Denver City Council

City Council Overrules Voters, Alters Impound Law

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Denver Unlicensed Drivers, Automatic Impound Law Denver, City Council Overturns Impound Law, Denver City Council, Initiative 100 Repealed, Illegal Immigrants Driving, Denver News

The Denver City Council voted 9-1 Monday night to overturn a citizen initiative that heightened punitive measures on unlicensed drivers, reports the D...

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Denver: Animal Farm (UPDATE)

The Huffington Post | Andrea Rael | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Backyard Chicken Proposal, Video, Chickens, Backyard Chicken Proposal Pushed Back, Farm Animals, Colorado Farm, Denver Chickens and Goats, Farm Animals in the City, Goats, Denver Chicken Vote, Denver City Council, Chicken Vote Denver, Denver City Council Chicken Vote, What Is Bee, Denver Chickens Goats, Denver City Council Chickens, Backyard Chickens, Denver News

The Denver City Council voted Monday night on the "Backyard Chicken" proposal. If it passes, Denver residents may be allowed up to eight chickens or d...

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Denver Police Brutality Settlements This Year Exceed $1 Million

The Huffington Post | Andrea Rael | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Doug Linkhart, Lodo, Jared Lunn, Office of the Independent Monitor, Brighton Firefighter, Police Brutality Settlement, Officer Jeff Cook, Charles Garcia, Dpd, Denver Police Brutality, Officer John Diaz, Denver Police Department, Denver City Council, Officer Eric Sellers, Denver Police, Denver News

Last night, Denver's police force settlements spilled over $1 million in payouts from the city this year alone. Denver's city council voted unanimo...

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Another DPD Brutality Settlement Looms

The Huffington Post | Andrea Rael | Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: Police Brutality Settlement, Dpd, Charles Garcia, Officer Michael Morelock, Denver Police Brutality, Denver News, Denver Officer of Safety, Denver City Settlement, Denver City Council, Tyler Mustard, Denver News

Last year Tyler Mustard filed a federal lawsuit against the city and county of Denver and Officers Michael Morelock and Kimberly Thompson, claiming he...

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Man Beaten By Police Receives $795,000 Settlement

The Denver Post | Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Denver Mayor, Alexander Landau, Man Beaten by Denver Police, Police Beating, Police Beatings, Denver City Council, Bill Vidal, Denver News

A man left bloodied by Denver police officers two years ago after a routine traffic stop was given a $795,000 settlement by the City Council on Monday...

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Denver Gambles Taxpayer Dollars With Proposed Marijuana Changes

Jessica Peck | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Medical Marijuana, Small Business, Denver City Council, Denver District Court, Marijuana, Denver News

With a single vote on one bill, the Denver City Council could lay to rest a viable legal challenge seeking to protect the rights of small business owners.

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Denver Pot Growing Sites Could Be Allowed To Stay Put For Two Years

The Denver Post | John Ingold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Doug Linkhart, Judy Montero, Denver Medical Marijuana, Medical Pot, Denver City Council, Chris Nevitt, Colorado Medical Marijuana, Marijuana, Denver News

Denver City Council members reached a tentative compromise Monday over what to do with medical-marijuana-growing facilities that aren't located where ...

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Denver Considers Six-Figure Payout To Settle Another Police Car Accident

Denver Daily | Gene Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Denver Police Car Accident, Denver City Council, Denver, Doug Linkhart, Lawsuit, Ryan Taylor, Denver Police, Denver News

Denver City Council tonight must consider another six-figure payout due to alleged police misconduct. Tonight's resolution up for consideration wou...

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Denver Council Debate Pits Medical Pot Versus New Zoning Rules

The Denver Post | Jeremy P. Meyer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Denver Zoning, Denver Medical Marijuana, Denver City Council, Denver Pot Shops, Colorado Medical Marijuana, Marijuana, Denver News

Licensing of marijuana-grow facilities continues to vex Denver's City Council as the board remains divided over whether to allow existing facilities t...

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Denver May Pay $68,500 To Woman Who Slipped On Ice

Denver Daily News | Gene Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ice, Denver City Council, Woman Slips on Ice, Denver, Joan Siudzinski, Denver News

City Council today will consider a resolution that would pay a woman who slipped on ice on city property and her lawyers $68,500....

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Denver Bike-Sharing Program Looks To Expand

The Denver Post | Charmaine Robledo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Denver Bicycles, B-Cycle, Bicycles, Denver City Council, Bike Sharing, Denver, Denver News

Denver's bike-sharing program is rolling along with plans to add four B-cycle stations downtown in the next few weeks. "The goal is to have 50 stat...

