And if Wente had actually "read" the article, she would have found out the study compared Seattle to a 'Synthetic' Seattle of different areas of the state. Further, another study (using a different 'Synthetic' Seattle) came to the conclusion that, for restaurants, the increase had little effect. 

And the authors of this other study had criticisms of this study. So the study's conclusion is hardly a slam-dunk. 

But we still have the usual crowd predicting doom-and-gloom. 

But then these are likely the same people who predicted a jobs boom when Ontario lowered its corporate tax rate to be the lowest in North America. (We're still waiting on that one, aren't we?)

Liars figure and figures lie.