Phillip Holmes leaves Bristol council

STEPHEN RICCIO
BRISTOL Nov. 11, 2020 
Phillip Holmes has been a busy man, having spent the last seven years balancing teaching high school theatre and working on his family farm, Netherleigh Farm, all the while serving on Bristol council.
Having just sat in on his final council meeting on Nov. 2, he won’t forget the impact being a councillor has had on his life anytime soon.
“It was an honour to be able to do it,” Holmes said. “I find [municipal politics is] the form of politics where you make a real difference to the everyday lives of people. It’s their everyday stuff: it’s their garbage, it’s their roads, it’s the community events that are right next to home.”
Growing up on Netherleigh Farm in Clarendon, Holmes often told people . . .