1. guess that means that all the ballots and voters match up now.???

Posted by: darcy on February 8, 2005 09:33 PM

2. This should be interesting. Do you think that they will try to down play all of the problems in King County?

I just looked at Ron Sims' Web page and did not see anything at all about the election or the court case. It appears to me that he is trying to distance himself from the whole botched mess.

Posted by: Gil on February 8, 2005 09:38 PM

3. I don't know about all this new math.

Posted by: Suiattle-John on February 8, 2005 09:44 PM

4. I sure would like to be a fly on the wall so that I could watch them try to dance around this report.

I too, have noticed that Ron Sims has kept pretty quite during all this mess. Guess he must have gotten the message that he is in deep trouble.

Posted by: Janet on February 8, 2005 09:45 PM

5. Doubtful that there will be anything in this report that would make them look bad. The real truth will come out in Chelan County Court.

Logan is not honest enough to be truly candid. If he was, then he would have come out much earlier and said that the election was too close to call on account of errors. And then he would have been very open about everything that went wrong, with particular note to how close the outcome of the counts had been. Had he done this early on, we could have avoided all of this mess.

He was clearly under pressure to deliver a partisan result to his masters.

Posted by: Jeff B. on February 8, 2005 09:48 PM

6. Why do I feel like it'll be some white wash BS that will make King County Elections to NOT look like the circus it is?

Posted by: smoke on February 8, 2005 09:57 PM

7. **He was clearly under pressure to deliver a partisan result to his masters.**

And Logan's Master is Ron Sims.

Posted by: Janet on February 8, 2005 10:06 PM

8. "comprehensive, candid and factual"

. . . three words I do not normally associate with Dean Logan.

Posted by: Shannon K on February 8, 2005 10:17 PM

9. Practically speaking, I would anticipate that the news conference has the potential of providing fodder for the Rossi court challenge. It will be impossible for the dems to cover all the bases to explain all the irregularities. THEY WILL SLIP UP. (you heard it here first...and if I'm wrong, please forget quickly)

Posted by: dkpcowboy on February 8, 2005 10:25 PM

10. I see another possiblity... the report was delivered by Logan to Sims today. No doubt there is the "public" report and the tell-all report (likely verbal to protect people leaving no paper trail). What I suspect is that Sims may twist it to leave Logan as the fall guy. And I suspect the released report will be adjusted to match those "facts". Wonder if the Legislature is wanting a test case for those new-fangled "audits" they've been proposing? It is going to be interesting to see what comes out in court. I suspect the Logan will be cashiered. Sims is probably already looking for a replacement. Anyone seen Baghdad Bob lately?

Posted by: Victor on February 8, 2005 11:01 PM

11. Heh Folks we must be winning, I just looked at the Horsesass site and WOW I have not seen so many people up-tight in days. Yeeehhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaa (As Dean would say just before he lost)

Let's rent a bunch of moving vans to Olympia and help move her out!

Posted by: GS on February 8, 2005 11:05 PM

12. Hey, ease up. This election was a model. Of something.

Posted by: Boonie on February 8, 2005 11:24 PM

13. Ron Sims lives in a fantasy world. He honestly believes he can influence public opinion by raising his voice and stomping off into a false evangelistic cadence......sigh.....That just wont cut it anymore Ron...

Logan has little credibility with the majority of Washington state citizens - Sims has even less...

They will look and sound like fools! They just can't spin it this time..

Posted by: Deborah on February 8, 2005 11:58 PM

14. Sorry Boonie, I have to agree that this election was a model of something. A model of Ron Sims!

Stolen just like the Land from his CAO land steal.

Underestimated just like his Light rail project was - twice to three times the estimated and voted on cost - half the distance - Still waiting.......

I am thinking I want to be at the courthouse when the final verdict is read!

Go Dino!

Posted by: GS on February 9, 2005 12:31 AM

15. "Let's rent a bunch of moving vans to Olympia and help move her out!"

Just name a date. I'll clear my schedule.

Re: Sims, Logan. The one thing that comes to mind is "dog and pony show." Hmmm. That and "one-trick pony."

History indicates that this is going to be a case of less substance than meets the eye.

