NEWS

Another week, another bout of hysteria from ERICA C. BARNETT on supposedly strict nightclub regulations. ALSO: Newly hired ANGELA VALDEZ gets busy ruining her resumé by filing her first story on a local principal, and SARAH MIRK—whose career prospects have already been set aflame—scribbles about religious fliers at Microsoft. PLUS: In the Hall, In Other Neighborhoods, and Police Beat

SHORT FEATURE: Blowing Smoke

ERICA C. BARNETT attempts to scold Mayor Greg Nickels on his "green" agenda, or, at least according to her, the lack thereof. Like most people, I eagerly await the environmental impact study on The Stranger's weekly gas emission—i.e., the news section.

FEATURE: Left in the West

Having run out of local Democrats upon whom to slobber incessantly, The Stranger sends ELI SANDERS to Big Sky Country—that's Montana, for you geographically challenged Stranger readers—to cover a local Senate race. ALSO: JOSH FEIT pens... something having to do with strippers and a local land-use initiative. Anyone able to muddle their way through said disaster is welcome to clue me in on just what it's about.