Which is it? And if the employee lies, why were they not fired? If the employee was being truthful, why have no heads rolled for the cover-up perpetrated on him? How come Huennekens can never give a straight answer about anything?

Fire these people.

The best way to get rid of this cancer is to get rid of Sims and watch the house of cards fall.

Go David Irons.

Is anyone else out there grimacing at the upcoming round of election fraud for this coming election?

Why on earth would they send a copy to Ken Schram of KOMO? David Postman of the Seattle Times?
Did this person actually believe they could open the eyes of those two - who are blinded by liberalism?

The letter writer seemed fairly guarded in their description of the problems at KC elections. I get the feeling they have much more to share - but were cautious to not divulge enough to be traced to his/her department..

Stefan...
The letter is dated April 26th - yet it seems to cover events that came about after that date...
When did you receive it?

In the department I was in, huge amounts of money and time was devoted to tracking the big report that was supposed to be delievered to our "clients" (other departments or government agencies). The only part of the process that was not tracked or discussed was when the report actually went out the door. I am sure you can now guess that the reports never got to their intended audience on time, but according to the well chosen "benchmarks", management was absolutely convinced things were going well. Plus I know of cases where absolutely excellent employees left because either their supervisor or human resources were being total morons. Case in point, one of the people was told by his supervisor that he really deserved a 5 on his annual review (5 was the highest rating), but the supervisor said the paperwork to put in for it was too much of a headache, since all "5" ratings had to go through proper channels. And Mr. Dimbulb supervisor was just stunned when excellent employee left just a few weeks later.

And the hiring process focuses not on whether you can really do the job but how well management thinks you will toe the line. And forget about trying to get rid of anyone. It takes YEARS at best, especially if said rotten worker meets any of the diversity goals or knows the right big wigs. Excellence is not rewarded. Political correctness is. Of course I don't think that surprises anyone here. :)

I suppose that in addition to using the elections department to assemble his campaign staff, he was putting together the methods for winning through fraud.

If we cannot get an unbiased, open, federal investigation of the political machine in this state, I see no other choice for the public but to take back our government by force. Yes, force. If there is no legal remedy, than there will inevitably be an explosion of the pent-up frustration of the public. Surely, the government (feds) must realize this.

Can we hope for ANY relief? I am keeping my fingers crossed, but I have a feeling things are going to get real ugly in the near future.

I'm not worried about replacing my hat.

Burdabee >>>> Your post has summed up the culture in almost all of the places I have worked in the Seattle area over the last 25+ years --it has only been getting worse -- Burdabees post could EASILY have been written by thousands of kite factory employees or the vast majority of people 'working' in the 'professional' offices downtown.

- Ironman

Bingo! Got it in one.

Now, lets work to make it happen.

You say "Now, let's work to make it happen."
What do you mean by that??
The Republican's problems is Washington State stem from:
1) A terrible voter profile database. The so-called list of Republicans and undecideds is pathetically poor. The Dems have a much better list of who they know they can count on and a terrific system to get out the vote. Chris Vance may claim the R's have as good a list....but don't believe it for a second. It sucks. By the way....where in the hell is Chris Vance.
2) R's need a well-orchestrated "ground troop" effort to bang on doors. When it comes right down to it, The LEFTIST PINHEADS are much more dedicated and willing to work (Gregoire/Rossi was an exception...not the rule).
How many of you have spent a whole weekend banging on doors or on the phone???? Not many I'll bet. Contact your local R headquarters. Many you will find have almost no organization or steam. They like to talk to each other!!!! Rather than work to bring folks over from "THE DARK SIDE".

What we really need to do is also organize young people to make calls and pound on doors. That thakes money and leadership. Is Chris Vance the right guy??? Where in the heck is Chris Vance??? Kind of like Where's Waldo, huh??

We better damn sure clean up this voting mess--if not, we deserve crap government; as for voting in Dean Logan as SOS, i would add that deranged monster creator's quote: "My God--what have I done?!"

