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PLF sues Seattle bureaucrats who want to snoop through your trashcans

July 16, 2015 | By ETHAN BLEVINS

PLF sued the City of Seattle this morning in Bonesteel v. City of Seattle to challenge sweeping surveillance of residents and businesses. The City’s zeal for bumping its recycling rate bypassed constitutional boundaries when Seattle decided to have trash collectors and inspectors poke around for compostable contraband, such as pizza ...