"Mistake sends raw sewage into Ravenna Creek"
An estimated 8 million gallons of raw sewage has poured into Ravenna Creek after county crews mistakenly diverted it into a Seattle storm drain, a King County spokeswoman said Saturday.In other words, it's Ron Sims' fault, but you and I get stuck with the bill.The sewage has overflowed at a rate of 800,000 gallons a day for 10 days and likely went into Union Bay, county Wastewater Treatment Division spokeswoman Annie Kolb-Nelson said.
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The King County Wastewater Treatment Division is ultimately responsible for what happened and could face penalties
You know, if Sims really wants to protect Puget Sound, he would do better to keep King County government focused on its real work at hand, instead of fooling around with all sorts of grandiose nonsense.
Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at May 25, 2008 02:15 PM | Email ThisSmoke cigarettes for 50 years and get cancer? Heck, that ain't your fault: it's the fault of the tobacco companies.
Cut your hand off while using your Sears lawnmover as a hedge trimmer? That's Sears fault 'cause they never said on the lawnmower to not use it as a hedge trimmer. Deceptive labeling from the get-go. Sears' fault - you get a gazillion dollars.
I suspect Sims is NOT going to assume any responsibility for any sewage spills, nor will any other Democrat from KC.
Posted by: Politically Incorrect on May 25, 2008 04:50 PM1. Know your "carbon footprint"
2. Bus, bike or walk to your errands.
3. Change your commute times, etc etc etc.
What Their Arrogancies are proposing is a top-down aristocracy which rules its citizens, rather than a Council which represents them. They are approaching the mindset of a Politburo. This is the sort of central-command propaganda that the early Soviet Union blasted out into its villages from loudspeakers mounted on utility poles, first thing each morning.
If Their Arrogancies are honest enough to lead by doing, let them commute by bus, walk to their meetings, trade in their limos and SUVs for bicycles, conduct all meetings by conference calls, turn down all County thermostats to 65F and attend no meetings outside the County of King.
But they are not so honest, and will not lead by doing. And by failing to act as if there's a global emergency, by failing to adopt the minimum steps thoughtfully provided above, they are demonstrating that there's no global emergency at all. For them, it's all about increasing their power over the citizens (not to mention spotlighting the activities of the Great Leader).
Vote no for every incumbent on the County Council next election. Time for representatives, not commissars.
Posted by: Insufficiently Sensitive on May 25, 2008 06:22 PMKing County had better get back to the basics instead of the grandiose fluff of achieving "carbon neutrality". Rumor is that Ron Sims will not run for County Exec next time. The UN should pick him up as a consultant for big government bureaucracy or maybe he can work as a lobbyist for Maxine Waters to help her achieve government control of the major oil companies. Then he will come out of the closet as a full-fledged socialist/Bolshevik that he has been under the guise of political correctness.
Posted by: KS on May 25, 2008 08:51 PMThis stream is under intense scrutiny by all of King Sim's enviro-buddies. Where were they? Or does he get a pass because he's in tight with them over global warming?
Posted by: deadwood on May 26, 2008 08:10 AMAt the very least its getting an incompetent rulership out of power so some measure of reform and oversight can return...whether it's at the polling box or in the sewer drain.
Seattle needs a change.
Fill in the dot for Rossi.
Posted by: John Bailo on May 26, 2008 09:31 PMKing County can expect a little slap on the wrist for this massive affront on the environment, but a peon citizen would get toasted. Think of how many people in the rural areas were slapped with fines and red-tagged for non-up-to-date septic systems that over their life could leak a few thousand gallons of raw sewage. That's right Tens of Thousands of homeowners outside of King County were forced to pay upwards of $25K for new systems.
If the state wanted to 'correct' King County in such a way that it would be commenserate with how they 'correct' the smaller folks, you could be looking at billion dollar fines for this spill.
Posted by: Doug on May 27, 2008 09:29 AMA one time shot into Ravenna Creek won't hurt anything. But, the County should have to face the same consequences as inudstrial polluters.
Posted by: swatter on May 27, 2008 09:57 AMmistakes happen, but given their long line of "mistakes," one wonders; esp. about the voters re-electing them; too bad this "river of votes" did not flow down Ron's residential street;
sounds like another imminent blue-poo ribbon study & investigation given to a cronie's law office;
Posted by: jimmie-howya-doin on May 28, 2008 05:42 AM