councilwoman debbie ortega
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Denver taxi, limo licenses to end
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Close to 2,200 taxi, shuttle and limousine drivers will likely face fewer regulations in the New Year, when the City and County of Denver is expected to stop requiring them to qualify for and get “Herdic” licenses. Such licenses were named for the Herdic cab, a horse-drawn carriage invented by Peter Herdicin in 1881. Herdic…
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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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Denver special district budgets key to downtown
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Besides the $232 million capital improvement program budget that drives the majority of the infrastructure repair, maintenance and expansion in the City and County of Denver, City Council was set to approve budgets of more than $15 million for a dozen business improvement and nine local maintenance districts scattered across the city’s commercial areas. Business…