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12 years in City Hall: Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s triumphs and failures
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Outgoing Mayor of Denver, Michael Hancock, sits down with Denver Gazette for exclusive interviewTom HellauerTomHellauertom.hellauer@denvergazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a3dc80c0a9d47d671f1f3da872cc0a06?s=100&d=mm&r=g Denver Mayor Michael Hancock knows what he’ll regret most from his three terms as the most powerful elected leader in Denver: Thanksgiving, 2020, when Hancock was caught traveling in the thick of a raging pandemic despite having urged the public to…
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Denver City Council nixes landmark status for Cherry Creek home slated for demolition
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Denver has 359 structures or districts designated “historical” or granted “landmark” status by the city. These include iconic titans of the city like the Wells Fargo Center and Union Station downtown, but also includes the Speer Boulevard historic district and other smaller parcels of land. United Airlines purchases new Boeing ‘widebody’ planes After a public…
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DENVER COUNCIL SPOTLIGHT | Councilwoman Robin Kniech on breaking barriers and leaving an impact
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Denver Councilwoman Robin Kniech made Denver history in 2011 when she was elected to council as the first out member of the LGBTQ community. In the last decade, she has worked tirelessly on issues including affordable housing, labor laws and minimum wage. Kniech grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, moving to Denver after she graduated from…
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Denver’s party chairs: 2 women, 2 directions, 2 very different roles
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They are two very different women who hold somewhat similar jobs. One is a former information technology executive who has brought those skills to bear in her role as chair of the Denver Democratic Party. The other is a former conservative radio talk show host who is trying to make the Denver Republican Party relevant…
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Denver City Council newcomers oppose oversight screener
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The Denver City Council on Monday voted to approve the appointment of a lobbyist who made campaign contributions to several council members to vet candidates to a board that oversees allegations of police misconduct. The council voted 9-3 to appoint Roger Sherman as their representative on a three-member nominating committee that screens application for the…
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Denver City Council requires large developers to provide more open space, earlier public input
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Developers of projects of five acres or more will have to involve the public earlier in the planning process and provide up to 10% of publicly accessible open space under a new procedure adopted by the Denver City Council on Monday. The council voted 11-0 to change the way in which large scale developments are…
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Wheelchair attendants at Denver airport strike over health, safety issues
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About 66 wheelchair attendants and baggage handlers walked off their jobs at Denver International Airport on Tuesday in a dispute over workplace and safety issues. The employees – all contract workers with Prospect Airport Services – say they’ve been unable to get management to respond to a variety of health and safety issues, including the…
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Denver at-large council candidates debate development, gentrification
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Denver’s two at-large council members sometimes play a different role than their colleagues who represent a district. They’re not on the speed dial of their local neighborhood activists and they can spend more time addressing broader policy issues than some of their colleagues. So, it made perfect sense that Tuesday night’s debate between the six…
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Would the Denver City Council support another term for Mayor Hancock?
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After weeks of deliberation, the Denver City Council last week declined to formally investigate Mayor Michael Hancock over inappropriate text messages sent to a female city police officer six years ago. By now, you’ve likely heard about Hancock sending a slew of suggestive text messages to Leslie Branch-Wise in 2012 when she was a police…
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Denver City Council raises funds to aid tenants facing eviction
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Denver recently rolled out a new program to aid those facing a “housing crisis.” Late last week, Denver City Council members took an unconventional extra step in launching an effort to provide legal aid to Denverites facing eviction. Ten council members pooled money totaling $123,600 in donations from office budgets and personal contributions to help…
