This is why you need to email your friends in Denver to encourage them to just vote NO on A thru I:
The mayor is eluding voters
By Jessica Peck Corry
Denver Post
Where in the world is Mayor John Hickenlooper? You likely saw him on a TV commercial last night or maybe marching down the 16th Street Mall accompanied by giant red letters last week, but catching him — or any of his fellow city officials — in person these days has been about as likely as getting a World Series ticket at face value.
As Denver voters consider multiple ballot initiatives that could have an important impact on life here, Hickenlooper, members of the City Council, and high-ranking city staffers appear only willing to connect with the public through canned media appearances...
Where did Jim Spencer's column on this same topic go? Here is what Spencer wrote October 10 on Colorado Confidential, today it's no where to be seen on that website:
Jim Spencer :: Hickenlooper's Bond "Magic" Appears to be Working Judging from the TV ads, it's going to be don't ask, don't tell in the run up to the November ballot on eight bond issues and a tax increase in Denver.
All we, the voters, will get is grinning Mayor John Hickenlooper standing in front of a bunch of oversized dancing red foam letters A to I.
Numbers? We don't need no stinking numbers.
If Hizzoner says vote for A to I without telling Denver how much it will cost, we voters should do it - just like lemmings.
A few weeks ago, on the PBS television show Colorado Inside Out, I predicted that we wouldn't.
Today, I'd say the odds are, the majority of us will.
No organized opposition has arisen to oppose the lock-step, numberless approach to marketing $550 million in bond debt and a $27 million property tax increase that will add $63 a year to the bill for a $255,000 home.
The only sticking point right now is that voters will have to mark their ballots nine times, not once. This might cause some confusion, but apparently no sense of outrage or manipulation...
Umm, are you intentionally posting misinformation or are you so functionally illiterate that you can't go back a few pages on ColoradoConfidential.com to find the Spencer column on A-I, still there and still live with all the other past items? He's written several pieces since then, and amazingly enough the site refreshes its front page daily with NEW material instead of keeping a week-old piece on the front.
ReplyDeleteI just went to Colorado Confidential, still can't find it. It doesn't come up when I search on Jim Spencer or Hickenlooper. Where has it been hidden?
ReplyDeleteI found the article... you have to hit "next" which you would think would take you to older articles, but it actually takes you to more recent ones. You think it would be newest to oldest, but it ain't! Maybe they did that on purpose to confuse people.
ReplyDeleteThat's how lefties work you know!
I found the article... you have to hit "next" which you would think would take you to older articles, but it actually takes you to more recent ones. You think it would be newest to oldest, but it ain't! Maybe they did that on purpose to confuse people.
ReplyDeleteThat's how lefties work you know!
Your conspiracy theory is misplaced.
ReplyDeleteJim's post remains on the site and was on the front page all day on Oct. 10 when he filed the story.
Due to the volume of original reporting, investigative stories, and commentary produced by Colorado Confidential reporters, the site updates 3-4 times per day.
Jim's story on the A-I campaign can be found at this permalink and his story archive
It can also be accessed via a search here by selecting "diary" and typing "Hickenlooper" as the keyword.
I would hope as a professional courtesy that you would correct your post immediately and in a prominent location on your site.
Lastly, Jim's column criticizing the mayor's ballot initiative should lay to rest any further conspiracy theories about Colorado Confidential's ethical principles and journalistic integrity. His story was neither censored nor buried, as you have implied. A quick email to me would have refuted your claims. But that's not nearly as fun as going off half-cocked, is it?
Best regards,
Wendy Norris
Managing Editor
Colorado Confidential.com