Another black mark for HUD nominee Ron Sims
I wrote two weeks ago about transparency killer Ron Sim, the King County WA bureaucrat nominated to the no. 2 spot at HUD by supposed transparency savior Barack Obama. Those in his backyard who know him best know the lengths Sims has gone to in order to obstruct public disclosure and stop taxpayers from finding out the truth about his office’s shady dealings.
As I mentioned in the column, blogger Stefan Sharkansky sued Sims over his refusal to release public records related to voter fraud during the 2004 contested gubernatorial election. Today, Sharkansky reports, Sims and King Count settled for $225,000, one of the largest settlements for public records violations in state history.
The lawsuit stemmed from my December 2004 request for a list of all voters who voted in the November 2004 election. The county did not satisfy my request in full until January 2007.
The documents that they eventually provided to me revealed that county election officials unlawfully counted hundreds of ineligible ballots in the 2004 election: a multiple of Christine Gregoire’s 133-vote “margin of victory” over Dino Rossi in the contested gubernatorial race. Documentation of these illegal votes was withheld from discovery in the election contest trial and not released to me until months after the trial. Consequently, the trial was conducted in ignorance of these potentially outcome-changing illegal votes.
Additional documents that were released last month in discovery for my case confirmed that county officials both knew more about the illegal vote counting than they had previously acknowledged, and also knowingly withheld responsive documents from me during 2005 and 2006.
The exceptionally large (for records cases) settlement, which King County offered before trial, clearly recognizes the county’s culpability in this matter.
Sims expects smooth sailing during his nomination hearing.
Want a bitter laugh? Re-read Obama’s first executive order ensuring transparency in government:
My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government.
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Can you say that, Michelle? “black mark”?
If they find out he has had a “tax issue” — He will be a shoe-in!
speaking of shoe, what ever happened to ole Norman?
I have to laugh and poke fun at all these appointments from His Royal Odopeynes or I’d go crazy. Thank goodness baseball season is here.
This nightmare keeps getting worse and worse.
Can’t use the words “black mark,” ’cause that’s RA-A-A-A-A-A-ACIST!
This information needs to go to the Republicans that are going to be on Sims’ confirmation hearing and needs to be read into the record. He needs to be shamed and embarassed in public!
Hope is not a plan; not all change is good. “Transparency in government” is a bad joke in the Obama administration. WE are the civilian national security force. The resistance is here; the resistance is now. RESIST!!!!!!!!!!!!
ECS
Being the most liberal senator, these words disclose that he intends to do just the opposite and the proof of his intentions is being revealed.
As I understand liberals, you can count on them to be guilty of everything they accuse someone else of and do the opposite of every proclaimation.
Well he has the right credentials for the BO administration…
I’m pretty sure it is illegal. Might even rate a trip to the guillotine.
There is no shame for not paying taxes, and now voter fraud settlements. You can’t make this stuff up and if you wrote a novel with this many stories of corruption and holding public office – the reading public would never buy it because it’s so off the believability mark. That’s why history will be kind to this administration..no one will believe the truth down the road.
I really don’t believe the word “right”
has any use in accurately describing anything or anyone related to this administration.
Shouldn’t someone be in jail?
What Democrat politicians are likely ashamed of is getting caught in tax evasion and voter fraud.
Not that any significant punishment is usually, if at all, meted out with either.
This is true. They are crooks and don’t mind telling you.
These guys don’t play by the rules.
That means there are no rules any longer.
And I see “patriots” who talk about electing new fodder for the sausage grinder…
How’s that workin’ for ya…???
I mean, over the last decades….????
The problem is in the gears of the machine.
STARVE THE BEAST
I have a question, can anyone name any person bho has named that is not a crook, has tax issues, or otherwise not what I would consider an American who would defend my country? I know bho won’t!!!!
L
I have only two questions about Mr. Sims.
The first is; How long did he live in the Chicago area?
