Tag: Denver City Council
The Indy 500: Latinos ask mayoral candidates: What about us?
As Denver’s mayoral runoff was beginning its headlong plunge into the jibes, jabs and jousts that have come to define it, recently re-elected Denver...
Guest Post: Two approaches to getting big money out of politics
Since the US Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United, corporations and the wealthy have increased their political contributions exponentially. We’re seeing the effect...
Denver City Council rejects ethics board’s advice, OKs new rules on...
The Denver City Council, against the advice of ethics watchdogs, has adopted new rules that will allow council members and the mayor to continue...
No ethical issue with free business-class flights for Denver officials, City...
Denver City Council members say that freebies from the city don't sway their decision-making. Still, recent criticism about some of them accepting $10,000 plane...
Guest Post: An Office of Public Private Partnership Denver Doesn’t Need
NOTE: The Colorado Independent occasionally runs guest posts from government officials, local experts and concerned citizens on a variety of topics. These posts are meant to...
Denver’s independent safety monitor insulated from political whims
Denver’s Referred Question 2B has passed. The city’s independent monitoring office for its police and sheriff's departments will be preserved in the city charter....
‘You have a gavel for a reason:’ Denver City Council rejects...
Most of us have wanted to interrupt or cut off rambling co workers, but few of us have any control over how long they...
Want to help solve Denver’s housing crisis? Apply for this key...
The committee to guide and implement Denver’s first-ever affordable housing fund is still looking for applications — and the deadline is this Friday.
Eleven...
Denver Council president seeks to curtail colleagues’ rambling
Either Denver City Council members blather too much, or someone’s trying to muzzle critics of Mayor Michael Hancock.
Those are the takes on a proposed...
Denver adopts Hancock’s affordable housing fund
Denver City Council established a permanent, dedicated affordable housing fund Monday night in a vote of 9-4.
The fund was constructed by Mayor Michael Hancock’s...