Tag: Kevin Flynn
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Denver mayor vetoes bill expanding Denver’s needle exchange program
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston late on Tuesday vetoed a proposal to remove the cap and distance requirements on the city’s needle exchange program. The City Council may still override his veto if supporters can secure a supermajority of nine votes. That appears unlikely, as a divided council approved the measure Monday with an 8 to…
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Denver Health poised to gain $70 million annually
Denver voters backed a sales tax increase designed to provide more money to Denver Health, the city’s safety net hospital system. Though votes were still being counted, the margin in favor of the tax hike was sizable at roughly 13 points, with 155,698 votes supporting the measure out of 275,723 counted so far, according to…
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Two business Denver groups throw support behind sales tax increases
Two prominent Denver entities representing business interests are backing a proposal to increase the sales tax in order to help fund the operations of Denver Health. One of the business groups also threw its support behind Mayor Mike Johnston’s push to also hike the city sales tax in order to fund “affordable housing.” All…
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Denver business groups quiet on proposed sales tax increases
Editor’s Note: This story has been update to reflect the positions of the Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce, which decided to support one sales tax rate increase proposal, and the Downtown Denver Partnership, which is now backing both tax hikes, in the time between initial interviews and this story’s publication. Denver voters will decide the…
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Denver City Council committee delays proposed sales tax measure to fund affordable housing
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After more than an hour of questions, a sales tax measure proposed by Mayor Mike Johnston has been tabled for more discussion by the Denver City Council. Councilmembers unanimously voted on Wednesday in the Safety, Housing, Education and Homeless Committee to delay sending the proposal…
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Denver considers expanding city auditor’s subpoena powers to compel contractors’ records
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A few Denver councilmembers on Monday clashed with the city auditor over a proposal to give the latter powers to subpoena the city’s contractors and compel them to produce records. On a 9-4 vote, the City Council preliminary approved the proposal expanding the city…
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Denver officially delays sidewalk program implementation to 2025
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver City Council on Monday unanimously approved delaying the start of the voter approved sidewalk program and sidewalk fund to January 1, 2025. Councilmembers Amanda Sandoval, Paul Kashmann and Kevin Flynn sponsored the change following a recommendation from the Denver sidewalk working group. The…