Reader: Michael Hancock’s National Western Stock Show win-win-win may end in Denver loss

Patricia Calhoun's Wake-Up Call post about Mayor Michael Hancock seeking a win-win-win regarding a potential move of the National Western Stock Show raised a red flag for one reader, who thinks a potential compromise wouldn't result in a victory for Denver at all. Here's his post...
By Michael RobertsSeptember 8, 2011
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Patricia Calhoun’s Wake-Up Call post about Mayor Michael Hancock seeking a win-win-win regarding a potential move of the National Western Stock Show raised a red flag for one reader, who thinks a potential compromise wouldn’t result in a victory for Denver at all.

Here’s his post.

Keep the stock show in Denver writes:

Saddle your yee-haw for a moment. He has left open the door that a ‘win-win-win’ involves moving the Stock show to the aforementioned hinterlands under the loophole of Aurora annexing the land so that it is technically ‘in Denver.’ That is not a win for Denver. It is not a win for downtown. It is not a win for those of us who believe that legacy matters. It is not a win for the eventual ‘real’ blight that will be created in a giant sink hole to be known as ‘the OLD stock show facilities’ (ya know, kinda like ‘the OLD Gates facility’ or ‘the OLD St. Anthony’s Hospital’).

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Michael Roberts began his career with Westword in 1990 as music editor. In 1999, he took on a new role, full-time media reporter, as author of a column called The Message. In 2008, he became the lead writer for Westword‘s news blog, The Latest Word, a position he held until January 2023. Michael continues to freelance for Westword, covering everything from business to sports and the media; he also contributes to Jazziz, a national music magazine. He holds a bachelor’s degree from what is now Colorado Mesa University and master’s degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, and Northwestern University.

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