councilman paul lopez
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Hancock lends support to Denver ballot measure to boost parks
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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock will back a local ballot measure that seeks to upgrade many of the city’s parks, he announced Wednesday. Parks have fallen behind on maintenance and upgrades, say Hancock and Denver City Councilman Paul Lopez. Ballot measure 2A would raise about $46 million through a sales tax hike of 2.5 cents on…
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Clad in Black Lives Matter t-shirts, Denver City Council condemns white supremacy
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A day after hundreds took to Denver City Park to decry white supremacy in the wake of violent protests in Charlottesville, Va., the City Council sent its own message of solidarity, opening its weekly meeting Monday with a statement and moment of silence. Many council members wore Black Lives Matter t-shirts. Reading from a statement,…
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Open late: Denver OKs expanded hours for retail marijuana shops
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Denver officials gave retail marijuana dispensaries the OK to operate for an extra three hours in the evening — a measure that would bring hours for city retail cannabis shop hours in line with neighboring communities. The City Council approved the bill 11-2 during a regular meeting April 24, which allows medical and/or recreational marijuana dispensaries to…
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? Denver quietly joins "Ban the Box" movement
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When Denver City Councilman Paul Lopez was 17 years old, he jumped the fence around a city swimming pool and ended up with a ticket for civil disobedience. While disclosing that kind of “record” might not disqualify him from being hired for a city and county job – if he wasn’t an elected official – most city…
