Forget Mark Sidran. Monolith guy and long-shot mayoral candidate Caleb Schaber is evidently the real law-and-order man in town. Schaber's posse of friends--who call themselves Chupacabra Policia--reportedly provided security for a party last Saturday night, April 7, in Ballard. According to party host Heather Rogers, Schaber's security force (some of the Policia were wearing camouflage, football pads, badges, and police helmets) roughed up her friends and stole money from the donation till. She also says Schaber threatened to kill her and threatened to pull a shotgun on the crowd. Rogers works with Schaber at the Blue Moon Tavern.

Schaber says Rogers' story is "preposterous." First of all, the house is leased in his name, and he let Rogers have the party there. Second, he says he doesn't own a shotgun and didn't threaten anyone. Moreover, he says Rogers' friend had thrown a beer bottle and had gotten violent while being escorted out. As for the money, he says Rogers reneged on her end of the deal by not cleaning the place, and she took off with the cash herself. Finally, he says, "And I never had oral sex with her." JOSH FEIT

Hey, Dick Tracy!

When we reported that a gay couple in Capitol Hill was attacked by a bottle-wielding man, we wondered aloud why the Seattle Police Department didn't follow an obvious lead to crack the case ["Cops Ignore Gay Bashing," Melissa Ross, March 29].

Anyone who listens to the 911 tape can hear a getaway-car plate number mentioned twice. Unfortunately, Officer Peloquin, the responding officer in the March 23 incident, failed to include the plate number in the incident report, so nobody did any follow-up--not until the Stranger Police Academy got on the case.

We made a few phone calls, got the license plate number of a four-door, 1997 Chevy Lumina--and now we've got the address of a potential suspect in Federal Way. Give us a call, Officer Peloquin. With the info we've got, you'll not only be able to file a complete police report but--gasp!--make a friggin' arrest! PHIL CAMPBELL

Mixed Signal

Seattle's local NPR affiliate, KUOW, wrapped up its spring fundraising drive on Sunday, bringing in $480,000. "The success of our spring drive proves that the power of public radio is in each of us," says KUOW's gloating website. Listeners should remember that NPR helped destroy public radio last year. Last December, NPR and the commercial broadcasting industry successfully lobbied Congress to crush the FCC's efforts to bring small, community-based, low-power radio to cities like Seattle. PAT KEARNEY