This week, Don Brunell of the Association of Washington Business came by the Olympia City Council to defend union jobs. Earlier he had written his thoughts on the three cities' lawsuit to get some of the water rights associated with the old Tumwater Brewery property. He's not a fan:

All-American, which had difficulties putting the financing together to convert the brewery to a bottled water plant, recently secured $125 million to fund its project. The company says it’s willing to sell excess water to the local governments. The company even offered to transfer the water rights to the cities in exchange for a lease agreement that guarantees them 2.5 million gallons a day.

At this point, most council members apparently would rather put the company out of business and kill 200 good union jobs than allow All-American to keep enough of its water to operate.