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	The Seattle Times: Local News: Global warming: They're not laughing at Ron Sims now
		The first time Ron Sims tried to set up a county office to study the effects of global warming, he was mocked.
		Sims also has begun doing what he and Laing wanted to do all those years ago: focusing agencies' attention on how climate change is likely to affect life here — and responding to that challenge.
		Sims remains upbeat in the face of gloomy forecasts, recalling that concerted action by the United States and other countries reversed the depletion of the earth's protective ozone layer.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/localnews/2003121242_sims12m.html (1374 words)

	Ron Sims - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ron Sims, born in 1948, is currently the King County Executive.
		Sims was born in Spokane, Washington to Reverend James C. Sims Sr.
		Sims made news in the campaign when he proposed replacing the state sales tax and business and occupation tax with a progressively graduated income tax.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ron_Sims (630 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Ron Sims (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Ron Sims, Sound Transit board chairman, announces federal funding for light rail in July 2003.
		Sims has won regional praise and national recognition for his leadership in a three-county effort to restore the runs of the prized Chinook salmon, declared threatened by the National Marine Fisheries Service earlier in 1999.
		Sims has also been a regional leader on managing growth in the economically booming King County region, as well as a driver on comprehensive, smart strategies to deal with transportation of people and goods and services in the heavily congested Puget Sound corridor.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ron-Sims (1750 words)

	Ron Sims' Baggage Claim (November 18, 1998)
		Sims' press conference posturing about having extracted public benefit for the deal was, at best, disingenuous; without the jobs promise, the loan would be illegal.
		Sims' budget also contained a proposal for a property tax increase--six times the increase allowed under Prop 47 limits--to pay for more cops to combat a crime wave that may or may not exist.
		Sims is also happy to spend money on himself; the budget for the county exec's office has steadily expanded under his rule.
	www.eatthestate.org /03-11/RonSimsBaggage.htm (656 words)

	Pacific Views: Ron Sims (D WA-Gov.)
		Sims says that every business needs smart, skilled workers, and that the world is becoming more competitive at a time when the state is reducing its investment in education.
		Sims says the state’s high school graduation rate has gone from 78% to 62% in 11 years, and that those percentages are even more dismal for minority students.
		Sims says that when he was in school, no one would have thought that he’d rise to become King County Executive.
	www.pacificviews.org /weblog/archives/000091.html (1254 words)

	DJC.COM: Sims offers 'lean' $2.4 billion budget, provided by Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
		While Sims said the 2.6 percent increase shows his resolve to reduce reliance on property taxes, McKenna said the political reality is that the executive does not have the "super majority" on the council required by Referendum 47 to ask for an increase greater than the rate of inflation, 2.6 percent.
		Sims' proposal calls for a reduction in spending in certain areas of the county's 1999-2005 capital improvement plan.
		Sims said for the county to remain competitive with private sector employers in a tight labor market, it must increase the budget for administrative services by 16 percent, or $16 million.
	www.djc.com /news/business/11114988.html?cgi (683 words)

	komo news \| Ron Sims Throws Hat In Ring For Governor
		Sims, 55, the King County government leader for the past seven years, drew a mighty roar from about 100 backers when he declared, "I'm announcing I will be a candidate for governor of Washington.
		Sims said he will continue to hold down his dual roles of King County executive and chairman of Sound Transit, which is overseeing a multibillion-dollar rapid transit project in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties, including a controversial light rail program.
		Sims' rivals will include Gregoire, who plans to kick off her campaign with a five-city tour on Wednesday; and Phil Talmadge, a former state senator and state Supreme Court justice, who announced for the nomination long before Locke revealed his decision.
	www.komotv.com /news/story.asp?ID=26313 (682 words)

	The Stranger \| Seattle \| News \| City \| Lowered Expectations
		EVEN RON SIMS'S campaign manager admits that Sims's third run for King County Executive is unlikely to be as charmed as his first two.
		Hailed for his record-setting margin of victory when he first won the post in 1997, and described in the press as "a political colossus" during his second run in 2001, Sims, a Democrat in a Democratic county, is now being dogged by a "vulnerable" label.
		Sims says that whether he has to run mainly against Irons or his own record, he plans to win.
	www.thestranger.com /seattle/Content?oid=22362 (305 words)

	SGN Page 8
		Ron Sims has received SEAMEC's highest rating and endorsement, as well as the endorsement of Equal Rights Washington.
		In 2003, King County Executive Sims proposed an ordinance requiring that contractors with the County provide benefits to domestic partners of their employees' equivalent with benefits provided to spouses of their employees.
		Ron Sims has a long history of working on our behalf to level the playing field.
	www.sgn.org /sgnnews44/page8.cfm (413 words)

	Ron Sims: bio and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Sims was born in Spokane, EHandler: no quick summary.
		Sims made news in the campaign when he proposed replacing the state sales tax sales tax quick summary:
		In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general is the main legal adviser to the government, and in some jurisdictions may in addition have executive responsibility...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/ron_sims.htm (709 words)

