Tag: Mayor Mike Johnston
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Vision Zero: As Denver doubles down, fatalities keep climbing
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A decade ago, Denver became one of many U.S. cities to adopt a bold, new model of traffic safety — one that envisioned an end to the hundreds of serious injuries and dozens of fatalities that plague the streets each year. Fast forward to today, and Denver streets and intersections show a widening array of…
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Denver unveils new all-electric, ‘permanently’ affordable housing
The City of Denver welcomed its newest affordable housing community as Mayor Mike Johnston and other city leaders gathered for a brief ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday. Developed by the Urban Land Conservancy, The Irving at Mile High Vista is a new, permanently affordable, all-electric multifamily housing community in Denver’s West Colfax neighborhood. The 102-unit project…
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EDITORIAL: Mayor Johnston’s million-dollar legal tab
When Mike Johnston went to Washington in March to testify before Congress, it was ostensibly to defend — really, to deny — Denver’s status as a “sanctuary” city for illegal immigrants. The taxpayers’ tab? $1 million and counting. Johnston’s office inked a deal with the law firm Covington & Burling LLC, capped at $2 million…
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Denver Council rejects push to pull millions from police for homeless spending
A push to shift millions of dollars away from the Denver Police Department to pay for homeless families’ shelter failed on Monday night, when councilmembers waded through more than two dozen amendments. The council voted against a pair of amendments, sponsored independently by Councilmember Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez and At-large Councilmember Sarah Parady, both of which proposed…
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EDITORIAL: Cops need ‘Flock’ for Denver’s crime fight
Drawing news coverage and driving headlines, a noisy rabble of political activists gathered in north Denver last Wednesday to vent their orchestrated outrage over the city’s use of breakthrough surveillance technology in nabbing lawbreakers. They directed their ire at the administration of Denver Mayor Mike Johnston for extending the city’s police contract with Atlanta-based Flock…
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EDITORIAL: More reason to VOTE NO on Denver’s 2A-2E
There are plenty of sound reasons to oppose Denver’s nearly $1 billion bond proposal — Issues 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D and 2E on this fall’s mail ballot. But for the long story short, look no further than this week’s news about City Hall’s latest financial pratfall. It’s a doozy — embarrassing for the city and…
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EDITORIAL: Denver City Hall buys real estate like it’s Monopoly
Denver City Hall has put up the homeless in tent towns it has built as well as in hotels it has purchased. So, the administration of Mayor Mike Johnston must reason it’s no big deal to take the next step — buying and building longer-term “affordable housing.” Using taxpayers’ dollars, of course. Which, to City…
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With new stadium, Broncos look to expand ticket price tiers
Building a new stadium for the Denver Broncos instead of renovating Empower Field will give the team more flexibility to expand the price points it offers for tickets, the team’s president said. “Right now, we have a pretty limited menu of options,” said Damani Leech, Bronco’s president in one of his first public appearances since…
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Denver Mayor Johnston on $1B bond measure: ‘Now the work begins’
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mayor Mike Johnston on Tuesday lauded the Denver City Council’s decision to approve his bond package aimed at curing some of the city’s biggest infrastructure woes, as well as improving parks, libraries and building a $20 million American Indian Cultural Embassy. “We feel incredibly lucky…
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City council sends $1 billion ‘Vibrant Denver’ bond package to voters
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver voters will decide in the Nov. 4 election whether to approve Mayor Mike Johnston’s six-year, roughly $1 billion “Vibrant Denver” borrowing proposal to fund infrastructure and road improvements, libraries, parks, and recreational amenities in the city. The Denver City Council voted unanimously to refer…