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Report: Sims headed to Washington, D.C.
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| 2/2/20009
| King5 Staff
Posted on 02/02/2009 10:10:17 AM PST by Ramius
Washington, D.C.
09:28 AM PST on Monday, February 2, 2009
By KING5.com Staff
SEATTLE – King County Executive Ron Sims is heading to Washington, D.C. to work for the Obama administration, Seattle Times columnist Joni Balter is reporting.
Balter says Sims will take a job as deputy secretary, No. 2, at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Rumors about Sims have been circulating for months.
Sims has called a 10 a.m. news conference.
Sims was first elected to the King County Council in 1985. He was appointed King County Executive in 1996 after then-Executive Gary Locke was elected governor. He was re-elected in 2001 and 2005.
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: seattle; sims
This is excellent news. Seattle finally gets rid of this miserable socialist. With any luck he'll never come back.
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posted on
02/02/2009 10:10:17 AM PST
by
Ramius
To: sionnsar
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posted on
02/02/2009 10:10:49 AM PST
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: Ramius
Anyone checked his tax record?
To: Ramius
The vote fraud specialist of king county goes to DC, - good for Washington state but bad for the country.
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posted on
02/02/2009 10:18:52 AM PST
by
verklaring
(Pyrite is not gold))
To: Ramius
Great, another elitist headed to Washington to set us all straight. How did we ever survive without these people?
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posted on
02/02/2009 10:20:35 AM PST
by
popdonnelly
(The problem with Obama is that he believes his own hype.)
To: Ramius
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posted on
02/02/2009 10:20:48 AM PST
by
kcvl
To: Ramius
Yeah, but look where he’s going. Doesn’t Obama have enough crooks in his administration?
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posted on
02/02/2009 10:22:27 AM PST
by
Just Lori
(Liberalism ---->Socialism----->Communism------>BONDAGE!!!!)
To: Ramius
Considering how on Ron's watch, King County refused to allow Pacific to raise its levy and how Brightwater costs exploded, he should do very well in Washington D.C.
He already has dysfunctional project management down and knows how to spend beyond his means.
About the only good thing I can say for him is that he has opposed Sound Transit on some occasions, which was encouraging.
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posted on
02/02/2009 10:36:36 AM PST
by
Robert357
(D.Rather "Hoist with his own petard!" www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1223916/posts)
To: Just Lori
There is always room for one more crook in DC.
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posted on
02/02/2009 11:14:30 AM PST
by
Publius
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
To: Ramius
Does this mean we'll have to stay up all night at our PCs to watch the little avatars shuffle public housing paperwork around?
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posted on
02/02/2009 11:17:26 AM PST
by
Philo-Junius
(One precedent creates another. They soon accumulate and constitute law.)
To: popdonnelly
Can he take Christine with him? Please?
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posted on
02/02/2009 11:25:16 AM PST
by
lkco
(Go Dino!)
To: Libertina; RedinaBlue; trustandhope; SoldierMedic; Global2010; Keith Brown; torqemada; WKL815; ...
Thanks to
Ramius for the ping.
Say WA? Evergreen State ping
FReepmail sionnsar if you want on or off this ping list.
Ping sionnsar if you see a Washington state related thread.
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posted on
02/02/2009 11:55:30 AM PST
by
sionnsar
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To: lkco
no kidding.. she is scary (and not just on the eyes...)
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posted on
02/02/2009 12:19:57 PM PST
by
rahbert
To: Ramius
This may be the only way to rid ourselves of Tax To The Max Ron Sims.
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