Category Archives: Denver Pols

Heated DPS meeting prompts video that looks like start of 2013 DPS elections

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  by: John Tzekara Wed December 5, 2012 at 6:40 PM MDT

Last Thursday, Denver Public Schools Board President Mary Seawell and a majority of the DPS board meeting passed a controversial vote to colocate Strive HS (formerly West Denver Prep) at North High School.  Every vote relating to the colocation passed 4-3.

I watched part of the meeting online, and dozens of North parents and community members spoke out against the idea, while reform groups such as A+ came to speak in favor.  Contentious decisions aren’t anything new to DPS, but Mary Seawell, in her new role as President of the Board, responded by lashing out against the community members who came to speak.

At one point Board Member Jeannie Kaplan attempted to propose a compromise, but Seawell quickly cut off conversation.

This morning, a video is making its way around facebook and emails from members of the “Choose North Now” group, which looks a lot like the first volley of the 2013 DPS election cycle.  

If Seawell’s “Shame on you” speech and this response video are any indicator, 2013 is going to be a long, heated campaign that will make 2011 campaigns look downright friendly by comparison.


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Denver Well-Represented in State House Committees

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  by: Colorado Pols Thu November 29, 2012 at 9:45 PM MDT

The new Democratic House Majority announced committee chairs and vice-chairs this week, and Denver does well at the top.

New House Speaker Mark Ferrandino, who also represents a Denver district, chose 6 Democrats as chair or vice-chair of a committee (there are 11 total committees):

  • Appropriations: Reps. Claire Levy (D-Boulder) and Crisanta Duran (D-Denver)
  • Business, Labor & Economic & Workforce Development: Rep. Angela Williams (D-Denver) and Rep.-elect Tracy Kraft-Tharp (D-Arvada)
  • Finance: Reps. Lois Court (D-Denver) and Jeanne Labuda (D-Denver)
  • Health, Insurance & Environment: Rep. Beth McCann (D-Denver) and Sue Schafer (D-Wheat Ridge)
  • Judiciary: Rep. Daniel Kagan (D-Cherry Hills Village) and Pete Lee (D-Colorado Springs)


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    Poll: Who Will Win in HD-3?

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      by: Colorado Pols Tue November 6, 2012 at 7:25 PM MDT

    Arapahoe County’s HD-3 skirmish between Democrat Dan Kagan and Republican Brian Watson has always been a case study in reapportionment. Kagan, first appointed to the seat after Anne McGihon’s 2009 resignation, has been a darling of the left since first taking office. Unabashedly liberal and a speaker who somehow marries brashness and eloquence, Kagan was the perfect fit for South Denver’s Democratic tilt. With redrawn lines, though, Kagan lost all his consistently-liberal voting base and picked up affluent and largely conservative neighborhoods in Greenwood Village and Cherry Hills Village.

    Republican opponent Brian Watson, at first blush, appeared to be the ideal candidate for the seat. A moderate with extensive business experience, Watson should’ve been able to energize the district’s conservatives without alienating the 13,000 unaffiliated voters critical to victory. The Republican, however, has been dogged by his failure to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in property taxes from past business enterprises. Watson’s been one of the top fundraisers in the state, of course, but the $250,000 in his campaign coffers pales in comparison to the $279,000 he owes to the IRS and he’s been brutally attacked in mail pieces and over the air for his questionable business record.

    HD-3 is one of those races that could shift the balance of power in the State House. With polls closing in just a few hours, we want to know: Who do you think will win in HD-3? Remember, we’ll know if you’re right or wrong by the end of the day, so make it count.

    A poll follows.  

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    Poll: Will the DPS Bond and Mill Levy Measures Pass This Year?

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      by: Colorado Pols Mon November 5, 2012 at 6:35 PM MDT

    Sitting directly under Denver’s de-Brucing measure on this year’s ballot are Denver Public Schools’ referred measures 3A and 3B. The mill levy and bond, respectively, have stirred some ire among the regular cast of DPS critics, although a diverse coalition of, well, more legitimate education groups ranging from the Denver Classroom Teachers’ Association to Stand for Children have all come out in favor of both measures.

