lisa calderón
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Denver mayor’s race: Hancock continues hot fundraising streak
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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock maintained a dramatic fundraising lead in January over his rivals in the May election, raising more than 130 percent of all of his competitors combined in his bid for a third term this spring. Hancock took in $173,063 in January, according to the latest campaign finance reports from Denver’s Elections Division. In contrast,…
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INSIGHTS | Denver mayor’s race should pack a punch for Hancock
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A year ago, Democrats were talking about the trajectory of Michael Hancock’s political bottle rocket, and whether it made sense for him to seek a third term as Denver’s mayor or move on to a higher office. Hancock was talked about as a potential gubernatorial candidate, potentially the state’s first black governor. Instead, Jared Polis,…
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Another candidate emerges for Denver mayor
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Add another name to the list of people who want to be Denver’s next mayor. Lisa Calderón says she plans to launch a campaign for mayor in the May 2019 election. Calderón, 50, is a criminal justice professor at Denver’s Regis University and co-chair of the Colorado Latino Forum. She will join attorney and former…
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Kavanaugh accuser Deborah Ramirez garners strong support from Colo. associates
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BOULDER – Deborah Ramirez’s associates are standing with the intensely private Boulder woman who launched herself into the national spotlight Sunday with allegations of sexual misconduct by U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. “I fully support Debbie, 100 percent,” said Lisa Calderon, who hired and supervised Ramirez more than a decade ago to work with…
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Data collection to shed light on Denver police interactions with minorities
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Does the Denver Police Department racially profile those they come in contact with daily? Local law enforcement leaders hope a new data collection program unveiled this week can help shed some light on the nature of its interactions with minorities in Denver. Launching in northeast Denver in mid-July, the three-month pilot program will require that…
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Denver to open ‘gender responsive’ jail space for women
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A report in January from the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice says women made up 9.9 percent of the state’s inmate population last year – the highest proportion in nine years. And over the next six years, while the male population behind bars in Colorado is projected to climb 37 percent, the female inmate population is…
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Denver activist sues mayor, sheriff alleging contract was pulled in retaliation
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She’s a community activist and a loud critic of the Denver mayor and sheriff. And earlier this week, she became the plaintiff in a federal lawsuit against city leaders. Late last month, we told you about Lisa Calderón – leader of transitional services organization Community Re-entry Project (CRP) – crying foul when the organization’s contract…
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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, March 18 edition
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TREASURER HUNT … There are six Republicans running for state treasurer, and if current trends continue, primary voters could have nearly that many to choose from in June. Two of the candidates – Denver businessman Brian Watson and state Rep. Polly Lawrence of Roxborough Park – have turned in petitions, which are awaiting verification but…
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Denver advocacy group cries foul after denied city contract
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Since 2010, the Community Reentry Project (CRP) has offered transitional services within Denver’s jail system under a city contract. Recently, that contract was allowed to expire and Denver officials considered awarding that pact to a new provider. But CRP’s leader is crying foul. CRP Executive Director Lisa Calderon claims Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s office denied…
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Denver needs an elected sheriff, free of political influence, activists say
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Despite reforms, the Denver Sheriff’s Department’s management of the city jail system remains a “quagmire,” an activist group says. That’s why Denver County taxpayers should have the power to elect their sheriff. Denver is one of only two Colorado counties that doesn’t elect its sheriff; the mayor makes the pick. Over the weekend, the Colorado…