My suggestion--encourage more "moles." Deep Throat" takes a new turn--"Deep Vote Throat" Release enough info too many outlets from within without being identified. Works for spies in wars. This is a war against voting corruption. Take no prisoners.

However, until the voters punish the incumbents, this all will be a "Hamburger Hill" waste of good reform.

I am SO tempted.

The anonymous letter is pretty much the stake through the heart. Now if anyone can really take them down...that would be great.

And even this Non-Washingtonian thinks that David Irons would be a good fit and that Ron Sims should be keelhauled.

Why don't we start a collection plate for those who if "told the truth" could be assured some financial stability, in a form of job, free legal councel to Sue KC, ect.

KC Elections needs a "Good Housecleaning"....

The 5, part of the TFDM group responsible for building the county's traffic model, refused to go along with the pressures to signoff on the manipulation being done by DOT's Concurrency Group. That group analyzes the impacts a development application will have on county roads in the future, assesses mitigation, and determines whether concurrency requirements are met.

The 5, pressured to go along with decisions that they felt were improper and even illegal in some instances, were rewarded with bad performance reviews, removal from their positions of influence on application review, layoffs and demotions. One, a PHD in traffic modeling and a supervisor in the TFDM group, was rewarded with a layoff and rehiring with a 2-grade demotion.

Their lawsuit is now on-hold while the county works to defend the position, with our tax dollars, that Dougherty's and Lindwall's alleged actions, while performed in their "official" capacities, should allow them to be removed from personal liability for those actions.

Another twist in the story is a ruling from a hearing examiner a month ago, finding that DOT engaged in many of the alleged acts for a developer, vindicating the charges of the 5.

While the top-down organizational pollution in Elections is getting all the attention, it exists to a much greater degree in DOT and DDES, both part of Sims' empire as well. And don't be fooled into believing this is a relatively new problem in King County that arrived with Sims, or with Dean Logan, as the purely partisan Democrat leadership of these Executive Branch departments started before Sims, when Gary Locke defeated Republican Tim Hill in 1993 and ushered in this Democrat cesspool of partisan directors and department managers.

While I agree that many, if not most of the low-level employees in King County are honest, they are directed by their leaders to do things that are improper, and in many cases, illegal. Threatened with losing their jobs or going along, many choose the latter to retain their jobs, and some wage guerilla wars from within through acts like anonymous mailings.

The 5 DOT whistleblowers chose not to go along, and as a result are fighting a battle against the corruption within KCDOT nearly all by themselves. The press won't cover their story, and the public is mostly in the dark about it, while the press keeps the light on Elections.

You'd think that 5 DOT employees who've alleged illegal acts by their colleaugues would get some attention? You'd also think that their Federal Lawsuit that names the Director of DOT Road Services and others for their alleged retaliation against themm would also warrant a word or two. Wouldn't you?

If David Irons beats Ron Sims, I will eat my hat at the corner of Fourth and Union.

I'm not worried about replacing my hat.

Remember what Joseph Stalin (your hero) said.

It not who votes that counts, it's who counts the votes that counts.

Any time now he's gonna rear up and pass a judgement!

Maybe the JBT got JDB!

snicker......

Here's a tip...Be sure to check out King Counties new district map! You may find that your address is now located in a new district!!

http://www.metrokc.gov/elections/redistricting/

check him out at www.orinwells.com

Here is a list he's made of changes needed in our elections:

