[jyl]

As I said, I think it is too early to see what the effect will be in Seattle or elsewhere. The early reports are unreliable, very ideological, on both sides. All the restaurants named as closing in Seattle, when actually asked, said their closing had nothing to do w/ minimum wage law (see my post above). I don't have much faith in the economic projections either. On either side.

I'm firmly on the "wait and see data" fence here.