Seattle

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Cook Sam Woo puts up orders at Ivar's Acres of Clams restaurant on the Seattle waterfront Wednesday, May 14, 2014. While the Seattle mayor is proposing to raise the minimum wage to $15 in the coming years to the highest level in the nation, some activists say that's too slow and are threatening to take the issue to voters with a ballot measure that would force a raise sooner. (AP Photo/)

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A worker busses a table at Ivar's Acres of Clams restaurant in view of a nearby docked state ferry on the Seattle waterfront Wednesday, May 14, 2014. While the Seattle mayor is proposing to raise the minimum wage to $15 in the coming years to the highest level in the nation, some activists say that's too slow and are threatening to take the issue to voters with a ballot measure that would force a raise sooner. (AP Photo/)

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Waiter Spencer Meline serves a customer at Ivar's Acres of Clams restaurant on the Seattle waterfront Wednesday, May 14, 2014. While the Seattle mayor is proposing to raise the minimum wage to $15 in the coming years to the highest level in the nation, some activists say that's too slow and are threatening to take the issue to voters with a ballot measure that would force a raise sooner. As the mayor's plan is being debated by the council, businesses are sounding the alarm that raising the wage too quickly could hurt their revenue and force them to either hire fewer workers or let go more of their employees, while popular restaurateurs have emphatically argued for counting tips in total compensation. (AP Photo/)

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File -- In this May 1, 2014 file photo, Seattle City Council Member Kshama Sawant, right, looks on as Stephanie Sucasaca holds up a fist as Sawant had just done while interpreting Sawant's remarks into Spanish at a May Day rally in support of immigrant and workers rights and a boost in the minimum wage, in Seattle. While the Seattle mayor is proposing to raise the wage to $15 in the coming years to the highest level in the nation, some activists say that's too slow and are threatening to take the issue to voters with a ballot measure that would force a raise sooner. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

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Fans bare their legs in full sun while watching the Seattle Mariners host the Tampa Bay Rays in a baseball game Wednesday, May 14, 2014, in Seattle. The National Weather Service says cloudy marine air will start to move in Friday, cooling things off on the west side of the Cascades. Above-normal temperatures are expected to last through Friday east of the Cascades. (AP Photo)

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Seattle Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon, right, throws his cap after he was ejected by first base umpire Lance Barksdale, left, Wednesday, May 14, 2014, after McClendon argued the call that Mariners' John Buck had struck out swinging in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, in Seattle. (AP Photo)

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Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Brandon Maurer center, stands on the mound with catcher John Buck, right, and teammates Brad Miller, left, and Kyle Seager, second from left, berfore Maurer was pulled from a baseball game in the fourth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays, Wednesday, May 14, 2014, in Seattle. (AP Photo)

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Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Jake Odorizzi throws against the Seattle Mariners Wednesday, May 14, 2014, in the first inning of a baseball game, in Seattle. (AP Photo)