Author: John C. Ensslin, Colorado Politics
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Nuggets, Avalanche to stay in Denver through 2040, says Hancock (VIDEO)
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Denver has reached a deal with the Colorado Avalanche and the Denver Nuggets to keep the two teams in the city through 2040. Mayor Michael Hancock announced the tentative agreement Thursday in a pep-rally-style event on the steps of the Denver City and County Building complete with high school cheerleaders and bands and the mascots…
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COVER STORY | Magic mushrooms in Denver: Medicine or mayhem?
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Denver voters will head into uncharted territory when they decide whether to decriminalize possession of small amounts of psilocybin, better known as “magic mushrooms.” Initiated Ordinance 301 on the ballot mailed to city voters starting April 15 would make use and possession of psilocybin mushrooms “the city’s lowest law-enforcement priority.” And while the mushroom referendum…
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Denver mayoral candidates debate growth, development
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Development and growth dominated the latest debate of Denver mayoral candidates, much as it has through the entire campaign. The four leading candidates also talked about taxes, improving poorer neighborhoods and who their favorite former Denver mayor was during the forum at the Denver Field House events venue on Federal Boulevard, sponsored by The Denver…
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COVER STORY | Debate over Denver’s streets: As homelessness grips the city, voters ponder scrapping camping ban
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Take a walk along any street in downtown Denver, and chances are good that on any given day you’ll come face to face in vivid and sometimes tragic detail with the extent of the city’s grinding and intractable homelessness problem. A man sprawls unconscious on a sidewalk outside the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Another man…
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COVER STORY 2 | Occupy Denver fights camping ban with protests, boycotts
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While the debate over Denver’s Initiative 300 continues, another group has taken a separate tack aimed at overturning Denver’s urban camping ban. Members of the activist group Occupy Denver have been staging weekly demonstrations with soup kitchens along the 16th Street Mall, urging people to boycott businesses that refused to sign a petition calling for…
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Mayoral candidates offer their take on Denver — and who they would take on a tour
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A mayoral debate before the Lincoln Club and the Denver Republican Party on Monday night had a little bit of everything: There was a shouting candidate led out of the South High School auditorium by police. There were conservative voters, some carrying signs calling for the repeal of a state bill that would replace the…
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Denver Mayor Hancock’s 1st campaign ad features homelessness (VIDEO)
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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s re-election campaign on March 25 began running his first advertisement – a 30-second video that highlights a time when his family was homeless. Dubbed “Blessed,” the ad (watch below) features Hancock’s 20-year-old daughter, Janae, sitting on a bench in Skyland Park, talking about how her dad’s father left the family when…
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6 candidates make ballot in Denver mayoral race
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The field for the next mayor of Denver narrowed from nine to six Thursday as the city clerk’s office declared who had submitted enough petition signatures to be placed on the May 7 ballot. Those candidates will include incumbent Michael Hancock and challengers Lisa Calderon, Stephan “Seku” Evans, Jamie Giellis, Kalyn Rose Heffernan and Penfield Tate III. Tate will…
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Denver City Council approves measure granting city contractors $15 hourly wage
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Employees working under some 300 Denver city and county contracts will be entitled to a $15 per hour minimum wage under a measure approved unanimously on Monday night by the City Council. “The wage gap has kept people in poverty and threatens the ability of working families to meaningfully participate in the economic prosperity cities…
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Denver mayor candidate wants delay on Denveright plan
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Denver mayoral candidate Jamie Giellis is asking the city council to delay is plan to vote in April on a proposed comprehensive plan for the city for three to six months rather than do so before the May 7 municipal election. “Denver voters deserve a more thoughtful approach to setting a vision for Denver’s future…