    Denver voters approved a similar measure in 2008 by a 2-1 margin, although the effects of the so-called “Great Recession” had not been as intimately felt four years ago as they are today. As a result of the economic downturn, some say that citizens are unwilling to pay additional property taxes or add to the district’s debt levels — empty arguments in reliably liberal and traditionally pro-public school Denver precincts.

    Do you think that referred measures 3A and 3B will pass this year? A poll follow.

    Remember, we want to know whether or not you think the measures will pass or fail, not your opinion on them.  

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    Poll: Will Measure 2A Pass on Tuesday?

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      by: Colorado Pols Sun November 4, 2012 at 8:35 PM MDT

    With just two days until election day, most voters and local reporters alike are focusing on the presidential candidates at the top of the ballot. Receiving justifiably less attention is Mayor Michael Hancock’s Measure 2A. Unlike the outcome of the presidential race, however, the de-Brucing initiative will have a direct and tangible outcome on Denver residents — its passage would result in restored library hours, additional police and firefighter hiring, and new public works projects, among other benefits. Critics, however, rightfully point out that area business groups either oppose or abstained from supporting the measure, citing concerns over increased property tax rates.

    Still, there’s little organized opposition to 2A, compared to a robust “Yes” campaign that enjoys the full and high-profile support of Denver’s mayor and most of its city councilors.

    We want to hear from you. Will Measure 2A pass on Tuesday or will city employees have to resign themselves to continued furlough days? A poll follows. Remember, we want to know whether you realistically think the measure will pass, not if you want it to.

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    More National Ink for Michael Johnston

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      by: Colorado Pols Thu November 1, 2012 at 3:47 AM MDT

    State Senator Michael Johnston just keeps adding to his profile as something of a legislative wunderkind, yesterday earning the loftiest of encomiums from Forbes magazine.

    From a piece entitled (we kid you not) “The Best Speech About Education — Ever:”

    Mike Johnston (Mississippi Delta ’97) – State Senator, Colorado from Teach For America Events on Vimeo.

    Every now and then a speech comes along that reminds me why public speaking is still essential and why I said back in 2003 that the only reason to give a speech is to change the world.

    I had tears in my eyes by the end of the speech, and you will too. Johnston’s dedication to education and the real progress he has been able to make deserve to be celebrated.  Watch the speech and reaffirm your faith in teaching and teachers – and most of all students.

    [T]his speech will have you standing up and cheering for education by the end.  It’s 21 minutes that are worth spending on the future of our children.  Watch it, and tell everyone you know about it.  And thanks, Mike, for your service to education.

    It would, of course, be more surprising if Johnston didn’t give a good speech. After years as a state senator, high school principal, and three Ivy League degrees, he should know exactly what to say and how to say it.

    Still, this particular Forbes write-up, alongside a 2010 column by Waiting for Superman director Davis Guggenheim proclaiming him one of the “world’s most powerful educators,” only underscores the fact that Johnston’s political star is rising faster than almost anyone else in Colorado state government.

    Where it shoots to next is anybody’s guess. His close ties in the Obama administration offer Johnston the opportunity to shape national education policy if the president scores a second term, but Johnston may just opt to stay in office here in Colorado.

    Doing so puts him on the short list for CD-1 — although incumbent Diana DeGette probably has at least a decade left on the hill — and gives him the chance to keep pushing for reforms in Colorado.

    Which, while exceedingly controversial at home, should earn him plenty more national press — not to mention keynote addresses.


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    The Irony in Michael Hancock’s Opposition to Amendment 64

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      by: Colorado Pols Wed October 31, 2012 at 7:04 PM MDT

    Denver Mayor Michael Hancock last week announced his opposition to Amendment 64 — the regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act — citing fears that Colorado may lose valuable tourism money if Denver is perceived as a “marijuana capital.” He then waxed emphatic about the link between marijuana, hard drugs, and the cost of legalization on society:

    “You can argue that with a lot of the things that are illegal, right — if you know that it’s occurring and where it’s occurring and where it’s allowed. The realities are this: I think the cost to society with people who graduate from marijuana to harsher drugs is exponentially higher than any benefit that someone may try to calculate that you’ll get from a…regulated marijuana industry,”he said. “I just find it very hard. Those of us who grew up where the advent and introduction of some of the harsher drugs, whether it’s heroin, whether it was PCP, crack cocaine, we know a lot of our family members and neighbors started with recreational use of marijuana.”

