Denver City Council

Reader: Marijuana prices will be at $100 an ounce before long

William Breathes's post about the Denver City Council's decision to consider a recreational-marijuana-retail-store ban in April inspired speculation about whether officials might defy the will of the city's voters, and what could happen if pot shops are allowed. One reader sees a future in which pri ... More >>

Marijuana: Council's Amendment 64 Committee faces tough questions, has few answers

The first meeting of the Denver City Council's Amendment 64 Committee, held yesterday afternoon, concluded with few answers but a big pile of questions. The most pressing of the latter might also be the most formidable: Can the committee accomplish its goals within a very tight timeline?

Gates Rubber factory historic designation try prompts city council to act -- but not to raise fee

Denver City Council made some history last night when it approved changes to the city's landmark ordinance -- changes inspired by a University of Colorado student's attempt last summer to stymie the redevelopment of the old Gates Rubber factory by having the remaining buildings declared a landmark.

Michael Hancock takes cabinet to community for a preview of tonight's de-Brucing briefing

Mayor Michael Hancock held his second "Cabinet in the Community" town-hall meeting Saturday morning at the transformed Rude Recreation Center in west Denver -- a physical manifestation of his campaign promise to "reconnect people to their government." Even if there were more government representativ ... More >>

GIFs: Top eight sign-spinning moves city council could stop for medical marijuana dispensaries

Tonight, despite a lawsuit threat, Denver City Council is expected to ban outdoor advertising at medical marijuana dispensaries -- a move largely motivated by dislike of MMJ sign spinners. Yet as outlined by Kelsey Whipple's recent feature "Spin City! Denver's sign spinners want you to give them a t ... More >>

Reader: Medical marijuana sign spinners are losing jobs in terrible market

Our post about alternative jobs for medical marijuana sign spinners, whose positions are almost certainly going to be nixed by a Monday vote of the Denver City Council, inspired one reader to make a serious point about a gig that didn't find much support even among those opposing the council's propo ... More >>

Photos: Top ten jobs for soon-to-be-unemployed medical marijuana sign spinners

Next Monday, despite threats of a lawsuit, the Denver City Council seems all but certain to impose a ban on medical marijuana outdoor advertising -- a proposal that seems to have been almost entirely motivated by antipathy toward sign spinners. If the council lowers the boom, how will these MMJ spi ... More >>

Marijuana groups backing outdoor ad ban won't disclose membership

Despite the pleas of patients, dispensary owners and infused-product entrepreneurs, Denver City Council members unanimously approved going forward with a ban on all outdoor medical marijuana advertising in the city -- a more draconian measure than the original proposal for a ban near schools, parks ... More >>

Medical marijuana outdoor ad ban one step away from Denver City Council approval

Last night, Denver City Council unanimously backed the proposed ban on medical marijuana outdoor advertising, despite a majority of speakers opposing the proposed measure, as well as one advocate's threat to sue on First Amendment grounds. Council will now have to have a final vote to approve it on ... More >>

Marijuana advocate to Denver City Council: If changes in MMJ ad ban not made, we'll sue

Update below: Last week, our William Breathes noted that a Denver City Council-proposed outdoor medical marijuana advertising ban is up for public discussion tonight -- but advocate Rico Colibri isn't waiting. During the wee hours, he sent an open letter to the council (read it below) threatening to ... More >>

Urban camping ban: Denver Police outline enforcement protocol

The Denver Police Department has released the training bulletin that details how officers should approach violations of the city's new urban camping ban. Before the ordinance goes into effect May 29, officers are partnering with homeless outreach workers to prepare a department-wide response that de ... More >>

Reader: Snooze is targeted by protesters over camping ban that won't do anything

Snooze found itself at the center of a protest over the camping ban after co-owner Brianna Borin spoke in favor of the ordinance at a Denver City Council hearing. During peak breakfast hours two weekends ago, members of Occupy Denver flocked to the original Snooze, at 23rd and Larimer streets, with ... More >>

Denver City Council redistricting hearing: Paint the town by numbers

Location, location, location. For the past twenty years, I've lived in Denver City Council's District 9. But if the proposed redistricting is approved by council, my house at the edge of Highland will become part of District 1, and District 9 will move east. Time -- and partisan politics -- marches ... More >>

Reader: Sunflower Market on Colfax an easy call, so why did Denver City Council make it hard?

