Walter Whitman Moore, born 1959 in Virginia, is an American lawyer in Pasadena, California. He has run for mayor of Los Angeles twice, in

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and

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. In 2009, he received over a quarter of the vote and came in second to

Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramón Villaraigosa (; né Villar Jr.; born January 23, 1953) is an American politician who served as the 41st Mayor of Los Angeles from 2005 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Villaraigosa was a national co-chairman of Hillary ...

. At various times, he has been an

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and a member of both major political parties.

Life and career

Moore graduated with honors from

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in 1981, with a degree in Public and International Affairs from the

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. While at Princeton he was voted the "most outstanding senior in the American Whig Cliosophic Literary and Debating Society; president of the Woodrow Wilson Honorary Debate Panel; director of the on-topic program this year; Vendevelt award for most outstanding junior in his policy conference; and a David Lawrence scholarship, awarded by ''U.S. News & World Report'', for his junior year." He subsequently graduated with honors from

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in 1984, and was an Editor of the ''Georgetown Law Journal''. He passed the

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in 1984,California Bar Association
/ref> and has been practicing law ever since then. Moore represents individuals, partnerships, and corporations in a wide variety of business disputes. He is also a licensed real estate broker. Moore and his wife Judy, an international property manager, live in Pasadena and own a townhouse in the

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. They have no children.

Politics

In 2009, Moore challenged

. Moore's mayoral platform included repealing the City's business income tax; ending what he called "

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" in the form of subsidies and special tax breaks for politically connected businesses; abolishing programs he considered wasteful (such as calligraphy and anti-gang programs that give tax dollars to ex-gang members); hiring enough police to make every neighborhood safe; opposing increased housing density; opposing rate hikes, fee hikes and tax hikes; and making the City's animal shelters "no kill." In the 2009 election, Moore raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for his campaign, which was enough to qualify for matching funds. However, Villaraigosa raised 15 times more money, and received twice as many votes. Despite being relatively unknown at the time of the election, Moore received the endorsements of several organizations. Besides running for mayor, Moore has written the official ballot argument against various City propositions that would raise taxes. He also wrote and gathered signatures to support " Jamiel's Law," a proposal to deny "

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" protection to gang members who are in the country illegally.

References

External links

* http://licensedtosue.com/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Walter 1959 births Living people Princeton School of Public and International Affairs alumni Georgetown University Law Center alumni