The second; Who amongst his friends also count Barack Obama, Rahm-bo, and/or Axlerod the Propagandist, as “friends.”
You know there has to be a connection there that goes far beyond simple Democrat Party politics.
What do we know about Chicago politics? It is, for the most part, corrupt. Politicians involved in Chicago politics always seem to be involved, or have personal issues with ethics, dirty money, quid pro quo’s, memory lapses, lapses in judgment, and associations with nefarious characters. He fits the mold, does he not.
See there, I think I made my point without even having to mention anything about him being of a “color that shall not be mentioned.”
Not sure if this has been mentioned or not but this commieslack and his legacy of landgrabs etc was featured on frontline earlier this week:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/
April 21st poisoned waters show.
not a very balanced show overall but his landuse commieslack ideas are insane and have infected all of America.
Experienced campaign fraud is a resume enhancer for Democrats.
Sec. Def. Gates.
A token guy…
If Oboingo’s mouth is moving, he’s either lying or badly wrong.
What about Hilldebeast?
aahahahahhahaahhaah
Major sarc.
Sims is from washington not chitown
Right-on,
State that is
here ya go learn all about this commiehack:
http://ronsims.wordpress.com/
LOL!!! That was my first reaction! Ever since that dust up in Texas over the use of the term “black hole” I’ve made sure to use it and “black mark” as often as possible.
However, I have not started using the expression “That’s mighty white of you”. But after hearing it in the movie “The Miracle at Morgan’s Creek” I decided to look up it’s origins. Despite being misappropriated along the way it started out exactly the way my gandpa used to use it–to acknowledge a kind/noble/honorable act. Just imagine the outcry if people started using that expression again!!! In what had to be a Freudian slip, in the first line of this paragraph I orginally mis-spelled “using” as “suing”!!!
Just Chicago West…
I know that. I am curious about his connection with Chicanery-town, though.
Since he is an “ordained” minister, is he ordained through the United Church of Christ? If so, there is one connection…the Trinity United Church of Christ, in Chicago.
Too bad there’s not a single GOP senator who has the stones to call him out on this. Not a one.
Good thing Obama is creating “the most ethical and transparent administration ever” in Washington. As long as you don’t count tax avoidance, corruption and voter fraud, I guess he is.
SOMEBODY ought to call this waste of time on his fraud, and do it PUBLICLY during a congressional hearing.
I’m holding my breath…
Better plan…
hold a leftist’s breath…!!!!
Off subject, but….I am enjoying global warming with a lovely sunset with 82º temp and a wonderful light breeze in Wisconsin. Also a nice adult beverage!
Sure thing Barry.
Excellent transparency…!
If it’s April and it’s 82 with a light breeze, the breeze is NOT off the lake.
Now, now, before we call the president a liar let’s examine that executive order a little more closely:
Well it is unprecedented, I don’t think even the Clintons sank to these depths so quickly.
You can trust that whatever he’s doing is not in the best interests of this country.
Anybody who can’t see through all the bs at this point simply doesn’t want to.
We’ll all be participating through increased taxes from all directions.
He is working very closely with leaders of other nations, not necessarily our allies, but he never actually said who he would be collaborating with.
If we will all just open our hearts, minds and pocketbooks, the establishment of his regime can be accomplished much more quickly and with little collateral damage.
See, it’s all in how you read between the lines. He hasn’t actually lied, some people may just have made wrong assumptions about his stated intentions. Shame on us.
Let me get this straight- they rig an election and get caught but the elction results are allowed to stand as long as they pay a fine? That sounds like money well spent. And the disenfranchised voters? Meh.
Has anyone called time-of-death on democracy yet?
Praise God and pass the ammunition- we’re gonna need it.
I’m sick to my stomach seeing what has been going.I’m realizing this will be the way of life until I die.
Michelle you pick the best photos. The only caption appropriate for this one is “Guilty!”
