The Urbanist is pleased to be joined by Seattle City Attorney candidate Nicole Thomas-Kennedy at our monthly meetup on October 12th. Thomas-Kennedy has boldly staked her campaign on decriminalizing poverty through decreasing prosecution of misdemeanors of poverty.
She pulled off an impressive upset in the primary race for Seattle City Attorney. Three-term incumbent Pete Holmes was sent packing after Thomas-Kennedy grabbed first place with 36% of the vote, and Republican Ann Davison snagged second. This sets up a general election of sharp contrasts.
Davison is seeking to crack down on the poor and is preaching debunked broken windows theory, a Seattle is Dying-style crackdown on homeless people, and a general ‘get off my lawn’ approach. The City Attorney can’t prosecute felonies since that’s the County Prosecutor’s jurisdiction, but that hasn’t stop Davison from insinuating she can and running on stopping violent crime.
