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aThe Weekly Briefing | What’s going on at seattleweekly.com: Efforts were underway

Published 2:24 am Saturday, March 8, 2014

The long view: Zach Silk, left, advises Nick Hanauer on his political operations from his boss’s office overlooking downtown Seattle.
The long view: Zach Silk, left, advises Nick Hanauer on his political operations from his boss’s office overlooking downtown Seattle.

aThe Weekly Briefing | What’s going on at seattleweekly.com: Efforts were underway to free a Renton woman jailed in Mexico for leading a vigilante police force that arrested a sheriff. • German Amazon workers flew to Seattle to protest low wages in the old country; no word on whether they bought their own airfare. • It was revealed that the Amazon drone footage was shot outside the U.S., since FAA restrictions bar such a stunt here. • Black Santas aplenty were scheduled to appear at malls across Seattle, Fox News be damned. • Bertha’s still stuck. • Boeing still sucks. • Lyft says it’s fucked if the city passes proposed regs on rideshare apps.