Ron Sims to leave Seattle for HUD
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
King County Executive Ron Sims is taking a post in President Obama's administration as deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
A source in Washington's congressional delegation confirmed the appointment, which requires Senate confirmation, to The Associated Press on Monday, requesting anonymity because the news had not yet been announced.
Sims, who has been the top elected official in the state's most populous county since 1996, scheduled a Monday morning news conference. His office declined to comment.
Sims was first elected to the King County Council in 1985 and appointed executive after Gary Locke was elected governor. Sims won election the next year and was re-elected in 2001 and 2005.
He is a Central Washington University graduate who worked on consumer protection issues at the state attorney general's office and the Federal Trade Commission. He ran Seattle's juvenile offender program and worked as a legislative aide in the state Senate before he was elected to the King County Council.
King County, which includes Seattle, is the 13th largest county in the nation with a population of 1.8 million. The county accounts for more than 40 percent of the state's jobs. The county government has a work force of over 13,000 and an annual budget of $4.4 billion.
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