At this writing, "Mayor Move Would Roil City's Politics," a Denver Post piece by Christopher Osher, lists "several city council members" as possible Denver mayoral candidates should John Hickenlooper be appointed to fill the senate seat presently occupied by Secretary of the Interior-designate Ken Salazar, including "Michael Hancock, Michael Garcia, Carol Boigon and Doug Linkhart."
Oops. Rick Garcia is a council member, representing District 1. In contrast, the best-known Michael Garcia in th
Philip Van Cise.
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.
"We've received a tremen
Talk about a change in bedside manner.
In a presentation to members of City Council Wednesday, hospital administrators from Denver Health publicly acknowledged for the first time that their ambulance response times are not meeting national standards.
The admissions, however subtle, came as the task force convened by Katharine Archuletta, an aide to Mayor John Hickenlooper, laid out plans for how the hospital, fire department and Denver's 911 system will work together to meet goals set by the
"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
Forget John Hancock: Next time you're asked to sign a petition, you can just put down your Michael Hancock. Someone -- and it definitely wasn't Denver city councilman Michael Hancock -- did just that when presented with a petition pushing a ballot measure that would change the Denver City Charter to give sheriff's deputies greater arrest powers.
Should that measure ever pass, the deputies may want to first handcuff FieldWorks, the Washington, D.C.-based company they paid to handle the pe
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