    Hancock’s anecdote on the topic is compelling, and his personal history probably should inform his professional take on drug policy. But it’s hard to reconcile his belief in the pitfalls of marijuana use with some of the most prominent content on his city website.

    Hancock dismisses comparisons between alcohol and marijuana use, telling Westword that “We’re talking marijuana, so I’m not going to talk about the comparisons with alcohol.” Fair enough.

    Still, for someone who’s proud to showcase his pride in Denver’s beer, Hancock would do well to remember some of the arguments made in favor of prohibiting that substance.

    Here are a select few quotes from temperance leader Billy Sunday:

    Listen! Seventy-five per cent of our idiots come from intemperate parents, 80 per cent of the paupers, 82 per cent of the crime is committed by men under the influence of liquor, 90 per cent of the adult criminals are whiskey made.

    Archbishop Ireland, the famous Roman Catholic of St. Paul, said of social crime “that 75 per cent is caused by drink and 80 per cent of the poverty.” I go to a family and it is broken up and I say, “what caused this?” Drink! I step up to a young man on the scaffold and say, “what brought you here?” Drink! Whence all the misery and sorrow and corruption? Invariably it is drink.

    The saloon is the sum of all villainies. It is worse than war or pestilence. It is the crime of crimes. It is parent of crimes and the mother of sins. It is the appalling source of misery and crime in the land and the principal cause of crime. It is the source of three-fourths of the taxes to support that crime. And to license such an incarnate fiend of hell is the dirtiest, low-down, damnable business on top of this old earth. There is nothing to be compared to it.

    It is the moral clearinghouse for rot, and damnation, and poverty, and insanity, and it wrecks homes and blights lives today. The saloon is a liar. It promises health and causes disease. It promises prosperity and sends adversity. It promises happiness and sends misery.

    There’s nothing wrong with Hancock’s opposition to Amendment 64 — there are a few compelling reasons, practical tourism interests included, to keep marijuana illegal at a state-level in Colorado.

    Hancock, however, shouldn’t be blind to the irony in preaching “slippery slope” talking points about marijuana and other drugs while at the same time highlighting Denver’s beer culture on his government website.

    There are other practical realities at play, but that doesn’t change the fact that many of the arguments he uses against marijuana, after all, were first employed to prohibit the beer he’s holding in his hand.  


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    In Case There Were Any Questions About Labuda’s Ties to Payday Lenders…

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      by: Colorado Pols Mon October 29, 2012 at 11:57 PM MDT

    State Representative Jeanne Labuda, a lock to win her last-ever reelection campaign against quixotic Republican opponent John Kidd, caught flack during her divisive primary with activist Corrie Houck for comparing payday-lending customers to “alcoholics.” One of five Democrats to vote against the ultimately-successful bill to limit payday loan interest rates, Labuda has always been seen as something of an ally of the payday lending industry as a whole.

    And, if her campaign finance reports are any indication, industry leaders are all too happy to return the favor.

    Among contributions from Speedy Cash executives and the America Cash Advance Centers PAC, Labuda last month received a maxed-out check from William Allan Jones, the CEO of Check Into Cash and a trailblazer in the payday lending business credited with “pioneering the retail concept of providing short-term cash advances for a fee.” The so-called “founder” of payday lending has also been criticized for his “predatory loan shark” practices and esurient lifestyle — he owns a 400-acre home, a 223 acre ranch in Wyoming, a 157-foot yacht, and a private regulation-sized football field.

    It’s hard to find a starker contrast between a business owner and his patrons anywhere.

