• Seattle 911 reports a male prostitute stole a Seattle man's pride and his $20,000 button collection--which the prostitute later sold on eBay for $80.
• It wouldn't be a true college graduation without a good ol' protest, and this year is no exception for UW. A select group of students are getting ready to rally against the selection of 2009 commencement speaker Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.
• Seattle Public Schools community blog reports West Seattle's Cooper Elementary is getting ready to fight against their school closing in King County Superior Court. And how about that long list of School Board candidates?

There may very well have been fuckery afoot in the decision to close/re-purpose Cooper Elementary's building rather than close the more affluent Arbor Heights Elementary. (Why are we not surprised?) In a controversial series of posts over the weekend, blogger Sable Verity alleged that Seattle School Board District 6 Director Steve Sundquist was discriminatory and unethical in the way he interacted with parents and students at the two school. This morning, KUOW reports on their investigation into the role that poverty may have played in the school closures conversation. more ›