Here they are:
Ethan Raup will serve as director of policy and external affairs. Raup previously served as director of the Office of Regional Policy and Planning and deputy chief of staff under former King County Executive Ron Sims.
Mark Matassa will serve as director of communications. He is a veteran [...]
Posted by news intern Sarah Lloyd.
"Weird, Weird, Weird": Last night, the King County Council failed to fill the spot left vacant by Dow Constantine, who was elected King County Executive last month - the West Seattle Blog was live-blogging the meeting that eventually resulted in a deadlock.
Not Again: [...]
The Seattle P-I’s Chris Grygiel tells it like it is:
How did Dow Constantine beat Susan Hutchison so handily in last month’s King County executive’s race? As a Seattle Times map shows, he won Seattle handily and got more votes in the Eastside suburbs. Constantine’s strong showing in what, until [...]
Good job, voters. You almost had this:
Eli Sanders
Text of Constantine's inauguration speech appears after the jump.
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[...]Dow Constantine is being sworn in as King County Executive about now, leaving a vacancy on the King County Council. Eleven people—including known homosexual and confirmed state senator, Joe McDermott—have thrown their hat into the ring:
Jan Drago—A member of the Seattle City Council who is leaving the Council this [...]
This morning, flanked by Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels and King County Executive-elect Dow Constantine, Senator Patty Murray announced that Sound Transit will inaugurate service on Airport Link on Saturday, December 19th at 10 AM. 