    Of course, ignoring the criticisms levelled against his industry’s practices, it’s fair to say that Jones wants to continue doing business in Colorado and personal contributions allow him to support candidates that will keep Check Into Cash locations open across the state. Indeed, over the past ten years the company has spent over $10,000 here supporting legislative candidates and leadership PACs.

    Jones injected himself personally into Colorado politics for the first time this year, however, writing checks to HD-18 Republican candidate Jennifer George, SD-19 Republican Lang Sias, and, of course, HD-1 Democrat Jeanne Labuda. Unlike those Republicans, however, Labuda isn’t in a competitive race that could determine the partisan makeup of the Colorado legislature or the future of payday lending. She’s going to win with or without Jones’ support.

    His contribution, then, looks less like an effort to protect his business from regulation and more like a reward for Labuda’s loyalty over the years.

    Those are bad optics for the Denver Democrat. Labuda claimed to have voted against payday-lending regulation because she wanted to “see if existing procedures work.” That may be true, but whatever her intentions, accepting this contribution makes it appear as though she’s in the pocket of one of the most reviled leaders of the payday lending industry.

    Too bad for Corrie Houck that Jones didn’t contribute during the primary.


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    Hancock’s Cabinet Now Complete

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      by: Colorado Pols Fri October 26, 2012 at 11:41 PM MDT

    After more than 460 days since his swearing in, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock has finally filled out his cabinet, today announcing the appointment of Rocky Piro as Denver’s Manager of Community Planning and Development.

    From Hancock’s office:

    In his capacity as manager, Piro will be responsible for implementing visionary city planning and ensuring safe, responsible, sustainable building throughout Denver.

    “A smart, 21st century planning department depends on innovative ideas,” Mayor Hancock said. “Rocky brings with him the knowledge to enact a global vision for Denver to help spur economic development while reinforcing the city’s goals around sustainability and livability for our neighborhoods.”

    The Department of Community Planning and Development is in charge of managing, planning and building within Denver, including designing and implementing citywide and neighborhood plans, establishing construction and design standards, coordinating revitalization efforts, managing historic preservation and performing code enforcement and education.

    Supervising “managing, planning, and building within Denver” is obviously critically important in shaping the city, so some may question the wisdom in waiting fifteen months to find the right candidate. And, if Piro is responsible for “implementing visionary city planning and ensuring safe, responsible, sustainable building throughout Denver,” what kind of development, exactly, has been going on since last June?

    The flip side of the argument is, of course, that Hancock took the time to pick the perfect guy for the job.

    That must’ve been one hell of a long interview.


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    The 80s Called, Celeste Gamache. They Want their Video Back.

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      by: Colorado Pols Tue October 23, 2012 at 8:38 PM MDT

    HD-9 Republican Celeste Gamache has always been a bit of a novel candidate. A former JAG officer and veteran of two tours in Afghanistan, Gamache is generally regarded as a smart, articulate, and up-and-coming community leader. In any other district, her resume combined with a smart campaign would make her a serious contender for the State House. Denver’s HD-9, however, leans so far to the left ideologically and in terms of registration that Gamache hasn’t been the beneficiary of Republican efforts to keep the speaker’s gavel — her defeat at the hands of Democrat Paul Rosenthal is a foregone conclusion.

    Just because Gamache has the potential to be a great candidate, however, doesn’t mean that she knows what she’s doing. Take, for example, the campaign commercial she released on the web a few months ago. That is to say we think it’s a campaign commercial and not Gamache’s entry to an 80′s video dating service.

    Seriously, was this thing filmed and edited in 1987? That tacky synth music at the beginning is a nice touch, as are the words that soar across the screen. Jobs, taxes, seniors: If this is a dating video, we’re not sure those interests would earn Gamache much attention. And is that the Papyrus font? Woah, dude, sleek.

    Then, for whatever reason, Gamache appears in a little box surrounded by a neon green background. Here’s a piece of advice for anybody ever making a commercial, political or otherwise: Do not use neon colors. In hindsight, they were barely cool in the 80s and they’re certainly not cool now.

