House Bill 1823 One critical problem for all of the cities in King County is Ron Sims's budgetary plan to no longer prosecute some felony cases and leave it to the cities to decide if they want to spend their money prosecuting, providing courts, and providing a public defender for some felony cases. Further if convicted, the cities would have to pay for the housing of convicted felons. Several of the members of the legislature (possibly with help of some smart local officials) have come up with a plan to negate this tactic by requiring the county to reimburse the cities for such prosecution. It might also be the idea of the King County Prosecutor (who would have to cut his empire and staff.) In any case it is a great idea to actually require King County to fulfill its mandate to prosecute felony cases.
It is a sad state of affairs when the legislature has to spend its precious time forcing a recalcitrant county executive to do his job.
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