Pulled-pork sandwich, anyone?

Published 5:23 pm Wednesday, May 29, 2013

The way to a legislator’s vote is through his stomach: Lobbyists in Olympia have spent more than $65,000 during the legislative session for meals, drinks, golf fees and more in exchange for bending the ears of state legislators. Ferndale’s Sen. Doug Ericksen defended the practice as well as the taxpayer-funded $90 per dium. “A $49 dinner is not going to sway me from doing what’s right for my constituents,” Ericksen said.

Constituents who want to express their concerns to Ericksen, R-Oh, Garcon, and other lawmakers are invited to go to Olympia and buy a $49 dinner for their lawmaker any time.

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Would you like lettuce with that? With salads accounting for only 3 percent of its sales, McDonald’s said that it would use its advertising to push hamburger sales instead of salads.

McDonald’s said it would try one more time to entice customers with a new salad. The “Yes, Dear, I Ordered a Salad” is a Quarter-Pounder with Cheese and a Large Fries served on a bed of iceberg lettuce.

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Does that include wallet size? A Bellevue company has proposed sending a telescope into space that would be available to the public to take photos of the cosmos for $200 a shot.

Sadly, parents hoping to save money on their kids’ high school graduation photos won’t be able to turn the telescope earthward.

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