• A 19-year veteran of the Seattle Police Department was relieved of duty after fellow officers reported that he was unprofessional and used excessive force during an August 2 disturbance in South Seattle. Cell-phone video seems to show the officer engaging in a shouting match with a man and then shoving him.

• An August 8 Slog poll revealed that 42 percent of our online readers think that expressing a desire to fuck something nosebloody is a fine euphemism for approval, e.g., "That hamburger looks so good, I want to fuck it nosebloody." The other 58 percent of Slog readers disagreed.

• A Seattle resident launched a Facebook boycott of Seattle's new waterfront Ferris wheel on August 5 after claiming he was booted from the $50 ride for a gay kiss. According to 36-year-old Jason Jacobs, a ride operator told him and his partner: "Get off, we don't need your kind. Go get your refund." But the company that runs the Ferris wheel tells the story differently. They say the couple's rude behavior—not their sexual orientation—was the reason for kicking them off the ride. "They were unruly, putting shoes on the leather seats, acting obnoxiously, and causing a significant delay for other people on the wheel," says Kyle Griffith, a co-owner of the wheel and Pier 57.

• King County Jail and Seattle Central Community College have reached an agreement to preserve women's GED classes in the jail, one week before the 30-year-old program was slated to have its funding cut. "My goal is to have the classes up and running in September," says jail director Claudia Balducci.

• Seattle City Council member Mike O'Brien says he will introduce a bill this month to prevent city politicians from stockpiling war chests of cash between elections, thereby discouraging potential challengers from running (an increasing problem with council races). O'Brien believes his bill has a good shot at passing, adding, "The dollars being rolled over from previous campaigns has gone up significantly, and if the trend continues, I am worried that it will have some negative impacts on our elections system."

• The Cascade Bicycle Club blew it with a misleading chart in its July 25 report on how Seattle is "slipping behind" other cities when it comes to bike-friendly improvements. Among the problems, it shows city funding for bicycle infrastructure falling from 2008 to 2009, when it actually rose slightly. Also, the chart ended at 2010. (If it had ended at 2011, it would have had to show bike-related investments going up considerably that year—which would not have fit with the report's alarmist message.) Lame.