Crocodile! Doors at 6:30 p.m.! Program at 7:30 p.m.! Drinking! Fights! Blood! REDRUM!

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Teams will select a delegate to answer each question, facing off in the middle of the stage. What will the initiatives do to small business, to availability of your favorite liquor, to the fabric of today's youth culture?

In the vote-no camp: State Rep. Brendan Williams; Sarah Cherin, Government Relations Director UFCW, representing the state's liquor-store employees; Heather McClung, President of the Washington Brewer's Guild, representing 65 microbreweries; Sandeep Kaushik, Protect Our Communities (No on I-1100 and I-1105); and Marcus Charles, owner of the Crocodile. In the vote-yes camp: Pete Hanning, president of Seattle Nightlife and Music Association; Ashley Bach, Yes on 1100; Charla Neuman, Yes on 1105; and Chad Mackay, Mackay Restaurants (all the El Guachos).

Hosted by Toby Crittenden from Washington Bus (which hates both initiatives) and me from The Stranger (which endorsed I-1100 but is experiencing an amusing dissension in the ranks).