I’ve been annoyed by the way things close down here at night, it didn’t in my youth, and I just found out there is a city ordinance that forces everything, with the exception of Casino’s and 7-11, which is grandfathered in, to close at 1PM.   As a resident, I find this more than a little annoying.  My wife works nights, I often have to do work at night, and there are times when I need something or I’m hungry, and I have to drive to Seattle or Everett because of this stupid ordinance.

     When we voted to form a city, the idea was it was just going to be a minimalist government to accommodate the state requirement that we provide police and fire services.  But we made the unfortunate mistake of not drawing up a charter.  And now it’s turned into the City government from Hell, a bunch of land developers mostly bent on getting money from citizens into their pockets.