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The House our Neighbors meeting was excellent. They brought up damning reporting from the stranger where former Seattle Attorney Pete Holmes describes the treatment I-137 has gotten as voter suppression 🔥

I have some many great notes from this webcast and damn, there's some serious work to do to hold this council accountable for Voter Suppression.

thestranger.com/news/2024/09/1…

#Seattle #PeteHolmes #I137 #SocialHousing

In fact, according to HON’s lawyers’ analysis, the alternative may not fit the standard of an appropriate competing measure because the city council could theoretically enact both initiatives. That’s not the only legal trouble that could head the council’s way.  Former City Attorney Pete Holmes says that the City Charter, which is analogous to the US Constitution for Seattle, requires the council’s consideration of initiatives to take precedence over everything other than appropriations and emergencies.  “With polling suggesting strong voter support for I-137, Council's failure to submit it to a vote in the high-turnout General Election begs the question whether the delay constitutes a voter suppression tactic in violation of the Charter,” Holmes said in a message to The Stranger. “Council should at least explain what has prevented timely consideration of this citizen initiative.”

City Council Alternative to I-137 Protects Wealthy Donors at the Expense of the Voters’ Will

The original measure funds social housing by taxing the wealthy, and the council’s alternative does neither.
Hannah Krieg (The Stranger)
#seattle #i137 #socialhousing #peteholmes

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