Press Releases from Peter Holmes http://holmesforseattle.com/index.php?page=pressrelease 2012-02-08T01:03:27+01:00 text/html 2009-10-16T11:12:14+01:00 http://holmesforseattle.com/ http://holmesforseattle.com/index.php?page=pressrelease&content=extended&id=11 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 with text/html 2009-10-12T12:52:40+01:00 http://holmesforseattle.com/ http://holmesforseattle.com/index.php?page=pressrelease&content=extended&id=10 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 text/html 2009-10-09T13:55:39+01:00 http://holmesforseattle.com/ http://holmesforseattle.com/index.php?page=pressrelease&content=extended&id=9 This has been a great week in the push to make City Government more open for all citizens lets keep the momentum going -- with a new City Attorney who will continue to fight to make City Hall accountable and transparent.Under Tom Carrs leadership official city meetings and records have text/html 2009-10-08T16:07:20+01:00 http://holmesforseattle.com/ http://holmesforseattle.com/index.php?page=pressrelease&content=extended&id=8 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 Seattles progressive values.I am Pete Holmes candidate for City Attorney. Over the next week I text/html 2009-10-07T15:01:35+01:00 http://holmesforseattle.com/ http://holmesforseattle.com/index.php?page=pressrelease&content=extended&id=7 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 panel text/html 2009-09-30T20:02:50+01:00 http://holmesforseattle.com/ http://holmesforseattle.com/index.php?page=pressrelease&content=extended&id=6 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 being treated fairly lawfully text/html 2009-09-06T10:19:31+01:00 http://holmesforseattle.com/ http://holmesforseattle.com/index.php?page=pressrelease&content=extended&id=5 SEATTLE -- City Attorney challenger Pete Holmes continues to broaden his support base with a bundle of new endorsements following last weeks 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 text/html 2009-09-06T10:14:10+01:00 http://holmesforseattle.com/ http://holmesforseattle.com/index.php?page=pressrelease&content=extended&id=4 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 text/html 2009-03-26T12:33:30+01:00 http://holmesforseattle.com/ http://holmesforseattle.com/index.php?page=pressrelease&content=extended&id=3 Press Advisory THURSDAY MARCH 26 2009 Former OPA Review Board Chair Pete Holmes to Challenge City Attorney Tom CarrSeattle 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 text/html 2009-04-10T09:52:30+01:00 http://holmesforseattle.com/ http://holmesforseattle.com/index.php?page=pressrelease&content=extended&id=2 For immediate Release Friday April 10 2009Contact Jon Brumbach Campaign Manager206.529.5040 jonholmesforseattle.comCarrs About Face on Open Government Election Year Window DressingSEATTLE--City Attorney challenger Pete Holmes a business and bankruptcy attorney who lives in the Rainier Valley today called the headlines touting incumbent Tom Carrs open meetings action against the Seattle