This morning, Working Washington, an organization that pushes for corporate accountability and fair labor practices in our state, announced plans to party crash a (boring) design commission meeting on Amazon's proposed three-million-square foot South Lake Union expansion. The design meeting is scheduled for tonight at 6:00 pm in the Bertha Knight Landes room in City Hall.

As the city's design commissions are narrowly tasked with asking questions and fielding comments related to building design proposals, Working Washington's plan is to satirically highlight Amazon's labor and business practices by asking melodramatic design-related questions, like:

Will Amazon's headquarters include reserved parking for ambulances?
Working conditions were so rough at Amazon’s Pennsylvania warehouse that they stationed paramedics outside to treat workers who collapsed from heat exhaustion.

Will it include a well-lit dodgeball court in the tax department?
Amazon.com tries to keep us in the dark on their tax dodging, even though they pay an effective Federal income tax rate of only 5.5 percent — far less than the 35 percent rate set in law.

It's exactly the sort of public spectacle that media, especially teevee media (and The Stranger) love because of its in-your-face uncomfortableness. Pow! So uncomfortable! And it's already working: KOMO's Weekend Morning Anchor Denise "Life's an Adventure!" Whittaker is stalking City Hall as I type this, looking for the perfect backdrop to interview Working Washington's scheduled meeting disruptors.

Sadly, I don't think I'll stick around (I'd rather watch my youth slip away someplace more lively, like in a bar or petting zoo). But you can watch the public-circus-with-a-media-circus unfold tonight at 6:00 pm at City Hall. Or, you know, just tune in next weekend to KOMO 4 news.