The Seattle Times Writes "County could lose millions because of credit downgrade", saying "The nation's subprime-mortgage crisis has slammed into the halls of local government." King County, Washington removed a troubled investment in Mainsail II, which was downgraded last week, from the $4.1 billion King County Investment Pool. "Mainsail and Cheyne [which the pool also owns] investments are 'SIVs lite' -- or structured investment vehicles whose underlying assets are less diverse than those of other SIVs," says the paper.