These people are everywhere in Seattle. Even up here in mostly-residential Queen Anne they lurk at the intersection where the Starbucks is across from the Peets is across from the Tea Cup. Even me, with a baby slung to me they try to stop. It’s been years of having them downtown. Even if you do sign their lousy petitions, is being asked a further five thousand times really going to help their cause?

I always want to ask loudly how much they get paid. Anyway this warmed my heart:

The Corner – The Clipboard People, Cont. [Jay Nordlinger]

* Not that I’d advocate violence in any situation as a tactic for clipboard-toting conflict resolution

Date: Nov 9th, 2009 · Comments RSS · Tags: People and Current Events