Tag: Kevin Flynn
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Denver police chief ‘optimistic’ of hiring 167 recruits in 2024
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver’s budget hearings continued Thursday with Police Chief Ron Thomas responding to council members about Mayor Mike Johnston’s $8.2 million proposal — which he hopes will be enough to hire 167 officers in 2024. “I believe that we can achieve that by the end of…
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Denver mayor, councilmembers honored for time in office
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The Denver City Council honored elected officials leaving office on Monday. The meeting included a visit from outgoing Mayor Michael Hancock, who was awarded with a proclamation for his years of service. Councilmembers thanked the mayor for his service not only as mayor for the last 12 years but as a councilmember before then. The…
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Polis expands access to art gallery liquor permit | Arts news
First, the bad news. If you are one of those small arts organizations that makes wine available to your audiences for free or … wink, wink, for … suggested donations … without a permit, you’re still breaking the law. But if you are one of those that have gone to the trouble of obtaining what…
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Any DPS graduate can use Denver’s college affordability fund, regardless of residency status
The Denver City Council expanded eligibility for the Prosperity Denver Fund in a 12-1 vote Monday evening after lengthy public comment and deliberation. The new rules allow students from low-income families to participate in the fund, which has various means of lessening the financial burden of higher education, as long as they graduated from a…
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Redevelopment of theater at Denver’s Loretto Heights moves closer to reality
The theater at Loretto Heights in Denver’s southwest neighborhood of Harvey Park may soon become Denver’s newest old concert hall. A contract worth almost $10 million cleared the City of Denver’s Land Use, Transportation and Infrastructure committee Tuesday as part of a larger $50 million redevelopment of the area. Known as the May Bonfils Stanton…
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Candidates for Denver City Council District 2 talk affordability, public safety
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The three candidates for Denver City Council’s District 2 seat made their case for why voters should put them in office during a Fair Elections Fund Debate Wednesday. The debate was held at College View High School and moderated by students. While they addressed a…
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Denver’s Mayoral race is crowded, but it’s not the only one
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Almost 50 names will appear on the City of Denver’s April 4 ballot across several different municipal offices. The 17 candidates remaining for mayor (there was as many as 26) will be accompanied by nine city council at-large candidates and 23 others in an election…
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Denver approves ‘wage theft’ protection bill
Orange flooded the Denver City Council chambers Monday during a public hearing on a “wage theft” protection bill. The orange did not belong to fans of Denver Broncos, Clemson Tigers or Tennessee Volunteers, but to Carpenters Local 555 — a labor union in Denver. “Wage theft” is pervasive in Denver, according to District 11 Councilwoman Stacie…
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12 years in City Hall: Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s triumphs and failures
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock knows what he’ll regret most from his three terms as the most powerful elected leader in Denver: Thanksgiving, 2020, when Hancock was caught traveling in the thick of a raging pandemic despite having urged the public to stay home. He wanted to keep a promise to his daughter, he said, having assured…
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Mayor Hancock rejects council request for pedestrian cross signals — again
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In a letter to Denver City Council, Mayor Michael Hancock Thursday said he wants to protect the city’s reserve fund balance, so he’s rejecting an amendment that would finance flashing crosswalk beacons throughout Denver. Hancock sent a letter to city council saying he would reject…