All of this is water under an innocent bridge. Instead, I’m eagerly awaiting an Obama Administration-led inquiry to double check that there was no election fraud in the 2008 presidential and congressional elections.
Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out….
I wonder how many elections have been stolen thruoghout the country in this same manner? Do the voters count for anything in these days of government corruption? Now I understand why we are totally ignored.
since the ethics, honesty and scruples, of those employed by this administration to include the zero one, are highly questionable, maybe a jail should be built to house them all. it seems zero only knows crooks, cheats and run of the mill trash.
The problem is in the gears of the machine.
When one side reliably breaks the rules, and the other side does not…
there are no rules.
Only an institutional, or structural, imbalance.
An unanswered tactical advantage for the side that are out-laws with respect to the rules.
You fight that advantage by adapting to reality.
STARVE THE BEAST!
On April 25th, 2009 at 9:41 am, Savage24 said:
On April 25th, 2009 at 11:48 am, Ragspierre said:
Exactly.
We must start working NOW for reforms to our elections process.
There is way to much room for fraud righth now, and several of the 2008 elections may have been stolen (including the Presidency). Massive ACORN fraud. Massive Credit Card fundraising fraud. Non-citizens allowed to register and vote. Dead people “voting”. Etc., Etc., Etc.
The elections in Iraq are more honest than the elections here.
I’d like to see protections in our system to ensure that:
1) Only U.S. Citizens are allowed to register
2) No early voting
3) Positive photo ID is required to vote
4) Ink-dipped finger ensures each voter is only allowed to vote once.
5) Foreign money is kept out of our elections
Many of the people at the Tea Parties are focused on “throw the bums out in 2012″.
The 2012 elections won’t change a thing if we allow the Demoncrats to steal them.
I’ve read several posters here who think this republic can be saved by Civics 101, with nothing more required of them than voting, or attending a TEA Party.
I contend that is delusional.
I have read several posters here who are sanguine that they can vote out the rascals, including Obama. Nothing to fear…this is all business as ususal, we’re just another election cycle from righting the boat.
I contend that is delusional. I can and have pointed to excellent reasons that support that we are not in normal times. The next election will be less “business as usual” than any in American history.
We have to do something to stop it…
or just quit grousing about it.
WHUPS! To say that Ron Sims has a “Black Mark” against him is RAAAAACIST!!! IT’S RAAAACIST I TELL YOU!!!
On April 25th, 2009 at 12:39 pm, Ragspierre said:
I Agree.
1. We must find a way to prevent the hijacking of our election process (i.e. Franken, etc.).
2. Meanwhile, we need to encourage as many people as possible to vote Republican and recruit new voters, despite any current grievance with the party leaders or politicians. To divide our vote would be counter productive.
3. Be seen, be heard but be nice. Be honest, be firm but do not let our anger overshadow our common sense.
4. Soft, intelligent answers cause the left to show themselves for the hatemongers that they really are. They can’t stand it.
BTW: just my 2 cents worth.
This guy has got to be a ACORN pay back!!! I bet he has BIG ties to them!
Sorry if someone has already mentioned this…but why should this guy release any information about his past when the POTUS won’t even release information about where he was born? I mean, get real. I am so disgusted with the whole bunch of them. Obama has not chosen an honest person to serve in his administration…period. Consider the source and weep.
No questions asked at the hearing:
http://soundpolitics.com/archives/012878.html
Sadly, I honestly believe that the vast majority of the American public is going to willfully sit back and swallow whatever they are spoon-fed by the administration, a complicit congress and a willing press. Thinking for themselves would be too much work for most people and they really do feel better served letting the government “handle” it …without any thought, concern or belief that the government really is we the people.
Where the H*LL is he getting these people???? OMG I am afraid for our COUNTRY….
Ron Sims is a total bully and crook. He MUST be from Chicago because he’ll fit right in. He screwed up so much stuff here in King County he should be arrested.