Sound Politics: The Democrats' amusingly senseless arguments against I-25 (I): "Ron Sims could have fired Dean Logan"

July 12, 2007

The Democrats' amusingly senseless arguments against I-25 (I): "Ron Sims could have fired Dean Logan"

The Seattle Weekly article on I-25 includes Ron Sims's senseless argument for keeping the Elections Director an appointed, not elected, position.

Sims' chief-of-staff Kurt Triplett says:

"An elected auditor could screw up every election for four years, and you wouldn't have an opportunity to make any changes to that ... In the appointed system, the executive can fire and replace that person immediately."

Never trust a politician who says what he could do, instead of what he did do.

Dean Logan became a public laughingstock for 2004, one of the biggest election screws-up in American history. But Sims didn't "fire and replace" Logan immediately. He expressed his full faith and confidence in Logan until he fled the state under public pressure, 20 months, 8 elections and numerous screw-ups later. Triplett has helpfully reminded us how the Executive has exploited the appointed position, retaining a director who failed the straight-face test of public opinion, but served the Executive's own agenda.

Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at July 12, 2007 03:13 PM | Email This

Comments

1. How True, How True, How True!!!!

Posted by: me on July 12, 2007 03:15 PM

2. But the error rate was so low even Banks would be envious of it.

That's why Sims was so happy with Logan and his crew.

and he couldn't admit he was wrong!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Norm on July 12, 2007 03:56 PM

3. Do these people ever listen to themselves speak?

On previous threads, Cato has asked, as has many others, what are the true benefits of I-25....

This post says it all. You can't trust those that speak only to each other, and never listen to themselves.

I wonder if Ron Simms and Dean Logan talked about themselves in the third person alot?

Posted by: Chris on July 12, 2007 04:01 PM

4. Chris: They speak in the "Royal We".

Posted by: katomar on July 12, 2007 05:09 PM

5. Memo to Kurt Triplett: Elected officials can be recalled.

Posted by: TLo on July 12, 2007 07:06 PM

6. Forgive me, but I just gotta say it. That photo of Logan looks SO MUCH like Borat! What a hoot!

Posted by: katomar on July 12, 2007 09:27 PM

7. And instead of firing Logan, Simms hired Logan's longtime mentor to pick up where he left off, with "transparency" and "non-partisan" decisions.

You can't make up this stuff.

Liberalism is a mental disorder.

Posted by: MJC on July 12, 2007 09:38 PM

8. I had almost forgotten about the goon.....It was great to see him and to know he is long gone from here.

Hopefully soon we will have Ron's new Party hack following him all the way to California.

I can't imagine anyone stupid enough to accept that job when offered it from Ron Sims.

Posted by: GS on July 12, 2007 09:54 PM

9. Talk about a self abuser

Posted by: GS on July 12, 2007 10:14 PM

10. "Never trust a politician who says what he could do, instead of what he did do."

Amen to that!
Excellent post, Stefan.

Posted by: Michele on July 12, 2007 10:51 PM

11. Ron Sims would never have fired Dean Logan, because Logan was being complicit to the puppetmaster, Sims. The Dems don't want it because there it takes that out of their control and they are control freaks, just like the Soviet style communists were. It may take a revolution to overthrow these jackholes in King County Govern-ment !

Posted by: KS on July 13, 2007 07:43 PM