PAUL SCHRAG: BAR OWNERS GET THE SHAFT FROM LEGISLATORS >>>

There’s no way this latest legislative session was going to be good. For anyone. Legislators know it, and now business owners and citizens will know it in no uncertain terms.

“Unfortunately, the people of Washington will feel the pain of the difficult choices required to address the budget crisis. Like nearly every other state, we are managing our way through a deep recession, and severe budget cuts across the entire government were unavoidable,” said Gov. Chris Gregoire in her official post-session agitprop. “We also prepared our state for a 21st century economy â€" especially in the monumental steps we took to build a transportation system that will create jobs and help us emerge stronger from this recession.”

Well, yes. Probably. But there are some people that will feel the bite of all these legislative adjustments more than others. Discover who they are here