Tag: City Council
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Colorado to respond to recall efforts for Alamosa district attorney
The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office has until Tuesday to respond to a statement of grounds for a recall of 12th Judicial District Attorney Alonzo Payne, who has been the top law enforcement officer for the San Luis Valley area for 14 months. For weeks, Payne has been the focus of City Council meetings, during which…
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Bennet challenger Gino Campana ‘argumentative’ with police at noisy party
Gino Campana, a developer who is running for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Colorado, was warned by police that he risked being arrested for obstruction after he became argumentative with them about being cited for a noise violation during his daughter’s high school graduation party in 2013, according to police records. Campana eventually…
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Denver International Airport expansion set for completion this year despite major setback
Despite a hot water line break in December that caused extensive damage, the $2 billion gate expansion project at Denver International Airport is still on time and budget. Stuart Williams, senior vice president of airport expansion, told the Denver City Council’s Business, Arts, Workforce & Aviation Services Committee on Wednesday that a hot water line…
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Over 20 Denver businesses cited for selling tobacco products without necessary license
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver’s Department of Excise and Licenses on Monday fined 23 businesses that sold tobacco products without the required license. The businesses were fined $150, and each was given information about the license requirement and a warning before the fines were issued, said Eric Escudero, a…
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Denver security firm to lay off almost 100 workers
Denver-based HSS Inc., which provides security for more than two dozen municipal buildings, including Denver International Airport, will lay off 94 workers, according to paperwork filed with the mayor’s office and the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. The workers will be let go once the company’s contract with the city expires Dec. 31. Securitas Security Services USA…
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Brighton City Council member resigns after alleged drunk driving incident
Brighton City Councilman Kris Jordinelli resigned from his post on Friday, nearly two weeks after the council opened an investigation into an alleged drunk driving incident. Jordinelli faces one count of driving under the influence from an Aug. 17 incident in Brighton, according to online court records. On Nov. 22, the council voted 8-0 to…
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Denver extends COVID-19 disaster declaration into July
The Denver City Council has once again extended its local disaster emergency declaration, pushing the expiration date back another month. The disaster declaration, previously set to expire Monday, will now last through July 19. The extension was unanimously approved without discussion during the council meeting Monday. Mayor Michael Hancock first filed the disaster declaration with…
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Denver Mayor’s office continues to back DIA CEO nominee
Ever since the Denver Gazette first broke the story in Colorado that the organization Phil Washington last headed is under investigation in Los Angeles County, Mayor Michael Hancock’s office has circled the wagons around its appointee to become Denver International Airport’s CEO. Washington left his post as head of Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority…
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DIA CEO nominee’s former agency under investigation
The Los Angeles transportation agency formerly headed by Phil Washington, who has been nominated to be Denver International Airport’s next chief operating officer, is under investigation, an official with the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office confirmed Monday. According to a story published in the L.A. Daily News on Feb. 19, the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department…