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Special district elections: RTD board will have elections to eight district seats
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Denver Metro, Rocky Mountain Voice

Special district elections: RTD board will have elections to eight district seats

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice Non-partisan elections of persons who sit on city councils, school districts, fire and water boards, and more, almost always are overshadowed in what is termed "down-ballot elections." One Rocky Mountain Voice reader, Chuck O’Reilly, has taken on the challenge to identify some of these elections in a multifaceted project in the area where he resides. Following is information on the project in Mr. O'Reilly's words: This project has multiple purposes.   First, to analyze the nomination process of each district and timely information for voters of the process, so that those who wish to do so may become a candidate for the respective board in their area.  Later, after the individuals qualify for the respectiv...
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Lone Tree residents protest plans to locate new 23rd Judicial District office near Heritage Hills
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Denver Metro, denvergazette.com

Lone Tree residents protest plans to locate new 23rd Judicial District office near Heritage Hills

By Noah Festenstein | Denver Gazette Several Lone Tree residents are pushing back against one of the proposed locations for an office that will host the brand new 23rd Judicial District, which will encompass Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties.   The new office will also offer pre-trial and probation services. The pushback from residents is directed at locating the office at One Lincoln Station, a building inside a business park just east of the Heritage Hills neighborhood. The location offers access to the E line of the Regional Transportation District rail system and Interstate 25. The residents, particularly those in the Heritage Hills neighborhood, accused the Douglas County Commission of lacking transparency and argued that the new office would increase cri...
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Tents back at pro-Palestinian protest on Auraria Campus in Denver
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coloradopolitics.com, Denver Metro

Tents back at pro-Palestinian protest on Auraria Campus in Denver

By Noah Festenstein and Nico Brambila | Colorado Politics Ignoring university officials, pro-Palestinian protesters set up roughly 40 tents over the weekend at the Auraria Campus in Denver, saying they are prepared to "defend" the encampment until their demands — notably divestment from companies that operate in Israel — are met. Police officers arrested dozens of protesters on Friday, a day after hundreds occupied the Auraria Campus, which is shared by the University of Colorado Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver and the Community College of Denver. Authorities had also cleared several tents that went up near the Tivoli building. On Sunday, the tents were back — and there are more of them. READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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Denver shares “Newcomer Playbook,” offering advice on handling immigration crisis
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Denver shares “Newcomer Playbook,” offering advice on handling immigration crisis

By Alexander Edwards | Denver Gazette Even as Denver cuts its budget and diverts funds in order to pay for its response to the immigration crisis that some say is self-inflicted, Mayor Mike Johnston's administration released a "playbook" that contains the "best practices and procedures for cities to welcome newcomers arriving from the U.S. southern border." The 24-page document is essentially a 15-step "how-to" guide, but its usefulness may be questionable as other metro area communities have made clear that the Mile High City is on its own. Lakewood and Aurora, the two largest municipalities within the metropolitan area, have told Denver they will not accept immigrants from the city.  Other surrounding cities like Centennial and Arvada have said they don't have resources availabl...
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Denver official caught telling illegal immigrants to leave, go somewhere else
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Commentary, Denver Metro, TownHall.com

Denver official caught telling illegal immigrants to leave, go somewhere else

By Matt Vespa | Townhall Denver is a sanctuary city. It’s a haven for these people, thanks to a Democrat-led effort that’s enticed tens of millions to cross into the country illegally. It’s part of the Democrats’ plan to increase their clout on Capitol Hill: flood the country with illegals, increase the population, generate new congressional districts, and select candidates of similar ethnic and racial backgrounds. We all know the end game here. The costs of this massive influx of illegals were not considered.  Denver’s hospital system is on the verge of collapse, which explains why the mayor’s political director was reportedly caught telling illegal aliens to leave the city for the Big Apple. READ THE FULL STORY AT TOWNHALL
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Denver considers $2M state grant to assist housing homeless
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Denver considers $2M state grant to assist housing homeless

By Noah Festenstein | Denver Gazette The Denver City Council on Monday will consider accepting a $2 million state grant to provide homeless people with essential services that include transitioning from temporary shelters into permanent housing. Denver’s housing department plans to use the money for rapid rehousing efforts throughout the city over the next two years. If approved, Denver will receive funds from Colorado’s “Transformational Homelessness Response” grant program until Sept. 30, 2026. The program aims to provide services including mental health treatment as well as temporary and permanent housing opportunities. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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Denver’s regional affairs director, former Fox31 reporter to discuss migrants, homeless
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Denver Metro, Rocky Mountain Voice

Denver’s regional affairs director, former Fox31 reporter to discuss migrants, homeless

By Brian Porter | The Rocky Mountain Voice The impact of migrants and the homeless on communities in Colorado will be discussed Thursday, March 28, with Foothill Republicans. Adam Paul, the director of regional affairs for the City of Denver, and D.J. Summers, Common Sense Institute's director of policy and research, will head up discussion on the subject. Paul's LinkedIn account indicates he entered public service shortly after founding his Corporate Car transportation business in 2001, being elected to the Green Mountain Water Board and in 2007 to the Lakewood City Council. He recently completed his final term as mayor of Lakewood. Lakewood became an All-America City during his time as mayor. Summers was a reporter at Fox 31 Denver and in Wyoming before joining Common Sense I...
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Vision Collision: Cherry Creek ponders over super-sized project
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Vision Collision: Cherry Creek ponders over super-sized project

By Mark Samuelson | Colorado Politics Denver’s Cherry Creek neighborhood, with a shopping district that was once known for its quirky charms, has gone through a remarkable run of commercial and residential building projects over the past two decades, with more to come. And that has residents worried. A few decades ago, the small area’s boutiques, bistros and galleries were wrapped by shaded neighborhoods, where people could find everything from custom homes to small bungalows that a schoolteacher or gardener might afford. READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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6 important things to know about Denver’s migrant crisis
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Denver Metro, The Colorado Sun

6 important things to know about Denver’s migrant crisis

By Jennifer Brown | Colorado Sun Almost 40,000 migrants have come to Denver in the past 15 months, a number that’s become hard to comprehend.  “To put that in context, that’s Coors Field on a Saturday night in July when the Dodgers are in town,” said Jon Ewing, spokesman for Denver Human Services, during this week’s Colorado Sun virtual event on the migrant crisis. “You look to your left, you look to your right, up and down, and almost every seat is full. That’s the number of people that we’ve cared for over the last year.” Here’s what you should know about how Denver is handling all this and what’s in store longer term. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE COLORADO SUN https://youtu.be/EzQCnkeZkEk?si=mVooQJ7q54CYoo1V
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Denver to close four shelters for illegal immigrants, starting with Aurora
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Denver Metro, Westword

Denver to close four shelters for illegal immigrants, starting with Aurora

By By Bennito L. Kelty | Westword The migrant crisis in Denver is Mayor Mike Johnston's biggest challenge so far in 2024. Since December 2022, more than 39,000 migrants, mostly from Venezuela, have shown up in Denver. To the tune of $58 million — all funded by local taxes — the City of Denver has either put them in hotels converted to shelters or bused them to other locations. For Denver to keep housing, transporting and feeding migrants through 2024, Johnston had predicted the city would need $180 million. To slash $60 million off that figure, he announced today, February 28, that the city will close four of its ten migrant shelters during the next month, at a rate of one per week. The mayor clarified that "no one is being displaced from these shelters, no one's length-of...
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