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City Of Denver Likely To Pay $136,000 After Police Car Causes Near-Fatal Accident

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Renae Raymond, Officer Wilbur Hall III, Denver Police Department, Denver City Council, Denver News

The Denver City Council is poised to agree to pay $136,000 today to settle a claim of a woman who allegedly suffered a traumatic brain injury after a ...

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Denver Pit Bull Ban Revisited After

Face the State | Jared Jacang Maher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Americans With Disabilities Act, Denver Pit Bull Ban, Denver City Council, Denver News

Pit bulls, outlawed from Denver more than 20 years ago, will be allowed back into city limits as service animals under a proposed law being considered...

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Q & A with District 1 Denver City Council candidate Larry Ambrose

Mike Krause | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Larry Ambrose, Denver Zoning, Denver City Council, Denver News

When asked what, if anything, he would do about the proliferation of medical marijuana dispensaries in Denver, Larry remarked that market forces would eventually "weed out" (and yes, he intended the pun) the dispensary issue.

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John Hickenlooper

Denver Daily News | Gene Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mike Rosen, Denver City Council, Denver, John Hickenlooper, Occupational Privilege Tax, Denver News

The Denver City Council today will consider a bill that would reduce a fee the city placed on Denver's smallest business owners. The council bill wou...

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Denver's Transportation Future Arrived Today

Judy Montero | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: East Line, Gold Line, Judy Montero, Denver Union Station, Denver City Council, Fastracks, Transportation, Denver News

Today I was thrilled to join Sen. Michael Bennett and the FTA at a press conference announcing that the federal government has agreed to loan $300 million dollars for Union Station redevelopment.

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Denver Phone Book Delivery May soon Become Illegal

Denver Daily | Gene Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Denver City Council, Yellow Pages, Denver Phone Book, Denver News

The days of telephone companies delivering phone books to almost every Colorado household might be numbered under a bill being proposed by a local law...

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Denver Marijuana Regulation Bill Clears

The Denver Post | Christopher N. Osher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Charlie Brown, Medical Pot, Colorado Marijuana, Denver City Council, Denver Pot Regulations, Colorado Medical Marijuana, Denver News

Medical-marijuana dispensaries in Denver would be barred from opening within 1,000 feet of one another and from locating within 1,000 feet of schools ...

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Denver Medical Marijuana Legislation Clears Latest Hurdle

Denver Daily News | Gene Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cannabis Therapy Institute, Charlie Brown, Denver Medical Marijuana Regulations, Denver City Council, Medical Marijuana, Denver News

Following hours of heated meetings over how the city should deal with the burgeoning medical marijuana industry, Denver City Council yesterday gave th...

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Denver City Council Condemns Automatic-Impoundment Law Aimed At Immigrants

Denver Daily News | Peter Marcus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Car Impoundment, Impoundment, Immigrant Drivers Licenses, Denver Anti-Immigration Bill, Denver, Denver City Council, Denver News

The Denver City Council voted 12-1 yesterday evening to oppose a ballot initiative that would require police to impound cars driven by unlicensed dri...

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Denver UFO Commission Initiative Will Be On Next Ballot

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: UFO Commision, Ufo, Jeff Peckman, Denver City Council, Denver, David Letterman, Ufo Commision Denver, Denver Ufo, Denver Ufo Commission, Extraterrestrial Commission Being Set Up in Denver, Video, Denver News

After over a year of discussion and debate, a proposal to create a Denver commission on unidentified flying objects and extraterrestrial affairs will ...

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Denver Marijuana Dispensaries N ow Outnumber Liquor Stores, Public Schools

The Denver Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Charlie Brown, Denver City Treasurer, Marijuana, Norml, Medical Marijuana, Denver Marijuana, Chris Romer, Denver City Council, Denver News

Denver now appears to have more marijuana dispensaries than liquor stores, Starbucks coffee shops or public schools, according to city and corporate r...

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The "Home" in Home for the Holidays

Judy Montero | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Denver City Council, Denver's Road Home, Homelessness, Housing Crisis, Holiday, Holiday News, Denver News

In all the talk about budgets and dollars and cents and how much to spend on homelessness, it's important to remember the human beings we are making decisions about.

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Hickenlooper Budget Cuts Run Into City Council Opposition

The Denver Post | Christopher N. Osher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Parks and Recreation, Judy Montero, Budget Cuts, Libraries, Byers, La Alma, Denver City Council, John Hickenlooper, Denver, Denver News

Denver City Council members expressed concern Wednesday over Mayor John Hickenlooper's plan to transfer management of four city recreation centers to ...

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Denver Police Brutality Case: City Council May Pay $225,000 In Federal Suit

The Denver Post | Christopher N. Osher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Denver City Council, Police Brutality, Denver Police, Denver News

The Denver City Council is poised to settle for $225,000 a federal lawsuit alleging that Denver police brutalized and repeatedly used a Taser on a man...

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