city councilman paul lopez
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Denver’s Mayor Hancock will kick-start campaign for $937 million in bonds
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The mother of all bond issues – seven questions in all, totaling just under a billion bucks – will be on the Nov. 8 municipal ballot in Denver, and Mayor Michael Hancock is gearing up for the campaign. He’ll kick off the “Yes on 2A thru 2G” campaign Saturday in west Denver’s Rude Park. The…
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McCann talks about her salary increase, goals for DA’s office
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Denver District Attorney-elect Beth McCann will receive 2 percent salary hikes in each of the last two years of her four-year term, similar to other salary increases given to her metro-area and statewide colleagues under state statutes. Denver City Council approved an ordinance Tuesday, Jan. 3, that set McCann’s incoming salary at $219,606, the current amount…
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Financial disclosure, lobbyist changes head to Council
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Denver City Council members and other identified officials would have to report gifts worth more than $50 a year, double the current threshold amount, under an ordinance revising the municipal code. A separate ordinance updating the city’s lobbyist registration requirements includes clearer definitions of who would have to comply with those reporting requirements. The Council’s…
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‘Moving forward’ proclamation focuses on diversity
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Denver’s history as a welcoming city, “inclusive of people of all races, colors, creeds, and national origin” was reinforced in a proclamation unanimously approved by City Council Monday, Nov. 21, nearly two weeks after the divisive general election and its aftermath of protests and reports of racial and ethnic intimidation and vandalism nationwide. Entitled “Standing…
