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| Pete Holmes Pledges to Restore Common Sense |
If you have followed the Seattle City Attorney campaign, then you are familiar with the story of Tom Carr recommending nine months in jail for a guy who stole a can of tuna.
Carr was mad that the man had refused to plead guilty. Luckily, a municipal court judge ... read more »
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| Safe Neighborhoods, Strong Families and No New Jail |
As Seattle City Attorney, I will work with our police, courts and community organizations to help at-risk youth and young criminals change their paths right now and help them turn their lives around to become valuable citizens in our community instead of taking up space in jail.
Why is Tom Carr ... read more »
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| Pete Holmes Calls for Open Government, Transparency, Accountability |
This has been a great week in the push to make City Government more open for all citizens, let’s keep the momentum going – with a new City Attorney who will continue to fight to make City Hall accountable and transparent.
Under Tom Carr’s leadership, official city meetings and records have ... read more »
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| Pete Holmes Will Reinvent the City Attorney’s Office, Stop Waste and Truly Serve Seattle Citizens |
The citizens of Seattle deserve a City Attorney and a City Government that are open, honest, transparent and accountable. It is time to unseat a two-term incumbent City Attorney who has lost his way, forgetting Seattle’s progressive values.
I am Pete Holmes, candidate for City Attorney. Over the next week I ... read more »
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| PERC Decision Huge Win for Transparency and Accountability |
City Attorney candidate Pete Holmes cheered a decision by the Public Employment Relations Commission for Washington Wednesday as “a huge win for civilian oversight and for transparency in City government.”
As a result of the decision by the full commission, the Office of Professional Accountability Review Board (OPARB), the citizen ... read more »
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| Pete Visits with Nickelsville Residents |
City Attorney Candidate Pete Holmes Urges Nickelsville Residents
to Stay Calm and Safe in Anticipation of Police Sweep
Proposes Immediate Talks to Find a Permanent Solution
Pete Holmes, City Attorney candidate, visited the tent city known as Nickelsville early Wednesday morning to make sure residents are ... read more »
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| Local Elected Officials & Labor Endorse Pete Holmes for City Attorney |
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SEATTLE – City Attorney challenger Pete Holmes continues to broaden his support base with a bundle of new endorsements following last week’s Primary Election. City Councilmember Nick Licata, State Senators Jeanne Kohl-Welles and Ken Jacobsen as well as State Representative Reuven Carlyle added their names to an impressive list of ... read more »
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| Tags: Seattle, Labor, endorsements, elected officials, Pete Holmes |
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| Democrats Show Early Support for Pete Holmes’ City Attorney Bid |
SEATTLE – City Attorney challenger Pete Holmes continues to build his grassroots support base with five new endorsements from Democratic Organizations. The King County Democrats, Metropolitan Democratic Club, and the 37th, 43rd and 11th LD Democrats all voted to give Pete their sole endorsement for City Attorney.
Holmes, who has consistently ... read more »
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| Carr's About Face on Open Government Election Year Window Dressing |
For immediate Release: Friday, April 10, 2009
Contact: Jon Brumbach, Campaign Manager
206.529.5040; jon@holmesforseattle.com
Carr's About Face on Open Government Election Year Window Dressing
SEATTLE--City Attorney challenger Pete Holmes, a business and bankruptcy attorney who lives in the Rainier Valley, today called the headlines touting incumbent Tom Carr's open meetings action against the Seattle ... read more »
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| Tags: City Attorney, Open Government, Pete Holmes, Tom Carr |
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| Former OPA Chair to Challange City Attorney Tom Carr |
Press Advisory
THURSDAY MARCH 26, 2009
Former OPA Review Board Chair Pete Holmes to Challenge City Attorney Tom Carr
Seattle, WA. Pete Holmes announced today that he has formally re-filed his campaign in order to challenge City Attorney Tom Carr.
"I entered the race for City Council to restore openness and accountability ... read more »
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