Voting yourself rich

Do you recall the rapturous response when Seattle announced that it would raise the minimum wage to $15/hour? Well, the folks who are supposed to provide the largesse are trying to put the brakes on the money train:

A Seattle business group has submitted signatures to try to force a public vote to repeal a municipal measure that would raise the city's minimum wage to $15 an hour, a leader of the organization said on Thursday.

Forward Seattle, which represents restaurants, retailers and other businesses, handed in just under 20,000 signatures to the Seattle City Clerk on Wednesday, more than the 16,510 needed to qualify for the November ballot, said group co-chair Angela Cough.

C'mon, why would you want to do that, Ms. Cough?

"Right now, the (city) ordinance on the table we think is going to be pretty damaging to the city from the business perspective, and from the workers' perspective," Cough said.

It will hurt workers because a number of businesses are preparing to move from Seattle or halt expansions, she said.

Reporters who visited Cough at her home were surprised to see her favorite leisure time activity:

First I look at the purse

That's how it always goes.