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City of Everett pays $500K settlement over bikini barista ordinance (Washington)
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Posted on 04/07/2023 3:29:21 PM PDT by algore

The City of Everett is paying out $500,000 to a former bikini barista stand owner and its employees after a U.S. district court ruled that a 2017 city ordinance unfairly targeted women.

The owner of a chain of coffee stands called Hillbilly Hotties sued the city, claiming its dress code infringed on their First Amendment rights–and a U.S. District Court judge agreed.

A U.S. District Court judge found Everett’s dress code ordinance violated the Equal Protection clauses of the U.S. and Washington state constitutions. The Court found that the ordinance was, at least in part, shaped by a gender-based discriminatory purpose.

It is difficult to imagine, the court wrote, how the ordinance would be equally applied to men and women in practice because it prohibits clothing “typically worn by women rather than men,” including midriff and scoop-back shirts, as well as bikinis.

Bikini baristas were “clearly” a target of the ordinance, the court also ruled, adding that the profession is comprised of a workforce that is almost entirely women.

Everett has now agreed to align its dress code with existing standards, meaning bikini baristas will no longer be required to wear a tank top and shorts.

Under the agreement, stand owners will be required to post information to employees on how to seek help if they are being trafficked or exploited.

The Everett City Council unanimously approved a $500,000 settlement Thursday. Bikini barista stands will still be allowed to operate under probationary licenses, which will allow the city to crack down on stands if they exhibit evidence of lewd behavior.


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KEYWORDS: 98to0; barista; coffee; dubyajudge; ricardomartinez; ricardosmartinez; wdwashington
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Covfefe.
1 posted on 04/07/2023 3:29:21 PM PDT by algore
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To: algore

What’s a woman?


2 posted on 04/07/2023 3:29:48 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: algore

TTIUWP


3 posted on 04/07/2023 3:31:31 PM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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To: algore

Finally, Justice.

When do the girls come back?!


4 posted on 04/07/2023 3:32:01 PM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jiim)
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To: dfwgator

“What’s a woman?”

Not sure I can define it, but I can Identify an unclothed one over 99.44% of the time.

I think that is pretty good.


5 posted on 04/07/2023 3:34:44 PM PDT by algore
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To: dfwgator

someone got their panties in a bunch cuz their husband ran up a huge tab at the t and a coffee shop


6 posted on 04/07/2023 3:35:15 PM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: Fido969

Just come visit us in Washington- they’re everywhere here.


7 posted on 04/07/2023 3:40:26 PM PDT by datura (Eventually, the Lord and the Truth will win.)
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To: joshua c

Marcy D’arcy?


8 posted on 04/07/2023 3:55:43 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: algore

A message from the boss:

04/07/23 | Jim Robinson

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9 posted on 04/07/2023 3:57:04 PM PDT by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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To: algore

Much as I enjoy seeing women, it seems like bikinis and hot beverage making are a bad combination, especially in those little coffee shacks.


10 posted on 04/07/2023 4:16:19 PM PDT by chrisser (I lost my vaccine card in a tragic boating accident.)
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To: algore

There’s a crazy little shack beyond the tracks
And everybody calls it the sugar shack
Well, it’s just a coffeehouse and it’s made out of wood
Espresso coffee tastes mighty good
That’s not the reason why I’ve got to get back
To that sugar shack, whoa, baby
To that sugar shack

There’s a cute little girlie, she’s a-workin’ there
Black leotards and her feet are bare
I’m gonna drink a little coffee, spend a little cash
Make that girl love me when I put on some trash
You can understand why I’ve gotta get back
To that sugar shack, whoa, baby
To that sugar shack

And now that sugar shack queen is a-married to me, yeah
We just sit around and dream of those old memories
Ah, but one of these days, I’m gonna lay down tracks
In the direction of that sugar shack
Just me and her, yes, we’re gonna go back
To that sugar shack, whoa-oh
To that sugar shack, yeah, honey
To our sugar shack, yeah, yeah, yeah
Our sugar shack, whoa, baby


11 posted on 04/07/2023 4:17:36 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: algore

The decision logic in this decision will be used to push Free the Nipple.


12 posted on 04/07/2023 4:58:21 PM PDT by aimhigh (THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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To: datura

All along Evergreen Way in S. Everett. The gals always made that morning coffee a special treat before the work day.


13 posted on 04/07/2023 4:59:43 PM PDT by know.your.why (Be not eager to be offended. The narcissism of small differences leads to THE most boring conformity)
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To: Fido969

Ditto


14 posted on 04/07/2023 5:01:52 PM PDT by sit-rep
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To: sit-rep

Who was the judge?


15 posted on 04/07/2023 6:03:38 PM PDT by TheConservator (Beware the tyranny of the woke mob. There has never been a greater threat to liberty.)
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the backstory seems fishy

https://www.columbian.com/news/2013/jun/26/something-was-fishy-in-bikini-barista-investigatio/


16 posted on 04/07/2023 6:12:08 PM PDT by algore
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To: TheConservator

no clue! I came for the pics!


17 posted on 04/07/2023 6:22:32 PM PDT by sit-rep
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To: algore

I thought that Washington was so progressive. But the truth is that they areonly progressive when it comes to unattractive and homely liberal women and transvestites.


18 posted on 04/07/2023 6:23:57 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (It's science and therefore cannot be questioned!)
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To: datura

I was the city manager of a small city in Eastern Washington and a business owner opened a bikini barista coffee stand. The community and city council went ape shit and how is was going to be the worse thing since rock and roll.

During a city council meeting they asked me what was the plan to deak with this blight. I told them I was inclined to let it operate and let the community decide if it stayed in business. It closed 3 months later and we didn’t have to lift a finger by wasting time developing new zoning regulations and business standards.


19 posted on 04/07/2023 6:38:32 PM PDT by shotgun
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To: datura

I was the city manager of a small city in Eastern Washington and a business owner opened a bikini barista coffee stand. The community and city council went ape shit and how is was going to be the worse thing since rock and roll.

During a city council meeting they asked me what was the plan to deak with this blight. I told them I was inclined to let it operate and let the community decide if it stayed in business. It closed 3 months later and we didn’t have to lift a finger by wasting time developing new zoning regulations and business standards.


20 posted on 04/07/2023 6:39:43 PM PDT by shotgun
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