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...education program. I wondered, for a moment, why someone would get so hung up about a miniscule tax that would have funded such an impeccably good cause. But of course, this was a tax on coffee, a sacred cow in the cradle of Starbucks, and this man, a cafe owner, took advantage of that sentiment to protect his profits. People like him managed to convince the rest of Seattle that this tax was an assault on their culture and to disregard the actual merits of the policy. Which brings me to that fellow in the White House...
...whatever reason, people smoke,” says John Clifford, the owner of the Green Street Grill in Central Square. “Most reports are that [the ban] hurts business, and it’s probably going to hurt working class places the most.… I forecast that there’s going to be trouble. The neighbors are going to complain. You have potentially two- to five-hundred people outside smoking...
...turning point came in the spring, when Councillor E. Denise Simmons, an owner of a small business who said she sympathizes with the concerns of restaurant and bar owners, decided to support...
...Satar, owner of the Middle East Restaurant in Central Square, was another opponent...
...Poland can finally stop complaining and check into the Hotel Rialto, Warsaw's first boutique luxury hotel. Housed in a 100-year-old building on quiet, tree-lined Wilcza Street, the Rialto's 44 rooms are done up in the Art Deco style of the 1920s and 1930s; owner Iza Smolokowska spent two years traveling the world to pick the 300 pieces of original period furniture that grace the hotel. One design highlight is the lone elevator, which mimics an Orient Express compartment, complete with Cristal mirror and leather-covered seat. The Art Deco restaurant can seat...