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Police union demands Denver Mayor Michael Hancock resign, calls for state investigation
A spokeswoman for Denver Mayor Michael Hancock on Tuesday rejected a demand by the state’s largest police union that the mayor resign after a series of sexually suggestive text messages he sent years ago to a member of his security detail came to light last week. Charging that Denver is facing rising crime rates and…
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HUDSON: At last, a turning point on sexual harassment at the Capitol
Weathering a seven-hour public hearing is a chore that usually falls to reporters and lobbyists who are compensated for their misery. Last week’s expulsion drama in the Colorado House of Representatives, however, packed the public gallery with young women wearing black (mostly interns and legislative aides), together with a smattering of the curious. A century…
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Q&A with Karen Middleton: It all comes down to equal treatment for the sexes
The #MeToo movement must seem like déjà vu to Karen Middleton. The former state lawmaker, longtime education policy wonk, self-described “fierce feminist” – and nowadays, point person for abortion-rights advocacy in Colorado – took her seat in the legislature a decade ago in the wake of the Capitol’s last big sexual-misconduct scandal. It was her…
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Can Denver Mayor Hancock weather sexual harassment allegations?
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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Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg talks equity for women with Democrat Mike Johnston at campaign event
It’ll take a combination of leadership in business, government and smaller scale, person-to-person relationships to bring about equity for women, said Facebook’s chief operating officer and author Sheryl Sandberg at an appearance Monday with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Johnston in Denver. “We have companies that need to do the right thing – lead by example. We…
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New harassment sanctions on hold in Aurora
Aurora City Council member Charlie Richardson said if sexual harassment “can happen in Hollywood, it can happen in Aurora.” But the resolution he was pushing to prevent public funds from being used in related lawsuits against council members and senior staff is on pause. The resolution hit the floor Monday night and was tabled indefinitely…
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Out West Roundup: ‘Party animal’ Arizona lawmaker expelled after #MeToo movement
Arizona ‘Party animal’ Arizona lawmaker expelled after #MeToo movement PHOENIX – Known for booze-fueled partying and good-ol’ boy, clownish behavior, Rep. Don Shooter spent the past seven years as a hard-to-miss fixture who wielded considerable power at the Arizona state Capitol. But he was kicked out of the Arizona Legislature last week for a lengthy…
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Why women often haven’t reported sexual harassment
Employment website CareerBuilder.com recently released results of a December survey about sexual harassment. Seventy-two percent of survey respondents who experienced sexual harassment at work didn’t report it. I was not surprised. In my previous 20 years employment at 9to5, National Association of Working Women, I answered calls about sexual harassment on 9to5’s Job Survival Helpline…
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Ambassador, activist and heiress Swanee Hunt has lived the #MeToo struggle
Swanee Hunt, a woman of tremendous privilege, philanthropy and leadership, has known the same struggles as many other women in the workplace today. “I have had two presidents – not Bill Clinton – make passes at me,” she told Colorado cable TV talker Aaron Harber as he interviewed the former U.S. ambassador to Austria and…
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Anti-abortion extremists host protest on day of Women’s March, steal anti-slavery language
If you get lost on your way to the Women’s March this Saturday and find yourself walking past the “March for Abolition,” don’t expect to hear any homage paid to Frederick Douglass, Nat Turner or Harriet Tubman. The so called “Colorado Right To Life” organization has foolishly appropriated language rooted in the anti-slavery movement in…