This was just posted as a comment on an earlier entry:
Ron is a kind, intelligent, and caring individual who has the best interest of his constituents always on the forefront of his agenda. He has a proven track record of fighting for noble humanitarian causes and of being a bipartisan leader.The comment was posted from King County government IP address 146.129.186.108. Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at October 28, 2005 11:54 AM | Email ThisDavid, whom has his merits, I found to be a condescending, rude, abrupt and vitriolic person who obviously has an agenda that he wishes to pursue. Which brings me to my point, who would you rather have in office?
On one side you have a man who puts the needs of the local citizens above all else when establishing and initiating public policy. On the other you have a man who is self serving, and apparently working for special interests groups when involved in policy making.
It's not my job to educate you, so I sight no examples. If you don't believe me, do some research and find out for yourself. If you choose to remain in the dark, that is entirely up to you. But continuing with this rumor banter and following the lead of the idiocy that spawned this and so many other threads is ludicrous. You do yourself and your community a disservice by aiding in the spreading of these untruths.
Now to preempt your disregard of my post as being a democratic_sims_fanboy rambling, I can tell you, I have no political agenda, I am aligned with no political party, and my only concern is that we have proper representation in the elected offices that we vote for.
To his point:
RURAL King County residents did their research as the individual said, and Sims Lost! He takes our land and we take his votes.
Simple math!
Posted by: GS on October 28, 2005 12:05 PMThe word is "cite" and not "sight." And never use a preposition at the end of a sentance.
Posted by: David M. Hartzell on October 28, 2005 12:18 PMJust another load of BS.
Mussilini got the trains to run on time......he cared. That did not stop him from aligning with Hitler.
And lets not forget the "I have no political agenda, I am aligned with no political party,".
Most liberals do not label themselves as Democrat. Since the Democratic party is not feverently pushing the Socalist Agenda.
"Ron is a kind, intelligent, and caring individual who has the best interest of his constituents always on the forefront of his agenda. He has a proven track record of fighting for noble humanitarian causes and of being a bipartisan leader."
So this person admits that he should not be in government but at some charity. The purpose of our county government is not to chase "noble humanitarian causes", but to run an efficient fair open government for the people.
Posted by: fred on October 28, 2005 12:43 PMYour tax dollars at work, folks. Great, ain't it?
Posted by: Misty on October 28, 2005 12:53 PMOnly the best and brightest will do to serve the pubic in KC.
Posted by: Dan on October 28, 2005 01:06 PMAside from the legal aspects of using county equipment for political purposes, whoever this person is they might want to finish high school!
The word is "cite" and not "sight." And never use a preposition at the end of a sentance.
Good point, David, but I have to tease you here...maybe you should have finished high school as well. The word is "sentence" NOT "sentance".
;)
Toss him outta office!
King County has a vast number of computers they allow citizens to use…
I think that's a fair point, BSHTO. There’s no way at this point to know who wrote the note, so it is probably a stretch to ascribe it to a county employee writing from their work computer or to someone involved in Sims’ campaign.
I think the more important issue here is not so much the origin of the note, but its completely uncritical view of Executive Sims and the way he’s managed his office. This kind of blind loyalty to such an inept administration make the writer's statement, "I have no political agenda" completely unbelievable (and laughable).
That aside, the author of that post has more serious problems then his or her education - I question the person's intellegence.
I look forward to the results of the intensive internal investigation (to be conducted, no doubt, by a select task force) to find the person who is using a government computer for partisan political purposes.
Posted by: BJGadfly on October 28, 2005 01:36 PMBut of course a liberal is more concerned with how people feel than with the rule of law.
Posted by: Danny on October 28, 2005 01:41 PMStefan,
Is this one of the IP's from King County from previous post's?
I'm just trying to get a fix on whether or not they are all from the same building....(office,..depat,..desk....)
Posted by: Deborah on October 28, 2005 02:17 PM...so, City of Seattle
Posted by: FT on October 28, 2005 02:24 PMCould be fun!!!
The Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle is not Seattle.
It is the portions of Metropolitan King County that previously were Metro before the 1993 merger of the County and Metro government. (Metro's formal name was was the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle).
So, the computer IP likely belongs to the Transportation or Wastewater Treatment Divisions. However, that is not absolutely the case, as county resources can be shared between departments.
The only absolute is that it is a County-owned computer, and the employee posting on a political blog using taxpayer resources is committing an act against county employment policy.
(BTW, Seattle is formally "The City of Seattle")
Posted by: Insider on October 28, 2005 02:38 PMLooking up 146.129.186.108 at whois.radb.net.
