City Attorney and mayoral candidate Mark Sidran oughta be cited under the city's anti-aggressive-panhandling law--a law he himself beefed up during his "civility" crusade.

Last week, according to attendees at a March 28 fundraising breakfast for the Crisis Clinic (the local nonprofit organization that provides King County's only 24-hour hotline for emergencies like rape, domestic violence, and suicide intervention), Sidran obnoxiously piggybacked onto the agency's money pitch. After an emotional and moving plea on behalf of the Crisis Clinic from the mother of a suicide victim, Sidran reportedly sent his own fundraising envelopes around. Classy move, Mark.

Sidran explains that the folks at his table had expressed support for his campaign and had asked him how they could help, and he simply obliged.

The Crisis Clinic reports that it raised $77,000 that day. No word from Sidran on his take. JOSH FEIT

Footnote #1

How's this for a footnote on the demise of another Seattle dot-com? Remember Mylackey.com, the failed outfit that provided online errand service?

Last month, former Mylackey Chief Financial Officer Brendan Barnicle called the cops to report that $53,844 in computers had been stolen from the company.

It's not clear, however, why Barnicle waited until March 16 to report the loss, which originally came to light last October when the company closed down. On that terrible day (October 27, 2000), a computer- leasing company showed up to take away the items, only to discover they were missing.

No word on the current whereabouts of the 21 stray computers. Barnicle, who has gone on to become a financial analyst for Pacific Crest, was unavailable for comment. NANCY DREW

Footnote #2

Brendan Barnicle's former partner from the failed start-up Mylackey.com, ex-CEO Brian McGarvey, has gone on to start his own Internet start-up consulting firm. NANCY DREW

Keeping It Brief

City Council Member Heidi Wills is losing her lead legislative assistant. Wills' right-hand woman, Michaelanne Ehrenberg, who also ran Wills' successful '99 campaign against Charlie Chong, announced in a March 28 e-mail message to her colleagues that she's leaving Wills' office after just over a year. Returning to her former occupation as a practicing attorney, Ehrenberg is going to join Seattle law firm Karr Tuttle Campbell. Ehrenberg had worked at the Seattle firm Stafford Frey before signing onto the Wills machine. JOSH FEIT