Tag: Denver Budget Deficit
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Denver employee claims layoff follows her lawsuit against mayor’s office
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A city of Denver employee who was among the 171 laid off amid Mayor Mike Johnston’s efforts to plug a $250 million hole in the city’s budget alleges she was targeted over a lawsuit she filed against the mayor earlier this year. Jessica Calderon, who…
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Denver lays off 171 employees, eliminates 665 vacant positions
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As city of Denver employees brace for the layoffs the mayor ordered to help plug a $250 million budget deficit over the next 18 months, the Johnston administration has not divulged much information about the number or which departments will be affected most. On Monday…
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Denver Clerk: Mayor aims to ‘raid’ budgets of city’s independent agencies to plug $250M deficit
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Clerk and Recorder Paul López earlier asked the “Vibrant Denver Bond” committee for $43 million for new storage space to secure the city’s election equipment and historical documents, some dating as far back as the 1800s. What he got from Mayor Mike Johnston was…
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Unions, city employees vow to fight Denver ahead of layoffs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Union members supporting Denver city employees rallied at the entrance to the Webb Building on Tuesday, vowing to give Mayor Mike Johnston “the fight he wants” over a proposal dealing with layoff procedures, even as the two sides prepare to begin collective bargaining in January…