Mr. Kimura, please stop prosecuting cases of 'Adult Personal Use.'
The story of what happened to Seattle’s Chief Prosecutor who lost his job because he disrespected the Lowest Law Enforcement Priority of Cannabis Ordinance passed by Seattle voters:
Nobody bawled into their pillow last election night like City Attorney Tom Carr, an eight-year incumbent with the backing of labor unions and city hall, who was trounced by a 26-point margin. “I’m stunned. I thought this would be a tight race,” said challenger Pete Holmes after seeing the first batch of results.
Carr chalked up his drubbing to an “anti-incumbent year.” But that makes less than zero sense, considering Richard Conlin won a fourth term on the city council with over 77 percent support and Nick Licata coasted easily to a third term.
Voters were sick, specifically, of Carr’s bullshit: cracking down on popular clubs, ignoring a voter-approved measure to stop prosecuting marijuana-possession cases, subpoenaing reporters to name confidential sources, and pushing cases for years after the city should have dropped them.
In voting for Holmes, Seattle instituted a new directive for the city attorney, who acts as the city’s primary lawyer and prosecutes misdemeanors in the municipal court. Holmes vowed on the campaign trail to represent the wishes of the people. He’ll stop all pot-possession prosecution and prize the music scene, he says, and coax the city officials to drop lawsuits when the city is wrong.
“Basically,” said Peter Holmes “…this is Carr’s worst nightmare. The poor guy…”
The link to the article is : http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/election-2009-winners-and-losers/Content?oid=2708202
