Say you’re a lawmaker who wants to raise the minimum wage for tourism workers. The thing about doing a minimum wage for just some businesses is that those business owners don’t want to have to pay a higher minimum wage than the ones who don’t have to pay it. They will want to be part of the group that doesn’t pay it.

(I’m a brilliant political analyst.)

So as you, a lawmaker, are deciding who should have to pay it, you open up a world of opportunity for deals. You either make lots of deals with them or you leave the perception that you have. For example, the Zoo got out of having to pay the new minimum wage. Why? Because it’s a nonprofit and nonprofits are going to get an exemption.

Coincidentally: The Zoo’s lease being on the City Council docket Monday. The mayor and city leaders want

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