King County Executive Ron Sims has accepted a post in the Obama administration, according to a source in D.C. Details are sketchy, but Sims, who has been KC Executive since 1996, is reportedly going to D.C. for a job at HUD, the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Calls to the Sims office were not immediately returned this morning. And of course, I have a Facebook message into Sims.
The news would not only shake up the race for King County Executive, which was shaping up to be a throwdown between longtime King County Council Member Larry Phillips and Sims, who was set on running for a fourth term this year, but it would likely set off a free-for-all among the council members for Sims’ immediate replacement.
Sims, who ran for U.S. Senate in 1994, losing to Republican Slade Gorton, and for Governor in 2004, losing in the Democratic primary to then-Attorney General Christine Gregoire, initially backed Hillary Clinton in the heated 2008 race for the Democratic Presidential nomination.
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Interesting. I wonder if we’ll be hearing about other local politicos finding jobs in D.C.
Any rumors?
Goodbye, good riddance!
Gee, I wonder how you got this scoop.
I wonder what Sims would say at a confirmation hearing about shifting dedicated transit taxes into the general fund?
He admitted to it, let him explain it to some conservative Republican Senators.
Bad news for the USA. Great news for King County!
Sims now denies this story:
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattlepolitics/archives/160218.asp
Good riddance to the king of incompetence and tax hikes. Too bad he won’t be leaving the country.
The rudeness of the above comments astounds me. Executive Sims has been outstandstanding. His performance should be applauded. Selfishly, I hope he remains in Seattle but I would not blame him if he wanted to get away from simpletons like these bloggers.
Candace…..you must be new around here!
Candace, I’d love to live in your world.
Mine is filled with an exuctive bent on catering to a select few at the expense of the rural residents. Of imposing his social engineering on the rest of us and of being a far left demagogue.
Glad to see a thread starting up here. A request: Keep it civil.
You know, if all rumors reported on blogs were true, Tim Ceis would be president of the Port of Seattle today!
Maybe he’ll get his chance to build some sorely needed national bike paths.
Fooling the public like that with unsubstantiated rumors is not demonstrating ‘good home training’.
It took me 3 minutes to really ponder whether I should vote for Gregoire for Governor, or just leave it blank.
It will not take me more time than a stroke of a pen to vote for a Republican for KC exec next time around.
Time to drain the swamp.
Busdriver Mike — please tell us what you know about when funds were improperly shifted to the general fund, and how much. Please fill us in with some details — I’m really curious! Thanks!
Wouldn’t allowing the filling of wetlands and clearcutting of steep hillsides be catering to a “select few” wealthy landowners in rural areas, at the expense of all King County residents?
If this turns out to be a false rumor, I will strongly suspect you are publishing hyperbole to get Publicola on the blogosphere radar.
If it turns out to be true, I’ll still suspect the same.
Dude, I am not alive to do research for you, or be your personal assistant. It is public knowledge that Ron Sims admitted to in the Seattle Times awhile ago. It is called “google”, use it.
Please, siphon off all these featherbedders to a home in DC.
I’ve known Ron Sims for at least 15 years and think he is one of the most effective public servants Seattle has had.
But I also understand why some people don’t think so. Too bad.
I think King County will lose with a Republican County Executive and frankly, I want a leader who leads – not one who just says “can’t do it.”
Thanks, Busdriver Mike. Knowing it’s in the Times will help my search. “Sims” and “transit taxes” are pretty broad search terms. And I’m not a dude, by the way. But I am hooked up with people who watchdog these types of things. I’m on your side. So I’ll chalk up your rudeness to having a bad day — hope you feel better now.
Idea, such mr. Henry Ford has))
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