POWERFUL, GIFTED, AND COMPASSIONATE - THIS DESCRIBES COMMISSIONER TIMOTHY HOLMES. IN 1963 COMMISSIONER HOLMES RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE FROM THE UNITED STATES NAVY.

HE IS MARRIED WITH TWO LOVING DAUGHTERS AND FIVE PRECIOUS GRANDCHILDREN...COMMISSIONER HOLMES IS A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE WITH A HEART FOR KIDS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION. SINCE 1981 HIS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT INCLUDED SERVING AS A VOLUNTEER FOR MANY BOARDS & COMMITTEES IN THE CITY OF OP A-LOCKA.

IN THE 1994 MUNICIPAL CITY OF OP A-LOCKA 'ELECTION COMMISSIONER TIMOTHY HOLMES RAN FOR OFFICE OF CITY COMMISSION. DUE TO HIS RECEIVING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES BY ANY COMMISSION CANDIDATE, HE SERVED AS VICE-MA YOR OF THE CITY OF OP A-LOCKA AND HE CONTINUES TO SERVE ON THE CITY COMMISSION.

BECAUSE OF HIS DEDICATION TO THE CHILDREN OF THIS COMMUNITY;TWO LEARNING CENTERS IN THE CITY OF OP A-LOCKA HAS BEEN NAMED AFTER HIM.

COMMISSIONER HOLMES CONTINUES TO BE A DRIVING FORCE OF ENCOURAGEMENT THAT HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF BOTH YOUNG AND OLD.