Patricia Calhoun's item about a Denver City Council food fight over building a new Sunflower Market on Colfax sparked a strong take from one of our most regular commenters after the project was approved. Here's what he had to say.

Chickens in Denver neighborhoods: City Council takes on the urban homesteading clusterpluck

​The fight over the current urban homesteading movement can sometimes seem as heated as the battles between homesteaders and cattle ranchers on the frontier 130 years ago. And the feathers will be flying tonight at Denver City Council chambers, as members consider putting a chicken in every p ... More >>

Pit bull service-dog rules go into effect as Aurora looks to adjust its "bully breeds" ban

​New federal guidelines tightening the traditionally loosey-goosey definition "service animals" go into effect today. From now on only dogs (and, um, in some cases, miniature horses) that have been "individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disabi ... More >>

Reader: Denver City Council ass-f*cking common sense economics with MMJ grow regs

​William Breathes's post about developer Mickey Zeppelin, one target of a threatened lawsuit related to proposed medical marijuana grow regulations being considered later today by Denver City Council, attracted some strong responses. None was stronger, though, than the one on view below.

Medical marijuana: Jessica Corry on suit that could make Denver liable for MMJ shutdowns

Jessica Corry.​Following reports about proposals that could close 137 of 150 medical marijuana grows, a compromise measure passed through the Denver City Council special issues committee -- although it's unclear how many operations might be shuttered under the provision. Moreover, attorney Jes ... More >>

Marijuana grow houses are a growing controversy at Denver City Council

​In the fall of 2009, Denver City Council rep Charlie Brown realized that the city had to get a handle on the booming medical marijuana dispensary industry -- and even as the Colorado Legislature was just starting to discuss MMJ, Denver was signing off on its ordinance. But now the city needs ... More >>

Denver City Council committee moves forward with medical marijuana zoning proposal

​A revised version of a proposed Denver city ordinance that, according to attorney Warren Edson, would have closed 137 of Denver's 150 medical marijuana grow operations, and potentially dispensaries associated with them, passed through Denver City Council's Special Issues Committee this aftern ... More >>

Reader: Pit bull attacks get fifteen to twenty times the coverage as ones by other breeds

​A vigorous conversation has taken root on our post about the Denver City Council rejecting a service-dog exemption for pit bulls. One interesting observation has to do with the way pit bulls are covered by the media in comparison with other dogs.

Reader: Medical marijuana community is many & its detractors are few if MMJ backers unite

​Right now, one of our liveliest conversations is taking place on a post about Denver City Council medical marijuana regulations. But for one reader, the tone of the chat is too divisive. He'd like everyone involved to pull together.

Medical marijuana proposal: Would new city council rule ban caregivers in Denver?

​Among the items on the agenda for tonight's Denver City Council meeting is CB 10-0607, which is described as "a bill for an ordinance relating to the Denver Zoning Code, restricting growing of medical marijuana in residential districts and uses." Sounds benign enough -- but could it result i ... More >>

Pot protesters pick the wrong target, Denver officials say

​I was on the phone with a city official late Monday, and could hear the protest outside City Hall, organized by Robert Chase, founder of the Colorado Coalition for Patients and Caregivers, who's asking for a recall of the Denver City Council members who voted for the ordinance regulating medi ... More >>

Medical marijuana dispensaries in Denver: Guess how many file by March 1 and win a marijuana lei

​The stereotypical pothead moves slowly -- but this is ridiculous. By last Friday -- the end of the second week during which medical marijuana dispensaries could file their now-required dispensary applications with the Denver Department of Excise and Licenses -- exactly 61 had done so. Which ... More >>

