After being smacked with the outing of a $120,000 federal tax lien, city controller candidate Ronald C. Green's campaign has responded with documents indicating that one of his foes in the election, Pam Holm, is being disingenuous in a campaign promotion.

At issue is Holm’s assertion in print ads and in a radio spot that she served as a “compliance analyst” for a multi-million dollar investment firm.

According to documents filed with the federal Securities and Exchange Commission in 1999 and 2000, Holm’s title was “compliance assistant.”

“To be sure, there is no shame in being an assistant, administrative or otherwise, but it is most certainly not the same as being an analyst, particularly in an investment securities environment which requires specific licensing,” Green campaign consultant Keir Murray said in an e-mail. “I won't speculate as to why Ms. Holm may have found it necessary to artificially inflate her professional experience and credentials, but she appears to have done so.”

Holm’s campaign acknowledged that District G councilwoman was not licensed for anything but said that she did not need a license for her position.

"... After working at the firm, she moved into a position that they call 'compliance analyst'," said Bethel Nathan, Holm's campaign manager. "We're just into a matter of words here. She has not held herself out to be a chief executive officer, nothing other than what she was. It's a matter of semantics."

Holm and Green are being challenged in the Nov. 3 election by fellow City Councilman M.J. Khan, who Texas Watchdog reported earlier this month may not live inside the city limits of Houston.

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