FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 24, 2009

Contact:  Saul Ettlin
               Director
               206-622-8333

Municipal League Makes Recommendations
for Interim King County Executive

SEATTLE – The Municipal League of King County today announced its recommendation of an interim replacement for current Executive Ron Sims, who is awaiting confirmation to a position in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The King County Council invited the Municipal League to review four candidates: former county council members Steve Hammond and Louise Miller, former Seattle Mayor Charles Royer and Kurt Triplett, Sims’ current chief of staff.

The League applied its time-tested process of evaluating the candidates based on the criteria of knowledge, involvement, effectiveness and character through investigation and in-person interviews by a committee of citizens.  Based on that evaluation, the League concluded that the council should select Miller, Royer or Triplett as interim executive.

“The interim executive faces a difficult task leading the county over the next several months,” said Brad Meacham, Municipal League Chair. “These three candidates are capable of doing the job.”

About the Municipal League
The Municipal League of King County is a nonpartisan volunteer organization that has worked to ensure good government that is open, effective and accountable since 1910. The Municipal League is dedicated to improving the caliber of public officials and the quality of public decisions. For more information see www.munileague.org.

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