denver mayor michael hancock
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Denver marijuana buyers could help with city’s affordable housing woes
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A marijuana tax hike would help boost affordable housing efforts in Denver under a proposal released Monday by Denver Mayor Michael Hancock. The plan would double the city’s Affordable Housing Fund annually – from $15 million to $30 million – and generate an additional estimated $105 million in funding for affordable housing over the next…
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CIRULI | Is Denver ready for a change?
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Michael Hancock may weather this latest storm, but managing the sex-related controversy, given the present climate surrounding the issue, is proving to be difficult. Key questions are: Will the controversy cost him votes in a third-term run? Could he lose because of it? Will he run? Will the controversy grow sufficiently to cause him to…
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How would probe of harassment allegations against Denver mayor work?
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Will the Denver City Council launch an investigation into inappropriate text messages that Mayor Michael Hancock sent to a female police officer six years ago? We won’t have an answer until later this week at the earliest, Denver City Council President Albus Brooks says. In late February, the two-term Denver mayor admitted to sending inappropriate…
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New Denver fund would give local business districts a boost
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A business improvement district, or BID, can mean a big economic boost for a commercial area. Over three decades, the Cherry Creek North BID has allowed the area to “compete nationally and internationally, to advocate for its constituents, to finance and build its own streetscape improvements,” Cherry Creek North BID President and CEO Julie Underdahl…
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Denver launching consumer protections effort while White House looks to weaken safeguards, city says
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If the White House is softening its approach on consumer protections, Denver will explore how to counter predatory financial practices at home, city officials say. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s office announced the Consumer Financial Protection Initiative last week. The program will focus on combating elder financial abuse, notary fraud, wage theft, predatory lending and predatory…
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Denver councilman calls for independent probe into allegations against Denver mayor
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“To remove the cloud” forming over the city’s top office, a Denver councilman is calling for an independent investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Mayor Michael Hancock. In a pointed letter sent to the mayor’s office earlier this week and obtained by Westword, Councilman Rafael Espinoza asked the city attorney to commission an independent investigation…
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Can Denver Mayor Hancock weather sexual harassment allegations?
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Last week, two-term Denver Mayor Michael Hancock admitted to sending inappropriate text messages to Denver Police Detective Leslie Branch-Wise when she was an officer serving on his security detail in 2012. Denver7’s Tony Kovaleski first broke the story , airing out the slew of text messages from Hancock to Branch-Wise, six years ago. “You look sexy in…
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Denver explores dedicating more money for affordable housing
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As part of an ongoing campaign to combat the high cost of housing in Denver, Mayor Michael Hancock is suggesting throwing more money into the city’s affordable housing fund. That news according to Denverite’s Andrew Kenney, who reported on Friday that Hancock has “asked city staff to look for more money soon after the city…
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Denver will use rent subsidies to fill vacant apartments
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Surging rent and an apartment glut have spawned a new Denver pilot program providing housing subsidies to low-income Denverites. A news report from the Wall Street Journal notes that the new program called LIVE, Lower Income Voucher Equity, will help “house teachers, medical technicians and others” in “sparkling new, high-end rental apartments with amenities like…
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Denver mayor calls AG Sessions ‘out of step’ over shifting federal pot policy
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With Denver reaping millions of dollars annually in sales tax revenue from recreational marijuana, and Colorado’s market representing a billion-dollar industry, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock called a shifting federal approach toward states with legalized marijuana irresponsible. “This is a billion-dollar-plus industry here in Colorado, (with) thousands of jobs, and what this move has done is…
