Grocery workers will go back to bargaining table Norwest Wash. grocery workers could go on strike: Safeway, QFC, Albertsons 和 Fred Meyer 的員工可能在下星期開始罷工. 如果沒有交通工具, 住家附近只有這些商店. 也許該計畫一下. Side Note: Grocers pay more for turkeys this year, but you might not: 今年火雞肉商店的平均買入價是一磅 $1.09. Time your purchases and save big money
Great Job Navy Whidbey Island SAR Team!
Helicopter rescues teen from Skokomish River RAW: Dangerous helicopter rescue under High Steel Bridge Whidbey crew talks about amazing Skokomish River bridge rescue Side Note: Washington has third-lowest adult smoking rate in nation Egg recall tied to salmonella grows to 380 million : 有可能受到污染的雞蛋商標 Fear of falling may be enough to raise injury risk Many warranties for roofing material are useless after first year Seattle: A ‘top city’ for the next decade? Your home a path to wealth? Experts say no
六月一日起, 那些糖果有糖果稅?
真的要站出來了…
Gregoire proposes new taxes on soda, water, candy 州長大人, 您建議瓶裝水抽稅就算了, 我可以自已準備水. 碳酸飲料抽稅也算了, 反正我就不要喝. 可是連糖果您也要建議抽稅…這不是在跟小朋友搶錢嗎? 上次選舉我是沒有投給您, 您也不需要這樣殘忍連我唯一最歡樂的時刻也要剝奪. 那住在華盛頓州還有什麼樂趣可言!!! Side Note: Violent crime inches up in Seattle Property-tax bills fall for most in King County
Papa John’s donates profits going to families of 4 slain Lakewood police officers
On December 8th and 9th, the Papa John’s stores in Western Washington will donate its profits for the Tacoma Police Memorial. (Twitter: Papa John’s Seattle) Papa John’s Gives Best Excuse to Order Pizza Papa John’s pizza sales raise $126,000 for fund Side Note: Seattle has nation’s worst traffic congestion: Study Health officials lifting lid on swine flu vaccine Elliott Bay Book Co. moving to Capitol Hill
Swine Flu
State identifies six probable swine flu (H1N1) cases in Washington Virulent swine flu spreads in 10 US states, Europe [img=images/images_seattletimes_20090429.gif popup=false] 照片出處: Seattle Times 3 ways to ward off the flu * Wash your hands. * Cover your cough. * Stay home if you’re sick. Side Note: UW gives details of $73M in budget cuts
萬稅…
每季的營業稅 對 King County 來說, 9.5% 的營業稅已經不是新聞 (King County 餐館則是 10%). 對 Snohomish County 來說, 大多的城市終於追上了 King County 的營業稅. Pierce County 大多城市的 9.3% 還有待努力… Side Note: Uwajimaya to open fourth store in Renton (華盛頓州的第三個) Jobless rate bolts to 8.5 percent, 663K jobs lost 2009 年台灣夜市: 五月十六日星期六, 下午六點. HUB Lawn, UW