* Review and investigate all existing registered voters for possible duplication.
* The King County Vital Statistics office shall notify the Elections Office of the death of anyone over age 18 at least monthly.
* The elections office shall immediately check all deaths against the voters rolls and remove any found to be registered.
* The elections office shall check all deaths in King County for the past 10 years and remove any found on the voter's rolls.
* The elections office shall run all names on the voter's rolls against the INS databases of registered legal and illegal aliens and against the Social Security Administration database to verify that all registered voters are citizens. Note: The Secretary of State has indicated his office will do this in 2006 once the state-wide database becomes a reality. I think it unlikely they will apply the resources to accomplish this.
* The prosecutor's office shall be directed to actively prosecute all legal and illegal aliens who have registered and voted in King County Elections and to refer all illegal aliens to the INS for deportation procedures.
* The elections office shall check all new registrations against the INS databases and Social Security Administration database to verify citizenship before fully accepting a registration.
* A peel-off barcode will be added to each ballot to help reconcile all ballots to voters at the polling stations.
* The elections office shall remove all voters with registered addresses at mail boxes and require verifiable physical residential addresses.
Registrations will not be accepted in names other than the full legal name of the registrant.
* The elections office shall remove all felons from the elections rolls and check all new registrations against state and local felons lists before accepting a registration.
* Documention of these registrations and findings will be maintained in the elections office records and not destroyed as is currently the practice.
* The elections office shall no longer mail all absentee ballots with the notation "Forwarding Service Requested" but with the notation "Change Service Requested" and shall remove to the inactive list all voters identified by the US Postal Service as having moved from the address of record.
* The elections office shall confirm the current addresses of any voters that are identified by duly elected Precinct Committee Officers as having moved and remove to the inactive list any confirmed as having moved.
* The elections office shall send annual certified letters with return receipt requested to all out-of-state permanent absentee voters calling for them to re-certify that they are Washington state residents for the purposes of voting and that they are not registered to vote in any other state removing to the inactive list any that do not respond afirmatively. Documented military and foreign service employees will be exempted from this annual certification.
* The elections office shall remove to the inactive list any voter who does not vote in at least one of 5 sequential general elections or at least one intervening primary or special election.
* All voters in King County shall be required to show valid photo id to receive a ballot at any polling place on an election day. Note: The state legislature has now almost implemented this requirement but included the following as acceptable identification: "...a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, paycheck, or government check or other government document". Clearly they fell short of a photo id. Whether King County can implement more stringent identification requirements than imposed by the state is an issue we will have to explore..
* Anyone registering in King County to vote shall be required to show proof of citizenship.
All provisional ballots shall be color coded and/or specially coded/bar coded or oversized so as to prevent them from being sent through the ballot scanners before the voter is properly veified.
* All poll workers shall be trained on the proper handling of provisional ballots.

SPANK! :)

Wow!

I was just reading what Mr. Orin Wells thinks about Sound Transit, Transportation (and his loathing of the HOV lanes..), the Homeless, the CAO!

I'm really liking this guy!

That swashbuckling sovereign of irreconcilable nonsense biteme jdb (alias JDB) is probably “hunkered down in his dark apartment*” conducting a self administered liberal spelling bee, or drawing pictures of the monorail with pedestrian railings. How many ways can you spell argueymant@ while sustaining a ponderous incapacity to make an intelligible one?

Quite a challenge . . . and jdb’s up to it.

*Famous jdb argueymant.
@Creative jdb spelling

Right you are . . . right you are.

Nearly every line person (except lazy union-protected ones) quakes in his/her boots at losing a job. Until the higher-ups demonstrate that same fear and respect for the system, crap will continue. Carrot & stick. Watch some big guys go down & more will step forward to try to help their own department look "clean" like a matter of pride; reward the efficient & clean departments with bonuses;

Collection plate--perhaps--but maybe one that recovers a percent of the cheated amounts--like a bounty of finder's fee. Like the inventor guy on a factoryline with an idea--cut the idea guy in for a percent of the savings or improvements. You'll see ideas and cheating pop out quickly. the big brass who usually sat on their collective a&& will show their creativeness or lack of ideas. any whistleblower system that is not airtight or is frustrating is a useless system; whistle investigators need to have the power to arrest or fine any boss that obstructs their investigation; threats scare no one; watching your boss or another worker get led away in cuffs does wonders for ethics; granted, no one wants to be the pariah or company tattletale; however, the morale that suffers with unpunished and arrogant cheaters is a REAL killer;

Amused...

That was priceless!! (and probably accurate!)