NOTE: More information appears to be available at AS2544.
route: 146.129.0.0/16
descr: City fo Seattle announcing for MetroKC
origin: AS3401
remarks: Metro KC's registered IP - announcing via City of Seattle AS3401
notify: ************@ci.seattle.wa.us
notify: **********@ci.seattle.wa.us
notify: ***************@metrokc.gov
mnt-by: MAINT-AS3401
changed: ***************@metrokc.gov 20011211
source: RADB
route: 146.129.0.0/16
descr: Metro King County Washington I-Net
admin-c: PA55-ARIN
tech-c: PA55-ARIN
origin: AS2544
remarks: Main addr space (transition fr AS3401)
notify: ***********@metrokc.gov
notify: ***************@metrokc.gov
notify: **************@metrokc.gov
notify: *****************@metrokc.gov
mnt-by: MAINT-AS2544
changed: ***************@metrokc.gov 20020315
source: RADB
route: 146.129.128.0/18
descr: Proxy-registered route object
origin: AS2544
remarks: auto-generated route object
remarks: this next line gives the robot something to recognize
remarks: L'enfer, c'est les autres
remarks:
remarks: This route object is for a Level 3 customer route
remarks: which is being exported under this origin AS.
remarks:
remarks: This route object was created because no existing
remarks: route object with the same origin was found, and
remarks: since some Level 3 peers filter based on these objects
remarks: this route may be rejected if this object is not created.
remarks:
remarks: Please contact *******@Level3.net if you have any
remarks: questions regarding this object.
mnt-by: LEVEL3-MNT
changed: ***@Level3.net 20030329
source: LEVEL3
[If E-mail address(es) were hidden on this page, you can click here to get the results with the E-mail address].
notify: greg.padden@metrokc.gov
notify: philip.attneave@metrokc.gov
notify: benjamin.grossman@metrokc.gov
notify: ed.mcpherson@metrokc.gov
notify: network.operations@metrokc.gov
notify: inet.operations@metrokc.gov
mnt-by: MAINT-AS2544
changed: philip.attneave@metrokc.gov 20040316
source: RADB
I'd say this originated from Metro KC...
No kidding it's not his/her/its job to "educate" us - no education to spare. (Why don't people use the word "teach" anymore?)
And the logic (or lack of it) is simply flabbergasting. So, Irons has an agenda he's pursuing? Good on him! I approve of it! The corollary hanging there is that Sims doesn't have an agenda to pursue. This is a good thing?
Also, I can't imagine how Sims' pursuit of votes by appearing to support popular humanitarian and environmental causes is any less self-seving than Irons' pursuit of votes by vowing to clean up Sims' messes.
How can someone be so blind?
Can someone please trace "Justa Guy"? I have a feeling it is someone close to the situation in King County, and I want to know for sure.
It has to be someone working for Sims. Nobody else is stupid enough to do this.
Posted by: ERNurse on October 28, 2005 06:35 PMPlus you're only off by about 180 miles.
What's it like when the fantasy world you live in starts to unravel? Turn on Fox, fix some popcorn and try to talk yourself into believing it's all some liberal plot rather than facing the truth?
Just wondering. I would find it unnerving. Maybe at least some of your neo-con brethren will realize they've been sold a bill of goods by the GOP, from the top down.
A sad day in American, in a way. My parting thought is that maybe we're ALL getting hosed, and we have more in common than we care to contemplate.
Posted by: Justa Guy on October 28, 2005 08:00 PMNot at all well-written. The writer demonstrates a very poor grasp of composition and structure. It looks to be written at about a sixth-brade level.
It has to be someone working for Sims. Nobody else is stupid enough to do this.
Sixth brade level?!?! LOL! I'm sorry...that was a pretty funny mistake considering the content of your note. :)
Inquiring minds want, and have a right, to know...
Posted by: bulldozer on October 28, 2005 08:42 PMMost organizations I attend now, use DHCP addressing. Which if the IP is released, then it gets shared out to someone else in the organization. Proxy servers will also cloud this.
There are also public computers in King County. So it could be anyone. But not everyone is savvy in being careful about who they talk to.
You also might get some internal gossip if you stalk the county IP addresses more anonymously. But then also information has to be sifted more.
Posted by: holt on October 28, 2005 08:48 PMMaybe we should email one of these ....?