    Surrounded by her campaign logo, her website url, and a cell phone number, it’s almost impossible not to mistake Gamache’s spiel for a dating video. She introduces herself as “running for state representative in House District 9,” but it’s just as easy to imagine Gamache saying that she’s “looking for a life partner who she can talk to deep into the night and have fun with.”

    We’re not sure why, exactly, Gamache decided to produce this video. Maybe she has a nephew, or more likely, a “tech-savvy uncle” with an old camcorder, who offered to make her a really slick campaign advertisement. Voters aren’t going to see it, which in this case is probably a good thing, but maybe Gamache thought that using innovative new technologies like the YouTubes would get the youth on her side.

    In her defense, Gamache’s 84 year old campaign manager probably thought this was a really groundbreaking use of cutting-edge technology.  It certainly was when she was in her fifties!  


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    Presidential Candidates in Denver This Week

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      by: Colorado Pols Tue October 23, 2012 at 12:18 AM MDT

    Just three weeks after they faced off at the University of Denver’s Sturm Hall, presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will concurrently be making a late-game sweep of the Denver metro area this week.

    Romney and running mate Paul Ryan will, perplexingly, be hosting a “Victory Rally” at Red Rocks tomorrow evening, fewer than 24 hours after the Republican sits down with the president for their third and final debate this cycle. The GOP ticket will be joined on stage by country musician Rodney Atkins and “rapper” Kid Rock. Although (paradoxically) Mitt Romney counts a few endorsements from those in the porn industry, his appearance with Kid Rock likely marks the first time he’ll ever appear on stage with someone who features prominently in a sex tape. Tickets are free, and if you consider yourself an “American Bad Ass,” you can pick them up here. Doors upen at 4:00 PM and the event begins at 6:30 PM.

    President Barack Obama will also be in Denver this week, visiting City Park for a rally on Wednesday afternoon. Tickets are available for that event here and doors open at 12:00 PM.

    Although Colorado is still very much in play this year, with only a few weeks left until polls close, this very well may be the last chance to get an up-close and in-person glimpse of either presidential candidate. There are other swing states, you know. It certainly marks the last time both will be here simultaneously.  


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    Denver Line Updated

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      by: Colorado Pols Fri October 19, 2012 at 11:55 PM MDT

    With two weeks until election day, we’ve updated the Denver Line to the left to reflect the most recent shifts in the HD-3 race between Democrat Dan Kagan and Republican Brian Watson.

    Yes, we know HD-3 technically isn’t a Denver race, but, as per usual, there aren’t any competitive state-level campaigns that fall within city limits this year.  


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    Cheap Tricks In Denver Schools Bond Issue Race

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      by: Colorado Pols Fri October 19, 2012 at 5:51 PM MDT

    UPDATE: A reverse IP lookup proves that “MarySeawell.com” is indeed the handiwork of Guerin Lee Green, close associate of DPS board member Andrea Merida and publisher of the obscure website The Cherry Creek News:

    We’d say Green should have covered his tracks a lot better than this.

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    Taking a brief moment to cover Ed News Colorado’s report yesterday:

    Denver school board President Mary Seawell is investigating her legal options after an opponent of the district’s proposed $466 million bond issue sent emails to thousands of DPS staff members criticizing the proposal – and linking the criticism to Seawell.

    On Tuesday, DPS employees and some community members received a lengthy email purporting to be sent from “dpsboardpresident@maryseawell.com” and stating district claims about its financial health are false.

    It also echoes statements made by various critics of the bond, such as “53 percent of bond funds, or almost $250 million, will go to charter schools, while just 21 percent of DPS students attend these schools.” The organized opposition to the bond, No on 3B Denver, strongly denies any involvement…

    Denver’s Question 3B is a $466 million bond issue being run together with a smaller mill levy override, Question 3A. Question 3B is supported by pretty much everybody–from the Denver Classroom Teachers’ Association and Great Education Colorado to the conservative-leaning group Stand for Children. As for the opposition…well, it’s complicated.

    Actually, it’s not that complicated. It’s Andrea Merida and a crew of usual suspects.