Northwest Denver restaurateurs: If you can stand the heat, get on council

Tocabe's Ben Jacobs could have Denver rolling in dough.​If you own a restaurant and have lived in Denver City Council District 1 for at least a year, the Colorado Restaurant Association wants to hear from you. Rick Garcia, the current rep for that district, is moving on to a federal job, so t ... More >>

Medical marijuana dispensary owner sleeps in car and pays $5,000 for the privilege

​Wesley Fazio waited twelve hours -- in a cold car, in his long underwear -- for a shot at making his soon-to-open dispensary legal. Yesterday, the Denver Department of Excise and Licenses started accepting applications for medical marijuana dispensary licenses -- which every operational disp ... More >>

Rob Corry threatens Denver City Council with lawsuits over medical marijuana ordinance

A spoof ad showing Rob Corry as a "scorced earth warrior" for medical marijuana.​On Friday, we shared with you a letter by attorney Rob Corry shredding Senator Chris Romer's latest draft of a measure to regulate the medical marijuana industry. Shortly thereafter, Romer backed away from the bil ... More >>

Medical marijuana debate at Denver city council: Expect a mob scene

Is that your phone ringing, Charlie Brown?​The pot proposal pushed by Denver city councilman Charlie Brown is up for public comment on Monday -- and the Cannabis Therapy Institute, among the most efficient and effective marijuana advocacy organizations in the state, wants to make sure folks w ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: The week ahead, February 16-21

The big news: Barack Obama is coming back to Denver, the town where he accepted the Democratic nomination on August 28, and where now, as president, he will now sign the $787 billion stimulus bill on Tuesday, February 17 at the Museum of Nature & Science (conveniently vetted by the Secret Service ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: History in the taking

Yesterday afternoon, I posted a note from Marcus Pachner, informing members of the CBHD -- the stakeholders' group working with Shea Properties on its redevelopment of the former University of Colorado Health Sciences campus -- that Denver City Council's public hearing to consider landmar ... More >>

CU at Denver City Council -- but not next Monday

Next Monday's public hearing before Denver City Council to decide the fate of two historic Hornbein and White buildings on the old University of Colorado campus has been postponed. "Shea has been working closely with Councilwoman Robb and Councilwoman Johnson on the historic designation applicati ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Building -- and budgeting -- for the future

The holidays push most action off the public calendar this week. Tonight at 5:30 p.m., Denver City Council will start the process of stuffing someone's stocking with coal: Over the next few weeks, councilmembers will decide whether to grant landmark status to two, '60s-era Hornbein and Wh ... More >>

From the week of December 11, 2008

The new math behind Denver Health response times

Time is of the essence at Denver Health. The Denver City Council's finance committee yesterday approved a one-year, $51.9 million operating agreement with the Denver Health and Hospital Authority -- with one significant change over the previous contract: Denver Health has agreed to peg ambulan ... More >>

Denver Council signs off on most expensive cookbook ever

Graffiti prevention makes the city budget...for now

Prevent Poo at the DNC by Signing the Doo Doo Accord!

Ray Ruybal Made His Mark

The longtime head of Denver's graffiti unit fought to clean up the city -- until he felt he was beating his head against the wall.

Denver Run-Off Election Ballots Due Today

Happiness is a Warm Gun When You're Running for City Council

Countdown

At the Denver Election Commission, there’s no safety in numbers.

Best Free Entertainment

People-watching on the 16th Street Mall while we still can

Open Season

Time to give Denver the business.

Bite Me

Butt Seriously, Folks

Best Place to See Politicians Behaving Badly

Cherokee Dining on 12th Avenue

Bite Me

A Smoking Deal

Backwash

The City Council votes on the side of youth and music.

Backwash

The City of Denver prepares to vote on a bill that affects all ages.

THE ART OF THE DEAL