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Carbon Monoxide at Cove Village
Even though, three people died of carbon monoxide in their apartment complex, the problem went uncorrected for four years afterwards. Also, even when the emergency calls continued to report carbon monoxide problems and a number of people were brought to the hospital, the government inspectors never stepped in to correct the hazard.
Tags: Essex complex; Wiley family; County Fire Department; toxic; Sawyer Realty; firefighters
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"A cast of cronies"
Employees call it "the company," and Jim Wiley acts like he owns it. He provides jobs for friends and family members. He directs business to his pals. He and another supervisor use employees to do after-hours work for them. But the King County Housing Authority isn't a company, and Wiley, the executive director, doesn't own it. You do. It's a public agency, one that spends tens of millions in taxpayer money each year and manages holdings of more than $200 million. Its charge is to provide affordable housing for low-income residents of King County. It is, a Seattle Times investigation has found, an agency rife with nepotism, favoritism and deal-making -- an old-time spoils system in an era and region where such examples are few and far between.
Tags: King County Housing Authority; nepotism; federal agencies