Unreported Crime

During the early Friday morning hours of September 22, an unidentified car opened fire on people standing outside Foxes Restaurant and Lounge on East Olive Way in Capitol Hill.

Two people were injured. An 18-year-old drag queen was shot in the leg, and Capitol Hill resident James Hambley was shot in the head.

Both survived. It's puzzling that this Capitol Hill shooting didn't rate more media coverage than a back-page mention in The Seattle Times. After all, the incident happened the day before the fatal "hiphop shooting" in Pioneer Square and during the extensively reported robberies and beatings in Belltown. Perhaps attacks on Belltown neighbors are more newsworthy than attacks on Capitol Hill drag queens. PHIL CAMPBELL


Take Interest

City council renters' liberation commando Judy Nicastro is at it again. Nicastro's battle orders to the city's Olympia lobbyists: Convince the legislature to follow the example of 35 other states by mandating that interest earned on rental deposits winds up in tenants' pockets--and not, as is currently the case, in landlords' pockets. "It's the tenant's money, and the interest should be coming back to the tenant. That's fair," says comrade Nicastro. Nicastro will try to convince her colleagues of this at an October 5 committee meeting. JOSH FEIT


I'll Second That

Last week, in his column Impolitics, Seattle Weekly writer Geov Parrish reported that he agreed with his paper's September 14 endorsement of Superior Court Judge Jeanette Burrage. Well, we recognize good reporting when we see it. Inspired, we got right to work. In an exclusive interview with Stranger news editor Josh Feit, The Stranger learned that Feit agreed with The Stranger's endorsement of Christine Gregoire for attorney general. JOSH FEIT


Time Is Money

Homeless people at Tent City are taking advantage of the city's famously slow public process. In early September, they bought some time against a potential lawsuit by filing for a permit to stay at Beacon Hill's El Centro de la Raza. The permit process mandates a public comment period, which runs from October 5-18. However, the city's savvy land-use officials know how to work the bureaucratic process, too--and make some money (off the homeless) while they're at it. They're fining El Centro $75 a day for allowing Tent City to stay. So far, the city has levied a $3,000 IOU. ALLIE HOLLY-GOTTLIEB