Easy Street Records in Lower Queen Anne
Queen Anne says, “We love Easy Street!”
King County says, “We love Easy Street too! We proclaim them Business of the Year!”
Chase Bank says, “We love Easy Street’s building! Gimme!”
The landlord says, “Right away!”
Mike McGinn says, “There’s nothing I can do!”
Seattle Rex says, “Well, no offense Mike, but if there’s nothing you can do … what the hell do we need you for? We can be powerless all by ourselves, and it would cost us a lot less!”
The P.I. says, “Vote Democrat!”
The Weekly says, “Vote Democrat!”
The Stranger says, “Be alternative like us, vote Democrat!”
The King 5 anchor desk says, “Amazing amazing amazing amazing amazing amazing amazing bring us a thesaurus, sweet mother of God won’t someone bring us a thesaurus?!”
Seattle Rex says, “I hate every fucking one of you!”
The end.
P.S. I took these pictures of Easy Street yesterday. Ain’t it beautiful?
Easy Street Records in Lower Queen Anne
Easy Street Records in Lower Queen Anne
Easy Street Records in Lower Queen Anne
Easy Street Records in Lower Queen Anne
But… what exactly was Mayor Mike McGinn supposed to do?
This is the unfortunate side-effect of businesses that don’t own the land they occupy. While it’s difficult, if not impossible, for most new businesses to purchase the land they intend on starting their business on, it’s certainly a large source of uncertainty.
But, one thing it is, it was a business decision that they made. They chose to put the fate of their location in the hands of someone else. It’s easy to blame the landlord for not turning down higher rent from a major corporation. It’s easy to blame a big corporation for offering more rent and pushing out a little business. What doesn’t make sense to me, however, is to blame a political group for a private sector business decision.
But… what exactly was Mayor Mike McGinn supposed to do?
Throw up his hands and declare “there’s nothing I can do!”
I’m only pissed because he totally forgot to throw up his hands.
This is the unfortunate side-effect of businesses that don’t own the land they occupy. While it’s difficult, if not impossible, for most new businesses to purchase the land they intend on starting their business on, it’s certainly a large source of uncertainty.
Yes. Yes it is.
But, one thing it is, it was a business decision that they made. They chose to put the fate of their location in the hands of someone else.
You wrote: “While it’s difficult, if not impossible, for most new businesses to purchase the land they intend on starting their business on”
Followed by: “It was a business decision that they made. They chose to put the fate of their location in the hands of someone else”
You pretty much summed it up. There is no real “choice”. At least not for the vast majority of people. If you’re not extraordinarily wealthy, don’t bother starting a business, because the wealthier guys can and will take it from you in a heartbeat, and since you knew it was likely to happen, fuck off and die. Can’t win, don’t try. Get a corporate job, and hope they don’t lay you off and nuke your health insurance when third-world slave labor becomes too tempting to resist.
I agree with you. It’s a losing proposition in many areas, and it will become a losing proposition in more and more areas as time goes on.
The death of small business in the USA is a foregone conclusion, and medium business won’t be too far behind.
Your grandchildren will curse you for standing by and rationalizing corporate American’s destruction of the American middle-class.
I already do.
It’s easy to blame the landlord for not turning down higher rent from a major corporation. It’s easy to blame a big corporation for offering more rent and pushing out a little business. What doesn’t make sense to me, however, is to blame a political group for a private sector business decision.
Believe it or not, “private business decisions” are overruled by politicians all the time. The city tends to get it’s way when the motivation is there. A thousand horny loners are still decrying the loss of their beloved strip clubs, and there won’t be pot dispensaries in Downtown Seattle anytime soon because politicians said “no” to “private business decisions”. Still, taking our frustrations out on our elected officials isn’t fair.
I mean, when the city starts going to shit, we’re supposed to vote the politicians out cause that’s democracy, but wait, it’s not the politician’s faults, so really, we should vote the businessmen out, no, wait, we can’t vote for them, so really, what we should do, is keep voting for the same people, while taking to the Internet to bitch and moan hey wait …
What are you criticizing me for again?
I don’t know why you won’t run for mayor already Rex like you said youve been wanting to do. If i was able youd have my vote! You would have been able to keep them open! Until that day yours and everybody elses bitching and moaning will have to do to in hopes of affecting change.
Not sure how to submit this but thought you might appreciate it. An old neighbor in Vegas?
http://www.wafb.com/story/21288854/vegas-woman-arrested-for-sex-with-pit-bull
And who says women don’t rape? Only made it into the news because it was a dog but if it was a Man it wouldn’t even make it into the paper. Why do dogs have more rights then Men?