![]() ![]() That, when it comes to hotel worker legislation, Biscuit Bitch is fine. That’s likely the takeaway the council will have to these letters. Spice indicates it’s still somewhat unclear if she’ll be forced to comply, since one of her shops is in a hotel, though she says Councilmember Lorena Gonzalez said she’s not going to be impacted. Spice’s letters were published online as the council passed legislation to protect hotel works, while including ancillary businesses like, potentially, Biscuit Bitch. Surprisingly, Seattle school dress code supports ‘MAGA’ clothing How are businesses supposed to succeed if people can’t get to them easily? On the construction side, the council and mayor’s office back bike lanes that make traffic worse and pursue infrastructure changes making driving nearly impossible. Councilmember Debora Juarez (up for re-election) backed the job-killing head tax despite polling very clearly suggesting it’s the wrong move. Councilmember Kshama Sawant (up for re-election) routinely sabotages encampment clean-ups, choosing to let homeless people live on the streets like animals. How are they repaid? Councilmembers Lisa Herbold (up for re-election) cut funding to their office staff, then lied about it when it became unpopular. The Navigation Team has done tremendous work trying to get homeless off the streets. How many times must we highlight the exact same problems for the city to act? This council loves to talk about their compassion, but hurt efforts underway to help address the consequences of their own failed policies. But she’s breaking because of what this council - and mayor’s office - are doing to Seattle. She gives them the best health insurance coverage she can afford, and offers paid time off for vacation. Spice operates her business in the best way she can, offering higher than minimum wage jobs to staffers she cares deeply about. In a follow up, she apologized for some of her language, but conceded her frustration at the “hard summer” where at some of her shops staff members have been “threatened and assaulted by homeless or mentally ill people.” Her letter earned a lot of attention for voicing concerns that many businesses have in Seattle. Her Belltown shop along “a notoriously sketchy block” is inundated with “junkies, panhandlers and drug dealers.” Spice slams the city for passing a head tax while not adequately addressing the affordability crisis or the Seattle Police Department staffing crisis. ![]() Construction EVERYWHERE leaving no place to park delivery vehicles and blocking the customer entrances to my businesses, making my shops filthy with exhaust and dust and making my employees feel ill all summer long.” “And what do I get in return from the city? Streets that take over an hour to get less than ONE MILE from one of my shops to another to transfer my products because my commercial vehicle is not allowed to drive down 3rd Ave anymore. Rantz: Garbage truck terrorizing Seattle neighborhood at 5:20 a.m. And she’s not getting much in return for a City Council that’s bleeding her dry. ![]()
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