Espresso Tax does not pass

Seattle PI ^ | 9.16.03

[wallcrawlr]

City Of Seattle Initiative No. 77 Espresso Tax

Yes 13147 31.71%

No 28307 68.29%

[Texas_Dawg]

Excellent. Taxes being slammed everywhere lately. Good news for the GOP.

[Pikamax]

never mess with a liberal's Espresso.. and now children everywhere in Seattle will starve.

[Dialup Llama]

When taxes are presented to voters in clear, unambiguous propositions, the voters do the right thing. First Alabama, now Washington. No one wants to take a pay cut 'for the children.'

[BlessingInDisguise]

Espresso tax? I hope you're joking....

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Wooo HOOOOOO!!!!!!

[goldstategop]

I guess Seattle voters found a dime extra for a cup of latte too much for the chirrun... ;-)

[stubernx98]

You mean even the Liberals in Seattle don't want to be taxed for thier luxeries?

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

No joke. A dime on every drink, I think. "For the children." LOL

[Bogey78O]

Nevermind the vote. What did the Washington Supreme Court say?

[Ramius]

In the Soviet of Seattle, nothing is a joke except the leadership.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

A bad idea goes down hard. : )

[Chad Fairbanks]

Thank goodness. Finally, liberals meet a tax they don't like.

[mdittmar]

Gotta hand it to the west siders,they hate taxes when their double latte' is threatend.

[radiohead]

never mess with a liberal's Espresso

Yep. I know folks who were marching for peace but went ballistic when you mention the 10 cent latte tax. good thing most of these little freaks aren't armed, we might have seen some bloodshed out here...

[aquila48]

They are not as insane as we first thought...

[not_apathetic_anymore]

It is interesting to see where exactly they finally drew the line in the sand and said NO.

[Newbomb Turk]

Shocking Simply Shocking. Who ever even suggested this TAX should be lead to a tall tree with a rope and hung Texas style for even bring it up!

I wonder when the State Legislature will try to RAM it through against the wishes of the voters. Just wait BOHICA

[Kuksool]

Liberals support tax hikes for other people.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

[Texas Eagle]

Typical Seattle hypocrites.

They'll gladly help vote in people who will pick other people's pockets like Patty Murray and Jim McDermott, but when they finally get a chance to see what it feels like to have the money come out of their own pockets they get all bent out of shape.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Let me guess - The Seattle Bean Party?

[randog]

Finally, liberals meet a tax they don't like.

Yeah, one that they have to pay.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Seattle Coffee Party, actually! (Do not worry - no beans were harmed in the protest.)

[4mycountry]

As long as thy don't tax my Vanilla Frappuccino, I'm ok.

[4mycountry]

thy=they

Need...coffee! ^.^

[lowbridge]

Espresso Tax does not pass

Tsk, tsk tsk. It's obvious that minorites were disenfranchised by this vote due to the fact that they dont know how to vote properly. The machines/punch cards are too antiquated for minorities. We'll just have to get a court to overturn this vote. It's the democratic way, dontcha know.

[Auntie Mame]

Nevermind the vote. What did the Washington Supreme Court say?

Good one!

[Let's Roll]

I guess they didn't make the local dim/lib/progressives feel guilty enough about depriving the "children" of govt run daycare.

[Young Rhino]

First They Came for the Espresso

First they came for the espresso
and I did not speak out
because I did not drink espresso.

Then they came for the café mocha latte
and I did not speak out
because I did not drink latte.

Then they came for the chai tea
and I did not speak out
because I did not drink tea.

Then they came for my frappucino
and there was no one left
to speak out for me. :-)

[Chad Fairbanks]

You read my mind ;0)

[Billthedrill]

So that's why I got a free double 'spresso today!

[ridesthemiles]

No joke- a dime tax on every $2.50 cup of the expensive stuff...And in Starbucks home territory! Gutsy move for some politicion, eh?

[kennyboy509]

Yeah. The Private day care centers did not want to raise their prices.

So some twit had the idea that if they could tax fancy coffee (the beverage of choice for the SCREAMING libs in Seattle)

And if they did it "foor da chilren" the bleeding hearts would go for it.

Ha ! The liberals didn't want their ox goard.

Hell, I was kinda hoping they were too stupid to relize what was going on and vote for it.

[I'm ALL Right!]

Oh Contraire! (sp?) It seems that a bunch of moronic, misinformed Oklahomans just LOVE to give thier money away "for the children" (If they had bothered to educate themselves on the subject, they would never have voted for it...but of course the sheeple just beleived the news and the commercials.) Our Mayor just lowered himself and used the "for our children" line to pass a multi billion dollar project...making our tax rate appx 9%!!! 10% in some areas!

If it's not a tornado it's a greedy politician...that's Oklahoma for you.

[ppaul]

All power to the People...
Espresso drinkers of Seattle unite!

Lenin in Seattle

[RIGHT IN SEATTLE]

Even I was watching this!

I just threw out my old La Pavoni boiler...........any suggestions for a replacement?

Living happy in LV.

A

[ppaul]

I wonder when the State Legislature will try to RAM it through against the wishes of the voters.

Just watch and see.
Remember when the state legislature called an "emergency" session after the voters rejected a taxpayer financed $500 million stadium for the Seattle Mariners. The legislature passed the bill, and the Governor signed it! All despite the overwhelming and clear "no" vote of the people.

[ppaul]

Looks like they're going to be sippin' espresso and smokin' weed in the Emerald City, eh?

[Fledermaus]

Typical hypocrisy from the left...the smell of hypocrisy in their cities should be an EPA sanctioned hazard. It probably erodes their precious ozone.

And as this thread has shown, the left wing doesn't really care about "the children" when they are required to put THEIR money where their mouths are. More proof their tired old rhetoric is just that.

[tubebender]

Sacks of the Evil Weed???

[OldFriend]

I am amazed that a vote was even considered. Is this a new development?

Usually the legislatures just pass the tax and let the people howl.

[CyberCowboy777]

We beat the income tax surcharge in Oregon and now this.

Part of my income is taxed in Oregon so yes I care! ;~)

[Psycho_Bunny]

Sweet.  I was so pissed about this initiative I barely noticed that my new polling place is in the Seattle Labor Temple.

 

Boy, was that place a friggin joke.

[Lancey Howard]

Check this out:

HEADS UP - PROJECTILE VOMIT ALERT!!!

Ellen Goodman

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

We need to celebrate. We don't get our way very often. : )

[CyberCowboy777]

Not in Washington anyway.....

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

That thing...ugh.

[mewzilla]

Note to the Libs: So much for principle, eh?

[Drango]

Seattle has rejected placing a tax on black Espresso. This proves they are not racist. However, the children will suffer....