A couple notes on this week’s news section (which will get its regular airing on 710 KIRO this Saturday at 7pm during the Stranger News Hour.).

Scoop:

First off, Jonah uncovers yet another case where egregious conduct by SPD officers (indicated by a court decision and an internal investigation) results in vague consequences from SPD leadership. For example, the implicated cops are still working the same elite team beat. As we write in the caption to the unsettling photo of the SPD victim: “How many more are out there?”

Ron Paul:
Eli Sanders continues our 2008 coverage with a piece on Ron Paul’s popularity in Seattle. Eli’s story is already generating a big batch of letters that all seem to read like this one:

Thanks for covering Dr. Paul in your article titled The Iconoclast. Supporters, like myself, believe that his message of a limited Constitutional government deserves to be heard. He is the modern day Thomas Jefferson, and I am sure that the Founding Fathers would be proud of his noninterventionist message. He is a true statesman. Thanks again

…which underscores the point of the article: Paul’s got his local organization organized and active.

Reality Check:
Meanwhile, the news team got ahold of security video which indicates that Belltown club Tabella is being scapegoated for this week’s shooting.

Interestingly, City Council Member Sally Clark—who, our story notes, gave a thumbs up to Tabella security on a recent Seattle Channel feature—got on KUOW this morning and conveniently changed her tune about Tabella. Luckily, Erica C. Barnett (who wrote this week’s article) was also on KUOW this morning and set the record straight.

Ugghhhh. And Ugghhhhh:
In Michael Hood’s behind-the-scenes story from the right wing Minuteman meeting in Everett—we incorrectly identified Hood’s blog. The correct address is http://blatherwatch.blogs.com/.

Hood, of course, tracks talk radio at his great blog, again—here. I regret the dumb error. Still: Hood’s scary peek is worth reading.

Also in the section: Charles Mudede’s Police Beat column (scary teen ultra violence at Golden Gardens); my CounterIntel colum (on Dino Rossi); and Barnett offers another reality check—this one on Mayor Nickels’s environmental record.