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Denver mayoral candidate Andy Rougeot raises $25,000, self finances $250,000
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Andy Rougeot, one of 12 candidates vying to be Denver’s next mayor, has released details on his campaign finances up to this point. The deadline for other candidates to report contributions is Monday Oct. 17. Paul Pazen reflects on four-year tenure as Denver’s police chief Rougeot said he has raised $25,000 for his mayoral bid.…
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Surprised by affordable housing status, Denver woman could have been forced from home
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The story of a Denver woman told by the city she couldn’t sell her Green Valley Ranch home for market value because of affordable housing rules got more complicated last week. We shared FOX31’s scoop in January on Cynthia Lopez, who in the process of selling her home was surprised to learn the property was a…
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What tops Denver City Council’s budgetary wish list for 2019?
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Government proceedings can typically be filed away in the mundane or tedious category, that is unless you’re attending a Denver City Council budget planning retreat. Denverite’s Andrew Kenney detailed the “exciting” proceedings earlier this week – which he said included free coffee and at least one handstand – as the council hashed out its budgetary…
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Beloved tiny-home village needs a permanent space, Denver officials say
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It’s a one-of-a-kind project. A village of nearly one dozen tiny homes serving Denverites who were once homeless. The 11-tiny-home Beloved Community Village touts itself as a “democratically self-governed” community giving people without homes a chance to re-establish their place in a community, renew their purpose and restore their dignity, and most importantly, have a…
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Fueled by gentrification, community activist vying for Denver Council President Brooks’ seat
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The election isn’t until May 2019, but one community activist is already eyeing Albus Brooks’ seat on the Denver City Council. Denverite has the report about Candi CdeBaca, founder of the Cross Community Coalition and executive director of Project VOYCE, who told the online news outlet her decision to file paperwork to run for District…
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Denver approves new rules to protect businesses owned by women, minorities
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The Denver City Council approved new rules this week to give more leverage to women- and minority-owned small businesses that subcontract with big firms on city-funded municipal projects. That news comes from Denverite, which reports the changes will ensure subcontractors get paid quicker and are protected from retaliation if they complain about getting pushed around…
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Denver’s Stapleton neighborhood reckons with its namesake’s KKK ties
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What’s in a name? While some people might hear Stapleton and think of the old Denver airport or the burgeoning Denver neighborhood, others cringe at its origins. Named after the five-term Denver Mayor Benjamin Stapleton starting in the 1920s – and member of the Ku Klux Klan who helped position Klan members throughout city government…
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Some Denver neighborhoods considering taking public improvements into their own hands
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While much of Denver has been undergoing a facelift of sorts for some time, enjoying (or not enjoying) booming development and investment in new infrastructure, some southwest city neighborhoods feel left behind. Denverite’s Andrew Kenney wrote last week about a stretch of Denver, largely constructed in the 1950s and 60s, that feel caught in limbo.…
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What gifts have Denver elected officials received this year?
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Per a new rule in Denver city government, City Council members and Mayor Michael Hancock must report all gifts received. And while the value of the gifts won’t jump off the page, it’s the details that make the report worth a read. Denverite’s got the interesting scoop on the tally of the value of gifts…
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Public funding for Denver’s political campaigns? Not this year
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Denverite’s Erica Meltzer reports that Denver residents once again won’t get to vote on a wide-ranging campaign-reform proposal that, among other features, would have introduced public funding for campaigns. When all the tallying was done at the Denver Clerk and Recorder’s Office, the ballot initiative and petition drive by the group Clean Slate Now had…
