Some Wines Are Worth 8 Hours of Your Time
Stranger News Editor Erica C. Barnett took a deal this morning to avoid trial and dodge a criminal record after allegedly boosting an $8.99 bottle of wine from the northern Broadway QFC. She will be required to perform eight hours of community service within 30 days, as well as stay away from QFC and any criminal shenanigans for the next 90 days. If she complies, the city will dismiss the theft charge, though the fact that it was filed will remain in court records.

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haha says:
Which poor unfortunate community organization will have to put up with this woman for an entire day?? I feel for them already.
Posted On: Tuesday, Mar. 17 2009 @ 11:28AM
Seely says:
Onstot,you failed to address the most important question here: Was she wearing green?
Posted On: Tuesday, Mar. 17 2009 @ 11:40AM
JJM says:
The real question is, which wine was it? Inquiring minds want to know!
Posted On: Tuesday, Mar. 17 2009 @ 11:53AM
MarkS says:
At $8.99 a bottle it can't be that great.
Posted On: Tuesday, Mar. 17 2009 @ 12:26PM
Hmmmm says:
Comment on this on slog and your comment will be deleted.
Posted On: Tuesday, Mar. 17 2009 @ 12:44PM
pathetic says:
You people are pathetic. Your bizarre personal vendetta against the Stranger makes you the laughing stock of Seattle. Say, how's the Weekly's circulation numbers? Haha.
Posted On: Tuesday, Mar. 17 2009 @ 2:57PM
Hey Pathetic says:
Do you know what else is pathetic? Stealing a $9 bottle of wine.
Posted On: Tuesday, Mar. 17 2009 @ 3:14PM
who's pathetic says:
haha
Posted On: Tuesday, Mar. 17 2009 @ 3:34PM
Fnarf says:
Clearly this is the most horrific crime of all time, and the most newsworthy thing that has ever happened in Seattle.
There, I'm doing my part to drive your commenting numbers up. Aren't you thrilled?
Posted On: Tuesday, Mar. 17 2009 @ 3:34PM
youknowitstrue says:
I don't even like the Weekly, and I'm loving this. Sanctimonious feminist, bike Nazi, and now shoplifter? It makes sense, though, given how deeply f'ed her finances are. If I were Tim Keck, I'd be watching a certain employee very carefully - one that both the incentive and moral weakness to embezzle.
Posted On: Tuesday, Mar. 17 2009 @ 3:40PM
cafepuppy says:
Oh fnarf clearly you have never been the subject of Erica c Barnetts evil slog empire. It is not the crime that people are commenting on it is the two faced policy of a newspaper that trashes people regularly without fact checking. If this was any artist, restaurant owner or developer that Erica Barnett or the Srtanger deemed unworthy it would be front page.
Posted On: Tuesday, Mar. 17 2009 @ 3:41PM
bigyaz says:
Fnarf: As if your buddies at the Stranger wouldn't be all over this if the perpetrator were Joel Connelly or Nicole Brodeur.
Posted On: Tuesday, Mar. 17 2009 @ 3:42PM
cafepuppy says:
Oh fnarf clearly you have never been the subject of Erica c Barnetts evil slog empire. It is not the crime that people are commenting on it is the two faced policy of a newspaper that trashes people regularly without fact checking. If this was any artist, restaurant owner or developer that Erica Barnett or the Stranger deemed unworthy it would be front page.
Posted On: Tuesday, Mar. 17 2009 @ 3:44PM
i hate ECB says:
i know a few stranger staffers.
and i know there are many many people there who cant stand ECB, and are loving every minute of this. myself included!
Posted On: Tuesday, Mar. 17 2009 @ 3:55PM
tabletop_joe says:
cafepuppy: Fnarf is Slog commentor numero uno. You lecturing him about ECB is hilarious.
Stealing is dumb, ECB can be dumb. The Weekly is always dumb. So there.
Posted On: Tuesday, Mar. 17 2009 @ 3:57PM
seandr says:
re: i hate ECB
I'm sure "ECB" is as popular inside The Stranger as she is outside.
And Fnarf, it's one thing to be a fan of the Stranger, it's another to be complete suck-ass.
Posted On: Tuesday, Mar. 17 2009 @ 5:08PM
rofl says:
I had no idea the Weekly blog was so barren. Most of the articles have 0 or 1 comment on them. There are angsty teenager blogs that get 10 times the traffic! Go go weekly & posters, glad to see you're setting the example here.
Posted On: Tuesday, Mar. 17 2009 @ 5:59PM
yikes says:
it's gotta be rough when you find yourself using the stranger's ballbag for smelling salts.
Posted On: Tuesday, Mar. 17 2009 @ 6:40PM
Mike says:
Figures the most-commented post on this blog would be related to the Stranger. It's like a ghost town in here.
Posted On: Tuesday, Mar. 17 2009 @ 7:40PM
Haha says:
You guys are all online too now, like the P-I....right?
Posted On: Tuesday, Mar. 17 2009 @ 8:54PM
Donolectic says:
"it's gotta be rough when you find yourself using the stranger's ballbag for smelling salts."
Best response ever. I'm here by way of the SLOG btw, so I guess the seeding by the Weakly surrogates actually worked.
Posted On: Tuesday, Mar. 17 2009 @ 11:38PM
Dang says:
How humiliating. I feel sorta bad for her because that was a big mistake.
Posted On: Wednesday, Mar. 18 2009 @ 4:29AM
c to the andice says:
Wow.
Dan will get 113 comments by just blogging one sentance.
The Weekly seems really sad. And lonely.
Oh yeah... ECB's hated by almost all Slog commenters. But then again, so is Dan.
Posted On: Wednesday, Mar. 18 2009 @ 9:45AM
came here from the slog too says:
wow, hot-linking weekly stories from the stranger's blog back to here; if only for 20-some comments. how do you guys stay in business?
well, here's another page-view at least. xx
Posted On: Wednesday, Mar. 18 2009 @ 11:58AM
JJ says:
She will probably do her community service with ACORN. They will cover for her and say she was doing some "important" community service, while she spends the day working at a computer.
These lefty types, their decrepit philosophy leads to miserable personal integrity.
Posted On: Monday, Mar. 23 2009 @ 11:10PM
J.R. says:
Twenty-five comments has to be some sort of record for this blog. Maybe you should assign a reporter to cover the Stranger staff full-time.
Posted On: Tuesday, Mar. 24 2009 @ 8:34AM
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Posted On: Saturday, Mar. 28 2009 @ 2:05PM
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Posted On: Tuesday, Apr. 7 2009 @ 3:34PM