Re: “WA gained’t legalize cafes in residential neighborhoods, lawmakers determine” [March 6, Local News]:
I used to be glad to see this fail. Not that I feel cafes in neighborhoods are completely a nasty factor. I’ve truly thought it might be fairly cool to have a small place in my common space. I simply assume it was a nasty invoice.
Not all the things {that a} gaggle of politicians thinks is a good suggestion must be made into regulation. It was once that legal guidelines had been made as guardrails for society. Now they’re much extra invasive. Our legislators have been getting more and more into micromanagement. The state has already infringed on the zoning rights of cities — not good. We must be no extra OK with the state overreaching into metropolis and county jurisdictions than we might be with the federal authorities usurping state authority.
It’s gotten to the purpose the place the Seattle Metropolis Council has develop into the de facto labor union for gig employees — solely with legislative powers.
Legal guidelines must be restricted to problems with broad and substantial consequence for the overall constituency. The remainder of the great concepts might be championed by our legislators — that’s management. “Management” by regulation is subjugation.
Mark Ursino, Sammamish
