Tag: Stephanie O\’malley
Power to the people! The Hancock administration’s odd understanding of “community”
It can be telling how some folks define the word “community.”
The bubble in which Denver Mayor Michael Hancock's administration operates became all too apparent...
Will Hancock’s reform strategy fix Denver’s broken sheriff’s department?
Mayor Michael Hancock is responding to a scathing report about the city’s dysfunctional sheriff's department by relying on the same people responsible for years...
Taxpayer tab keeps rising for Denver law-enforcement snafus
Denver law enforcement has racked up more than a half million dollars in legal fees for jailing innocent people its officers have misidentified.
One day into job, backstory unfolds about interim sheriff’s criminal record
The city of Denver regularly checks the backgrounds of people it arrests and incarcerates. Why, then, did Michael Hancock’s administration apparently not know about...
Mayor Hancock’s Denver sheriff appointee has “false reporting” criminal conviction
Division Chief Elias Diggins, the man Mayor Michael Hancock has picked to temporarily head the Denver Sheriff’s Department, was once charged with a felony...
Web-distracted Denver sheriff’s deputy let inmate waltz free
The Deputy was surfing Craigslist and munching Corn Flakes when he let the inmate walk out of the jail. A long night of additional blunders followed.
Unresponsive: Denver officials refuse comment on videotaped courtroom attack
“It’s reprehensible that leadership doesn’t have enough backbone to stand up and say this is wrong,” said Rev. Reginald Holmes, pastor of Denver’s New Covenant Christian Church/Alpha Omega Ministries.
Colorado voter registration bill is a solution in search of a...
Colorado Senator Ted Harvey, R-Highlands Ranch, told the Colorado Independent Tuesday that a bill requiring proof of citizenship when registering to vote would protect the integrity of one of Colorado’s most sacred systems. Others disagreed.
Boyles champions impound initiative with dose of misinformation
On KHOW talk radio Tuesday, Peter Boyles promoted the Denver "Impound Initiative" by speculating incorrectly that the city council intentionally mangled the initiative language...
Denver allows “check box” voters to fix registrations, Coffman denounces action
Denver County Clerk and Recorder Stephanie O'Malley has defied Secretary of State Mike Coffman by devising a plan to let some voters with incomplete registrations fix their forms and vote regular ballots on Election Day.