Loco Local

In one of his last posts before leaving Seattle last week, Goldy at HorsesAss.Org (big-wig NW leftist blogger) goes off on a King County Councilmember for deciding with the local Republicans that the County Auditor, the person who supervises the county’s Records and Elections department, should be an elected position instead a position filled by appointment from the County Executive’ Office.

Councilman Bob Ferguson – the Joe Lieberman of King County Politics – just issued a joint press release with Councilman Raymond Shaw Reagan Dunn announcing that he would join the King County Council’s four Republicans in putting a charter amendment on the ballot that would make the County Auditor an elected office.

Just the kind of pandering, conniving politics I’ve come to expect from Ferguson, who seems intent on using his status as the Council’s swing vote to maximum personal advantage. It is also incredibly irresponsible and counterproductive if Ferguson’s goal is to actually stabilize and improve operations at Records and Elections.

Goldy goes on to rail about how a politico will fill the position instead of someone who is, in Goldy’s words “a qualified professional”.

I think I;ve had enough of “qualified Professionals” in that position after the fiasco that was the election of 2004. Lost ballots, found ballots and many other questionable ballots got the Democratic Party what they wanted, a win in what should have been home-safe territory.

Thank you, but no thank you, Goldy. I’d rather a person who holds the Auditors position be answerable to the people and not to the overly trusting Executive office holder who appointed them.

It works for the State of Washington Auditor and it will work for the County. Probably unlike any County Auditor office holder will in the past.