I was hoping this day would come! I must say this is possibly my favorite thing that President Obama has done yet (although the wisdom of this move on his part is a bit scary). Ron Sims, King County Executive, has been nominated for the #2 job at Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Great news for King County, bad news for the country. I am just glad to see him go from King County. I have my own personal reasons for wanting him gone, but I have always thought he was a horrible Executive.
As a former County employee, I always felt that Sims was only interested in his own agenda. I recall one time where he was coming to view our warehouse and attend a council meeting that was being held in our warehouse. I was responsible for putting together talking points for him while he was touring our facility and meeting with our employees. Sims was an hour late, never went farther than 20 feet into the building, had a closed door meeting regarding Sound Transit with another council member, announced some development for Sound Transit (it seems like they had just gotten the funding to get to the airport) and left. Showed no interest in our facility or what we were doing. This was the Mail Ballot processing warehouse and this was not long after some major issues had been dealt with. The County Council was meeting at our building to see the changes we had made and recognize the changes. Sims was supposed to be there for the same thing but showed no interest in the processes and only in the Sound Transit update.
The $50 million computer system that never was implemented (but was paid for), Critical Areas Ordinance, the medical examiner brains for cash scandal and Sound Transit are all reasons to be glad that Sims is gone. Maybe we will be able to replace him with better, but I would bet Larry Phillips will be the next Executive. It will be a democrat I am sure, people around here vote more for the party than any other issue. Either way - I am THRILLED that Ron Sims is no longer going to be the King County Executive!
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