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They're going to need some pretty big signs to hold all the names of the august Denverites honored at the city's new justice complex.
After a contentious, sometimes bitter and racially charged process that stretched over several months, the Denver City Council finally agreed Monday night, with one notable abstention, to name various buildings and components of the new complex after six influential figures in the evolution of the city's justice system.
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"What can we save if we sell this red carpet on eBay?"Mayor John Hickenlooper may be starring in his own documentary series, but if this morning's Denver Post is any indication, he's soon going to be starring in his own political thriller, in which he somehow tries to trim $120 million from the city's budget without decimating services, putting more people out of work, or taking more money out of his citizens' already-flimsy wallets. From the Post:
He said he doubts the city has faced as dras
Jeanne Faatz.Mayor John Hickenlooper wants to use $2.3 million from Denver's general fund to continue his quest, announced circa 2005, to end homelessness here in ten years. The move appears to have plenty of support on city council, even though the current budget is in such grim condition that Hick threatened police officers with sweeping layoffs if they didn't agree to forgo raises. But not every council member is on his side. Indeed, District 2 rep Jeanne Faatz has a slew of objections
Jeanne Faatz.Moments from now, Mayor John Hickenlooper will be meeting with the media to talk about a revision in his budget plan -- additional bucks to save the Byers library , which had been marked for closure, and keep other branches open for longer hours. And where is he getting the dough? Well, over a million is coming from homeless program funding that he announced mere weeks ago. Back then, City Councilwoman Jeanne Faatz was among the few politicos willing to oppose this feel-good
Denver's auto impound facility If the I-300 ballot initiative passes in November 3, Denver police officers will be required to immediately impound any and every car they pull over where the person behind the wheel doesn't have a valid driver's license in their possession. But while the main target of the proposed law is illegal immigrants, it would also apply to bona fide drivers who don't have their ID on them simply because it was lost, misplaced or stolen.
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Charlie Brown wants to put medical-marijuana businesses on a tighter leash.Today, Councilman Charlie Brown is presenting his proposal for regulating the city's medical marijuana dispensaries to the Denver City Council's Safety committee. We live blogged the meeting. To read the account in chronological order, start at the bottom item below.
10:50 a.m.Councilman Linkhart calls up four industry representatives who've been invited to speak: an attorney who represents several dispensaries; M