	Remarks by Senator Murray
		Ron Sims serves as the Executive of King County, which is the 11
		Ron's been working to address that in his role as a board member -- and now Chairman -- of Sound Transit, the major transit authority in the Central Puget Sound.
		Ron has led the way on smart strategies for moving people and products in a state that is the most trade dependent in the nation.
	www.senate.gov /comm/environment_and_public_works/general/107th/Murray_031902.htm (298 words)

	Mossback: A Big SWAT for Ron Sims (Seattle Weekly)
		Sims "enthusiastically" endorses bringing in the SWATers, whoever they may be, though it's difficult to imagine how a temporary group of outside consultants will be able to effect the kind of organizational and systemic changes that the task force says are required.
		In her cover letter to Sims accompanying the report, task force chair Cheryl Scott wrote, "Although events related to the 2004 elections have created a significant crisis in public confidence and trust, they are truly the symptom of problems that have evolved over many years.
		Talk with some of Sims' most ardent fans—staffers, former staffers, close political supporters—and they will acknowledge that the boss' charisma and energy are often undercut by his lack of focus, his poor hiring decisions, and his reluctance to fire people—a very Seattle trait.
	www.seattleweekly.com /2005-08-03/news/a-big-swat-for-ron-sims.php (944 words)

	The Seattle Times: Opinion: Ron Sims' take on government
		WASHINGTON — King County Executive Ron Sims believes government's job is "to help create wealth more efficiently." That view comes naturally to a leader of the entrepreneurial Seattle region that has improved the nation's experience of everything from technology to coffee.
		Meeting Sims and reading the Urban Institute manuscript provided a bracing reminder that there is an authentic search going on outside of conventional politics for the new ideas to animate a new political era — precisely what Democrats are supposed to be seeking.
		Sims' idea reminds Democrats (and the rest of the country) that a commitment to active government is not simply about redistributing wealth.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/opinion/2002822475_dionne23.html (795 words)

	Ron Sims' Baggage Claim (November 18, 1998)
		Sims' press conference posturing about having extracted public benefit for the deal was, at best, disingenuous; without the jobs promise, the loan would be illegal.
		Sims' budget also contained a proposal for a property tax increase--six times the increase allowed under Prop 47 limits--to pay for more cops to combat a crime wave that may or may not exist.
		Sims is also happy to spend money on himself; the budget for the county exec's office has steadily expanded under his rule.
	eatthestate.org /03-11/RonSimsBaggage.htm (656 words)

	2001 Pulitzer Prizes-NATIONAL REPORTING, Works
		Ron Sims, the King County executive; Gary Locke, the governor, and Norm Rice, a two-term mayor of Seattle, held the top offices in mostly white Washington when they posed for this picture in 1996.
		Sims has concluded that the best way to get people to listen to him in a state that is barely 3 percent fl is to shatter assumptions about fl politicians and become an expert in what the white majority cares about most.
		Sims was taken aside by Sam Smith, who was a Seattle councilman and the dean of fl politicians in the city.
	www.pulitzer.org /year/2001/national-reporting/works/nytimes7.html (5993 words)

	DJC.COM: King County Executive Ron Sims unveils 2000 budget, provided by Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
		King County Executive Ron Sims on Monday unveiled his 2000 budget, aimed at slightly reducing the current tax rate while focusing on capital improvements.
		While Sims said the plan would "lower the tax burden on our county residents," most bills will increase since the average assessed value of a single-family home in the county is expected to jump from $205,000 to $225,000 in 2000.
		Sims proposes an additional $1.7 million for overtime and labor costs for the Sheriff's Office, including the addition of 42 full-time employees.
	www.djc.com /news/const/10059271.html (543 words)

	The Seattle Times: Local News: Sims recuperating after surgery
		King County Executive Ron Sims is recuperating at home following removal of his gallbladder Sunday.
		Sims is expected to be at home the rest of the week.
		Duncan said Sims, 58, had missed work on several occasions recently, including two days last week, because of undiagnosed abdonimal pain.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/localnews/2003472516_websims11.html (166 words)

	NW News v.5 \| Odyssey continues for committed neighbors
		It is inevitable that Ron Sims’ use of political acquiescence by siting in a more rural small urban area outside of his legislative domain should be his choice.
		Ron Sims made the decision regardless of what was said or done by even the state committee assigned to oversee operation of this sewage treatment system.
		Ron Sims seems to have made a choice that lacks the support of good science.
	www.nwnews.com /editions/2004/040712/editorial3.htm (654 words)

	Ron Sims for King County Executive - Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Ron is a member of both Boule and the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
		Ron was first elected to the King County Council in 1985 and was overwhelmingly re-elected twice.
		While on the council Ron was known as an important workhorse, producing real results in the areas of the environment, education, the county budget, public safety, and the protection of worker rights.
	www.ronsims.com /biography.php (502 words)

