff it however.
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@21 A $2 meal?
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"And I hate to say it, but I'm not sure I can support candidates who also take money from SEIU, UFCW and the King County Labor Council." Ummmmmm, like Meinert's BFF Dow Constantine? I am guessing there will be a few awkward moments between the two of them over this.
27
"the Mayor’s staff, out of either incompetence or intentional dishonesty, continued to change what was agreed upon to something in draft form that reflected only what Labor leaders wanted." - Meinert

Does this mean the level of antipathy towards Ed is going to go down 'round here?
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@25

Maybe it was a $10 bag of popcorn and he told the cashier to keep $8 as a tip?
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I am shocked that Labor leaders would try to shape a bill to support the long-term goals and interests of Labor. And that Labor leaders would throw huffy tantrums (totally unlike the huffy tantrum Meinart is throwing right now) to try to get their way.

Welcome to politics.
30
Nice work to The Stranger for reporting on a Facebook post. Way to dive into the tough reporting usually reserved for junior high school girls & boys. If I worked for The Stranger I would be embarrassed by reporting on Facebook.
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@25, 28

Maybe something at Dick's across the street from the Uptown? Maybe he meant $12?
32
Reminder that no decent person should patronize Dave Meinert's multi-million dollar "small businesses": Lost Lake, Big Mario's, The (New) Comet, or 5 Point.
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Few in the full service restaurant industry will make any more money, but many servers and bartenders will make significantly less... Ironically, restaurant owners will make the same, some even more.

So the business leaders on this committee were just looking out for workers in spite of possibly higher profits, while unions weren't interested in that?

Huh.
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Hey Dave,

I had an omelet and a cup of coffee at one your spots and after a $3 tip, it was $18. THAT'S INSANE.

Could you lower your prices to normal human levels? Or charge a different price for people that aren't from Bellevue?

A cup of drip coffee shouldn't cost $3.
35
I wouldn't mind if meinert took a break from speaking in public. I've been sick of him for over a decade, a respite would be nice.
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re @34 A cup of drip coffee shouldn't cost $3.

Sawant has some coffee that's more your price.
http://www.thestranger.com/binary/3d9a/k…
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@34, Although Kshama has been known to spring for some Starbucks iced coffee to keep her peppy around Goldy.
http://www.thestranger.com/binary/ff9b/1…
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Chef: your point?
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@38: Butthurt, I imagine. Some real bitter tears from the Slog conservatrolls over the minimum wage issues. Hilarious to read their impotent whinings.
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wow she looks gorgeous in those photos

people seem to b really interested in whether someone's wearing nike shoes at a protest or whatever, as if u couldn't want things to b better before you're perfect, yourself, and as if raising demand for a product weren't itself salutary for the waged workers who produce that product

"let he who is without sin cast the first stone", and all that, as if we actually planned on stoning someone and didn't just plan on scaring them into refilling the water coolers at their sweatshops a lil more often, or whatever. we're supposed to b the extremists but they're always the ones imposing weird prerequisites for rational judgement
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Technically, if a person posts and the privacy setting is public, the post is fair game. Ethically, it's never a bad idea to check with the person whose comments are being distributed to see if its okay with them.

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