DC Council officially repeals minimum-wage hike for tipped workers

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6. There's more to this than meets the eye.

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1) The Hill is not a local newspaper. It covers the things that go on in Congress, but it is not set up to cover the things that go on in DC.

2) I live near DC but I do not live in DC. All I know is what I read in the papers.

3) There was not universal support for the new law among waitstaff who work for tips. Had the law gone into effect, some* waitstaff would have ended up making less money than they do now.

4) Obviously, the opposite condition is true for other waitstaff.

5) If you want to know more about this, you'll have to read about the proposed (and now nixed) law in the local papers.

6) Those newspapers are the Washington Post, and, especially, the Washington City Paper and the Washington Blade. The Washington Blade will emphasize the viewpoint of the waitstaff at gay-oriented establishments. Those three newspapers, and particularly the latter two, are much closer to the ground on this than The Hill ever will be.

7) I'm just sayin'.

* edited from "many"