	The Stranger \| Seattle \| News \| City \| Sims' Sins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Sims is not allowed to use his office to campaign for or against initiatives.
		The county's benevolent spin on Sims' apparent ethical lapse--its assertion that Hatley's suggestion was already in play--doesn't jibe with the clear statements in Hatley's e-mail.
		Sims has the right to ask questions, but when Sims directs an agency under his control (Metro) to raise questions on behalf of a friend running a political campaign--Hatley had been organizing meetings with lobbyists at public-relations firm Gogerty Stark Marriott to strategize against the pro-monorail campaign--that does call Sims' ethics into question.
	www.thestranger.com /seattle/Content?oid=11624 (847 words)

	Idealog: Support Ron Sims' call for tax reform
		Behind the scenes, a battle for supremacy is looming between Sims and his primary opponent, the accomplished Attorney General Christine Gregoire.
		Sims is hoping to attract liberal, progressive voters who favor an income tax in hope of beating Gregoire in the primary.
		Sims will not address real problems entrenched in his agencies such as DDES where favors and outride violations of county code and state law get burried by those who committed the acts.
	www.idealog.us /2004/07/support_ron_sim.html (1342 words)

	DLC: 100 to Watch: Ron Sims by Tom Mirga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In his six years in office, Sims has made his mark nationally as a forceful advocate of tackling tough issues such as sprawl, transportation, and environmental protection at the regional level.
		Under Sims' leadership in 1998, the county adopted an innovative tradable development rights program, which allows developers to build more densely in urban neighborhoods within the county's growth-management boundaries if they in turn protect rural lands outside the boundary from development.
		On the national stage, Sims is working with the mayors and executives of 20 major U.S. metropolitan areas to persuade Congress to address the problem of traffic congestion in their regions.
	www.dlc.org /ndol_ci.cfm?contentid=251655&kaid=104&subid=210 (681 words)

	komo news \| A Real 'D'oh!' For Democrats: 502 Write-In Votes Went To Ron Sims
		King County Executive Ron Sims failed to get the Democratic nomination for governor, but many voters in the general election put him on the ballot anyway.
		Sims picked up 502 write-in votes in King County alone, a critical blow to Democrat Christine Gregoire, who trails Republican Dino Rossi in the governor's race by 42 ballots.
		And to make it worse, the votes for Sims, who campaigned for Gregoire in the general election, didn't count anyway because state law prohibits a losing candidate in the primary from being a write-in in the general election.
	www.komotv.com /news/story.asp?ID=34186 (507 words)

	Pacific Views: Picking a Governor, Picking a Future...
		Ron Sims has put forward what I consider the most audacious, ambitious and effective tax plan for this state that I have ever seen.
		The Sims tax plan will be the toughest to sell, but with the right approach, it can gather a majority of support for passage.
		If Sims is the candidate for governor, the Republican attack line for state leg and senate races will be "a vote for your Democratic legislator is a vote for the income tax".
	www.pacificviews.org /weblog/archives/000443.html (1897 words)

	In the Northwest: In 'coffee' test, Sims left some with bitter aftertaste
		Sims is a high-profile guy who doesn't go down well with some voters.
		Sims was a taxing presence in the 2004 race for governor.
		Sims claimed credit for moves being undertaken by the quasi-independent King County Housing Authority to revitalize White Center.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /connelly/216467_joel18.html (1014 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		TEACHING NOTES Ron Sims and the MAI Procedure: This lesson is designed to be taught in one session.
		Ron Sims was the Executive of King County in Washington State.
		Ron’s position as County Executive was similar to that of Mayor of a city, except that King County was much larger than most cities.
	portseattle.org /downloads/community/education/casestudy/sims-tch.doc (3656 words)

	The News Tribune (Lite) - Stop grinning, start sweating, Ron Sims (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		King County Executive Ron Sims, that is. Not Chelan County Superior Court Judge John Bridges.
		Sims claimed that Bridges “agreed with what we said all along: mistakes and errors that occurred in King County happened in all elections and in many other counties.” But to take that message from Bridges’ 57-minute oral ruling requires Sims to unleash every ounce of his innate optimism.
		And Sims himself should be chilled, not thrilled, by the judge’s suggested remedy for the 2004 election flaws.
	www.thenewstribune.com /news/columnists/callaghan/v-lite/story/4927159p-4511694c.html (676 words)

	DLC: New Dem of the Week: Ron Sims (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		To achieve these goals, Sims proposes allowing cities increased flexibility in targeting certain areas for relief and creating a program that would funnel federal dollars to the most congested areas.
		Born in Spokane, WA, Sims graduated from Lewis and Clark High School, and earned a B.A. in Psychology from Central Washington University, where he was student body president in his senior year.
		Sims, his wife Cayan Topacio, and his three sons, Douglas, Daniel and Aaron, live in South Seattle.
	www.dlc.org /ndol_ci.cfm?contentid=250412&kaid=104&subid=117 (532 words)

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