paul lopez
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? Prevailing wage changes overdue and welcomed
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Updated 11/7/16 at 4:41 p.m. An ordinance that established a prevailing wage for City and County of Denver contractors has not seen any significant change in more than a half century, other than a process to exclude violators from doing city work projects, which has not banned a single company. That is likely to change.…
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? Mitchell follows grandpa’s path to oversight office
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Edward Mitchell came from a poor Irish Catholic family in New York in the 1940s and did not get a high school degree, so his career choices were limited. That meant becoming either a firefighter, entering the priesthood or becoming a police officer. He chose the later and was a role model for Nick Mitchell,…
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Lopez ready for fallout over OIM change
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Growing up in East Denver, Paul Lopez was scared of the cops. Now, as the Denver City Councilman representing District 3, Lopez doesn’t want city residents to experience the same feelings or worries. To that end, Lopez headed up an effort to ask city voters to make a city oversight agency permanent and on par…
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Police oversight office move up to voters
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A proposed city charter amendment to put a police and sheriff accountability office on par with those and many other Denver departments will be on the Nov. 8 city ballot. Denver City Council voted 9-0 Monday night, Aug. 15, with four council members absent, to place a question on the ballot that would make the…
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City moves to protect police oversight agency
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Denver officials are close to strengthening a civilian police watchdog agency by adding it to the city’s charter. The Office of the Independent Monitor, primarily made up of lawyers, serves as civilian oversight agency for the Denver Police and Sheriff’s Departments by participating in police investigations of misconduct and making recommendations on department policies including…
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Denver City Council under new leadership
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Denver City Council has a new leadership team. Councilman Albus Brooks, District 9, is the new council president, taking over for former Council President Christopher Herndon. Brooks won approval for the job from his fellow council members at the start of Monday night’s council meeting. Councilman Jolon Clark was also voted by his colleagues to…
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Denver set to give long-term vision for Westwood neighborhood
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– Denver City Beat – The Denver neighborhood of Westwood, separated from most of the city by the South Platte River, is set to have its first neighborhood plan approved by the city in 30 years. The hope of both residents and leaders is the plan will address issues facing an underserved part of the…