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GIVE ANIMAL CARE TO PRIVATE AGENCY, COUNTY URGED CONSULTANT'S REPORT IS HIGHLY CRITICAL OF SIMS.(News)
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
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March 25, 2008
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Byline: GREGORY ROBERTS P-I reporter
In a report released Monday that is harshly critical of King County Executive Ron Sims, a consultant to the County Council reluctantly recommends that the county get out of the animal care and control business and turn the job over to a private agency.
"King County Animal Care and Control has failed the animals, and there is no credible evidence to the contrary, if history and present actions are any guide, that it will not continue to fail the animals in the years to come," consultant Nathan Winograd writes in his 147-page report.
The release of the report follows a preliminary presentation by Winograd to the council on ...
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