David Irons a city council member is running for King County Executive and spoke at Microsoft today. Some random notes:

• $3.3 Billion budget for King County
• 12th largest county in the nation
• Goes for a very minimalistic approach
• Education Background
• Wants an elected auditor – Larson was too technical not enough management experience
• 4 year vrs 13 year homeless soln.
• Growth\Land Use
  • Believes that land use has failed in King County, goal 15-30 ride for workers.
  • Seattle fails it’s growth projections, eastside meets or exceeds
  • Too much single family home in seattle
  • raising height limits
• Norm Maleng has the jurisdiction to act and hasn’t on voter fraud.
• CAO, science wasn’t done well, and the suburban and urban parts aren’t addressed.