Posted by: scott158 on February 9, 2005 12:47 AM

16. I would call your attention to the Ron Simms headshot he attaches to all of his releases. He does this so everytime he tells you he screwed you over again he is doing it with a smile!

Makes me feel better about land theft, election theft, and wasted taxes! Doesn't it make you feel better too?

Posted by: Joe on February 9, 2005 01:19 AM

17. This presser should be really interesting. Here we have people who, all their political lives, lived in a little world they controlled with a media more than happy to lap up their lies. Not to mention a public blissfully unaware of their election shenanigans.

Now they find themselves increasingly trapped by their own past statements. Every time they try to come up with a new explanation, it contradicts something they said before. With David Irons now weighing in, they have to worry too about any past assertions they made to the elections board.

A lovely predicament, I think. :)

Posted by: JeanneB on February 9, 2005 04:28 AM

18. Hey GS and all..
Careful with those references to rental vans outside the Queen's temporary digs. That just gives the trolls and CG an excuse to further keep her whereabouts secret. Maybe instead just call up a bunch of different Moving Companies and arrange for them to come give estimates on moving her back out. Of course there will be an outcry... especially when she picks the most expensive one! The headlines alone will have more spin than a Maytag washer!

Posted by: Victor on February 9, 2005 05:47 AM

19. Stefan,
Is anyone out there going to this 'news conference'? It would be good to get a few bloggers question in there, if questions are allowed.

Posted by: Son of Liberty on February 9, 2005 07:04 AM

20. I really like the choice of words in the Sims notice, "comprehensive, candid, and factual report".
I can't help but laugh at that verbage that conveys such a "feeling" of honesty and finality!
WOW, I just feel so much better after reading that.
But after looking up these words in the Demo-slant dictionary the definitions would most likely read,

comprehensive: confusing
candid: suspicious
factual: fairy tales, /SEE; Logan in Wonderland
report: written politically motivated statement
performance: a public presentation

I "feel" so much better.

Posted by: Terry , Clark C on February 9, 2005 07:58 AM

21. "Comprehensive, candid and factual report"?

Convince me.

Posted by: Michele S on February 9, 2005 09:28 AM

22. Why the need to tell us that the report will be comprehensive, candid and factual. Should we have assumed that it might or could have been somehow incomplete, deceptive or incorrect?

Do they have a tendency to release such reports or are they just trying to assauge our doubts up front?

Posted by: BOrange on February 9, 2005 09:37 AM

23. If this is a news conference is it on any news? I can not find it being covered. Does anyone know what station it is on?

Posted by: Kirk on February 9, 2005 10:39 AM

24. I just heard an audio of Ron Sims speaking on KIRO; Basically, he whitewashed it and tried to point the finger at the Republicans and anyone who would dare criticize as the counting process as fraud and added that he believed that the 2004 election was handled with the highest integrity.

Where's the outrage ? Sims should probably be recalled for his ineptness, pi** poor judgment and coverup here along with everything else he has tried to cover up (i.e. Sound Transit and the CAO). The Democrat machine sounded off and prefers to ignore the problem, which cannot stand to be ignored. Why do residents of King County let these problems fester into a full-blown cancer ? Hopefully there will arise a formidable candidate to oppose this guy who is running King County into the ground !

Posted by: KS on February 9, 2005 11:14 AM

25. If Ron was not concerned about the consequences of the past election, he would simply ignore the subject.

It is one of several things that he realizes could easily come back to haunt him in his campaign.

Posted by: jaybo on February 9, 2005 11:27 AM

26. Ron Sims becomes the laughing stock of the news conference.

After making an absurd statement that 99% accuracy would make any bank proud, laughter erupted in the room.

Posted by: jaybo on February 9, 2005 12:03 PM

27. Jaybo:
After making an absurd statement that 99% accuracy would make any bank proud, laughter erupted in the room.

You are joking right? Although I would not be that surprised if you were not.

Posted by: Kirk on February 9, 2005 12:26 PM

28. Thanks for being there and asking the tough questions at this morning's news conference, Shark, which hastened Sims and Logan's departure. It exposed King Sims and for who he really is. It may have also enlightened some of the local media into what a farce this so-called report is. This may not show up on the TV news much today but will be made known more in the days to come. I sense that there is momentum here and a revolution brewing !

Posted by: KS on February 9, 2005 12:50 PM

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