Simone Koutsouflakis, cq, left, from Santa Fe, owner of Old West Signs, prepare pieces of a park bench for an costumer with his employee Gary Stewart, from Santa Fe, at their Santa Fe shop on Jan. 19, 2012. Simon who only has one employee and already pays him above minimum wage, doesn't like the raising the minimum wage because he fears that some of his costumers will go out of business.

Photo by Luis Sanchez Saturno/ The New Mexican

Simone Koutsouflakis, cq, left, from Santa Fe, owner of Old West Signs, prepare pieces of a park bench for an costumer with his employee Gary Stewart, from Santa Fe, at their Santa Fe shop on Jan. 19, 2012. Simon who only has one employee and already pays him above minimum wage, doesn't like the raising the minimum wage because he fears that some of his costumers will go out of business.

Photo by Luis Sanchez Saturno/ The New Mexican