Tag: Mike Johnston
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Denver bond package could eventually cost taxpayers $2 billion
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s bond proposal could eventually cost the city’s taxpayers close to $2 billion, officials said Monday night. The City Council received input from more than 100 residents at a public hearing on the proposed bond package and asked questions regarding Denver’s bond capacity and…
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Denver mayor pushes $15 million bump in bond funding for proposed American Indian Cultural Embassy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Just hours before the Denver City Council is to hear public comment on Mayor Mike Johnston’s $935 million bond proposal, the city released an updated project list, reflecting the latest round of revisions, including an additional $15 million for an American Indian Cultural Embassy. The…
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Denver’s $1 billion bond proposal: What to know about the big-ticket items
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save City officials on Monday will hear from the public about the Johnston’s administration’s proposed $935 million bond package, which the mayor argued is necessary spending as Denver faces what he described as a “turning point.” The mayor wants to use the money to fund roughly…
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Denver director of public safety steps down to join Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver’s executive director of public safety is leaving the city government to lead the Colorado Bureau of Investigation amid a statewide DNA scandal that has plagued the state’s crime laboratory. Armando Saldate III — who was nominated by Mayor Michael Hancock in January 2022 and…
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Denver releases revised $935 million ‘Vibrant Denver’ bond project list
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver has released an updated project list for Mayor Mike Johnston’s proposed Vibrant Denver General Obligation Bond package, along with a $935 million price tag. The new version now includes additional input from members of the Denver City Council, Johnston’s office said in a news…
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Privacy advocates want Denver mayor to turn off Flock cameras
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A group of Denver residents plans to deliver a petition to Denver Mayor Mike Johnsto on Thursday asking him to turn off the city’s 111 Flock automaked licence plate reading (ALPR) cameras until better guardrails around their use and the data they collect – and…
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Denver sues Trump administration, again, over threats to withhold federal funding
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The City and County of Denver has filed another lawsuit challenging the Trump administration over threats to withhold funding from so-called “sanctuary jurisdictions” that limit local enforcement of federal immigration law. The city joins close to 50 other jurisdictions in the lawsuit, filed this week…
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Denver releases bond project wish list
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An executive committee hand-picked by Mayor Mike Johnston has released its recommended list of infrastructure projects, with the goal of securing funding through Johnston’s Vibrant Denver general obligation bond initiative, which could appear on the ballot this fall. Johnston will now review the recommendations and…
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Denver to offer developers tax incentives to build middle-income housing
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Mayor Mike Johnston is aiming to convince middle-income families that the city is “affordable” with a new pilot program seeking to build more units for those with an annual income between $60,000 and $100,000. He plans to achieve this by offering property tax incentives…
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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…