Published: Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Reardon makes pitch for Dick's Drive-In
EVERETT -- Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon doesn't look the fast-food type, with his healthy diet and strict workout regime.
Yet he's making an exception for Seattle burger chain Dick's Drive-In, asking people to vote in an online poll about locating a new restaurant.
"The fact is, we need a Dick's Drive-In in Snohomish County," Reardon said today in a release.
Reardon's office, with hints of irony, is calling it "the county's most important poll in decades."
Jim Spady, the son of Dick's co-founder Dick Spady, announced the poll Monday. Three areas are in the running.
A few minutes after 3 p.m., the north end -- between Shoreline and south Everett -- led the online poll with 98,107 votes for 52 percent of the total. The south end -- West Seattle, South Seattle, Burien, Renton, SeaTac and Tukwila -- followed with 44 percent. The Eastside was a distant third with only 2 percent.
Dick's wants to stay within a 20-mile radius of the University of Washington. Spady mentioned Lynnwood, Bothell, Mountlake Terrace, Edmonds and south Everett as possibilities in this county.
Today's nudge for a north-end Dick's was done with some intentional humor. In all seriousness, Reardon also praised the company for paying employees well, offering good benefits, donating to charity and awarding college scholarships.
"I only eat at one fast-food restaurant, and Dick's Drive-In is it," he said. "Snohomish County residents know good food when they eat it, and that's why we're the right location."
Noah Haglund: 425-339-3465; nhaglund@heraldnet.com.
Yet he's making an exception for Seattle burger chain Dick's Drive-In, asking people to vote in an online poll about locating a new restaurant.
"The fact is, we need a Dick's Drive-In in Snohomish County," Reardon said today in a release.
Reardon's office, with hints of irony, is calling it "the county's most important poll in decades."
Jim Spady, the son of Dick's co-founder Dick Spady, announced the poll Monday. Three areas are in the running.
A few minutes after 3 p.m., the north end -- between Shoreline and south Everett -- led the online poll with 98,107 votes for 52 percent of the total. The south end -- West Seattle, South Seattle, Burien, Renton, SeaTac and Tukwila -- followed with 44 percent. The Eastside was a distant third with only 2 percent.
Dick's wants to stay within a 20-mile radius of the University of Washington. Spady mentioned Lynnwood, Bothell, Mountlake Terrace, Edmonds and south Everett as possibilities in this county.
Today's nudge for a north-end Dick's was done with some intentional humor. In all seriousness, Reardon also praised the company for paying employees well, offering good benefits, donating to charity and awarding college scholarships.
"I only eat at one fast-food restaurant, and Dick's Drive-In is it," he said. "Snohomish County residents know good food when they eat it, and that's why we're the right location."
Noah Haglund: 425-339-3465; nhaglund@heraldnet.com.
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