Tag: Kwame Spearman
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2023 Denver school board election cost $2.2 million
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The cost of the 2023 Denver school board election? $2.2 million Candidates and outside groups spent $2.2 million in November’s Denver school board election, according to final campaign finance reports. That total surpasses spending in the last board election in 2021 and nearly ties the…
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Open DPS at-large seat held by Anderson attracts three candidates
A former East High School principal is the latest to jump into the Denver Public Schools Board of Education race. John Youngquist has joined an increasingly crowded field to replace the at-large seat held by Board Vice President Auon’tai Anderson. Last month, Anderson announced he was dropping out of the race to run for Colorado…
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Kwame Spearman announces candidacy for Denver school board
Kwame Spearman made it official Monday. He’s running — after a failed Denver mayoral bid —for the at-large seat on the Denver Public Schools Board of Education. Early last month, Spearman stepped down as CEO of the Tattered Cover to explore a run for school board in November. The board has two at-large seats. The…
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Kwame Spearman leaves CEO Tattered Cover position; explores Denver school board run
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Kwame Spearman announced Wednesday that participating in the Denver mayoral election this year gave him “the bug” – a calling to public service and participating in community discourse. So he stepping down as CEO of the Tattered Cover and will be exploring a candidacy in the…
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With youth as audience, Denver mayoral candidates focus on fentanyl at 5280 High School forum
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Recent mayoral debates have been combative, but the forum on Thursday, which focused on fentanyl, was much more collaborative. Candidates were asked questions by students at 5280 High School, which specializes in providing education for youth dealing with substance misuse and addiction. Their queries, which…
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Here’s the official order of candidates’ names on ballot for Denver council, mayoral races
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After a random drawing of names by the Denver Elections Division Tuesday evening, the ballot order for all 17 mayoral candidates and 41 other city offices is set. Lot draw has begun. Ballot order to be determined pic.twitter.com/mrzXir1Dyi — Denver Elections (@DenverElections) February 8, 2023…
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Does ballot order in Denver mayor’s race give Lisa Calderon, who sits atop the list, an edge?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tuesday’s random drawing to determine the order of appearance of candidates for Denver mayor on the municipal ballot put Lisa Calderon’s name at the top of the list. Does that give her any edge? Two veteran observers of Denver city politics offered a mixed assessment. …
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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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The new owners of Denver’s beloved Tattered Cover bookstores talk the next 50 years
Last week, the COVID-19 pandemic forced Denver’s famous Tattered Cover bookstores to change ownership for the second time since the retirement of longtime owner Joyce Meskis in 2017. The independent bookstores were purchased by Colorado investors, Denver natives and long-time friends Kwame Spearman and David Back, founding partners of Bended Page, LLC. Spearman and Back…