They are listed as contacts for that IP addy...Maybe to report abuses?....
notify: greg.padden@metrokc.gov
notify: philip.attneave@metrokc.gov
notify: benjamin.grossman@metrokc.gov
notify: ed.mcpherson@metrokc.gov
notify: network.operations@metrokc.gov
notify: inet.operations@metrokc.gov
mnt-by: MAINT-AS2544
changed: philip.attneave@metrokc.gov 20040316
the scary part is the blatant use of public assets for political purposes; the scarier part is the grammar therein--testimony to the public school system; the scariest part will be the non-response by the so-called "watchdog media"--more like the responses of leftist posters here--"...yawn..."; no wonder people are jaded and give up;
Posted by: Jimmie-howya-doin on October 28, 2005 09:51 PMGotta love that WWW.DNSstuff.com site!
If I really wanted to find this fool...I could probably take my search farther.......but I think he's already wetting his pants....(snicker)...
As far as the media is concerned? Hah! They choose to be ignorant! Just look at their luke- warm coverage of the irrefutable evidence of fraud that's been uncovered since last November's election.....
To the media,...this is not about ratings, popularity or subscription sales...If it were - they would be ALL OVER these reports of election fraud... It's their purposeful denial and downplaying of it that makes me (and the general public) go "Hmmmm".
Makes you wonder *who* owns our media and *who* truly controls it.....
(unfortunately - I could probably substitute the word *media* in my post above with *Feds* and it would all still be relevant......sigh..
Posted by: Deborah on October 28, 2005 11:53 PMBestSeattlehastooffer also visits this web site.
physics.wku.edu
Posted by: holt on October 29, 2005 01:25 AMbut again, I think it's a violation of the public trust to search out employees like this.
for those who wish to be more hidden.
1. Never post from work
2. From your command prompt.
ipconfig /?
ipconfig /releasse
ipconfig /renew
you need to be on DHCP
or better www.anonymizer.com
If I was gonna do this from work. I would do it from someone elses pc and type with my right hand, not my normal left hand typing style.
Posted by: holt on October 29, 2005 01:39 AMtyping with my rite hand. There is no privacy for people anymore. People are funny, they want their own stuff hidden completely and everyone elses exposed. And as if it was a natural right. but eventually no one will want to talk to you.
Posted by: holt on October 29, 2005 01:53 AMThey would, however, be the guys you'd probably want to contact if you wanted to find out who a given DHCP allocated address was allocated to at a given time on a given date.
Also, while I'm not a fan of Ron Sims or MetroKC by any means, before we start jumping up and down on I-Net as a big county boondoggle, it was paid for by Comcast as part of the public utility settlement for poor performance/service in bringing high speed internet and digital cable to customers in KC rather than taxpayer funds. Whether it was a good use of the settlement is another story....
Posted by: Marc on October 29, 2005 07:05 AMI would support a FOI request on this IP to shut the donks up who claim our side is in vendetta mode. Just as Stefan identified headless lucy as a Seattle School System employee, we need to diligently identify tools of the fools in KC Government. Headless lucy went into racist mode this past September against a friend over on Animal Hind Parts and the blog master let it ride. I know the offended party was looking at sending the information regarding this activity to the Seattle School System.
When David Irons wins, I would shame a Republican worker through IP Address identification who would blog on the government dime too. Evenhandedness is necessary to keep government for the people.
Posted by: Puddybud on October 29, 2005 07:16 AMKurt Triplett, his chief of staff, routinely sits in for Ron and speaks for him at campaign events. Kurt has not taken a leave of absence to work on his campaign.
Ron also has been seen using his county car to drive to and from campaign events, also a violation.
Lastly King County TV has been an almost non-stop Sims infomercial during the past month or so. Also an abuse of public resources.
Posted by: Andy Simon on October 29, 2005 11:55 AMNow if he/she would have ended his/her post with Merry Christmas....oh boy, he/she would be in trouble using the work computer.
:-)
Notice on the public websites where Christmas Trees don't exist, they have been replaced by Holiday Trees. Make an effort to decorate all your public correspondence to governments with Christmas this year. If they reply with Holiday Trees tell them you don't know what that means.
Posted by: holt on October 29, 2005 03:03 PMI invite you to look at the body of the text written by the suspected KC poster in question. Do you not find more than a mere miskey? This person obviously does not grasp basic written communication. Be careful to look at the big picture. Don't fall into the trap of straining gnats and swallowing camels.
Posted by: ERNurse on October 30, 2005 12:16 AMMr. O'Brien...next.
Posted by: Q on October 30, 2005 11:54 PMMr. O'Brien...next.
Posted by: Q on October 30, 2005 11:54 PM