    As some of our readers know–some a bit too well–DPS board member Merida heads up an insurgent wing of the Board, which has been decidedly critical of DPS superintendent Tom Boasberg and his predecessor, now-Sen. Michael Bennet. Merida helped organize a failed recall attempt against fellow DPS board member Nate Easley, and discussions of that recall attempt became particularly nasty and personal in the comment sections of this blog.

    To be perfectly honest, it’s the small-minded perniciousness and bitterness in these intra-DPS spats that make them so interesting to outside observers like ourselves–which of course doesn’t make it credible, just interesting. The petty rage from the Merida insurgency on the DPS Board, and the various actors in support of her campaigns against the majority, makes her notorious even though we’re not aware of a single one of these that has actually succeeded.

    Merida’s opposition doesn’t even speak for the teacher’s union, which is on board with 3B. Apparently, as you can read in the fake email that’s the subject of Ed News’ story, there’s a fear that charter schools will receive a disproportionate amount of funds, but supporters tell us that’s totally unfounded. A loss on these ballot questions would be a serious problem for DPS’ future plans, and by extension Boasberg and others among Merida’s long list of enemies. But Merida’s opposition, without the support of traditional allies in the DCTA and elsewhere, has had to resort to Republican-style tax and debt arguments that seem a bit out of place in Denver.

    The only thing we have left to add here is the possible identity of the fake domain at the heart of the latest controversy–maryseawell.com (which now displays a broken page result). The other reference to this domain we were able to find comes from this October 2nd story on a low-traffic website called The Cherry Creek News, owned by longtime Merida ally Guerin Green. It’s referenced in such a way that it’s quite clear the website is, if you will, a team effort.

    The aforementioned prior dealings with Mr. Green make us happy to bring this to your attention, as well as those investigating DPS Board President Mary Seawell’s legal options.

    Originally posted at Colorado Pols.


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    Breaking: Shots Fired at Obama Denver HQ

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      by: Colorado Pols Sat October 13, 2012 at 4:28 AM MDT

    Shots were fired earlier this afternoon at the Obama for America campaign office at 77 W 9th Ave in Denver, according to a report from 9News.

    Denver police are looking for a person who shot at a field campaign office for President Obama in Denver Friday afternoon.

    Police say there were people inside at the time of the 3:00 p.m. shooting, but no one was hit.

    This particularly violent incident follows the destruction of the Colorado Democratic Party’s windows just a few months ago.

    We’ll update with more information as it comes in.

    More coverage at Colorado Pols.


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    No Wal-Mart at 9th and Colorado After All

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      by: Colorado Pols Thu October 11, 2012 at 8:10 PM MDT

    If there’s any takeaway from the controversy surrounding the proposed Wal-Mart development at 9th and Colorado, it’s that democracy works. Weeks of sustained and organized opposition from Congress Park residents, after all, has led the developer to pull the plug on the project.

    From Fox31:

    After several heated meetings where residents near E. 9th Ave. and Colorado Blvd were very vocal about their displeasure with a proposed Walmart in the area, Tuesday was a different story.

    Cheers filled a room at Palmer Elementary School where residents gathered for a meeting in which Mayor Hancock confirmed the store withdrew from consideration for the site.

    Walmart released this statement:

    “While Walmart will not be part of the planned redevelopment of the former University of Colorado Health Sciences campus, we will continue to evaluate other opportunities to serve Denver area customers and expand access to affordable groceries.

    With Wal-Mart’s withdrawal, the issue then shifts to an inquiry in what will instead be developed in its place. The developer still pledges to transform the space into a mixed-use shopping center, but given the difficulties one big-box retailer encountered, it’s unclear whether any other national chain would be willing to subject itself to the same community scrutiny.

    Which raises yet another question. If any major chain development raises this level of acrimony, is there any incentive to occupy the space at all? Wal-Mart may stir a special breed of ill-will, but there needs to be some sort of anchor store — most likely a national chain — on the expansive site in order to make development worthwhile.

    If Wal-Mart isn’t acceptable, what is? Is a derelict hospital better than a store whose values are at odd with the neighborhood?

    The answer for now, at least, is yes.  


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