I don't think about whether the vote could have been different, the fact is that the majority of the voters seem to love having parking spaces and priority for their cars vs letting people walk and bike to places. It could easily be that they vote for less bike-friendly areas in all of Berlin but then block local initiatives since then their own children are affected.
Even so, for the last many years when CDU was not in power in Berlin's local government, the SPD and Greens only pushed forward certain initiatives very slowly. SPD can't even be called bike-friendly frankly.
restaurant staff actually get LESS than minimum wage, because tips are supposed to offset the loss. Of course they're going to want more money; they probably NEED it.
This is not the case in all states. There are many states which mandate the same minimum wage for all employees, regardless of where they are employed. In that case, it makes even less sense to tip some service workers and not others.
I don't think about whether the vote could have been different, the fact is that the majority of the voters seem to love having parking spaces and priority for their cars vs letting people walk and bike to places. It could easily be that they vote for less bike-friendly areas in all of Berlin but then block local initiatives since then their own children are affected.
Even so, for the last many years when CDU was not in power in Berlin's local government, the SPD and Greens only pushed forward certain initiatives very slowly. SPD can't even be called bike-friendly frankly.
This is not the case in all states. There are many states which mandate the same minimum wage for all employees, regardless of where they are employed. In that case, it makes even less sense to tip some service workers and not others.
This is the sort of thing what Berlin voted for, ne?
Das sieht eigentlich gut aus!