<B>Patrick Joubert Conlon</B> (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Maverick Mayor : John Hickenlooper, 56, was a geologist and brewpub owner before being elected mayor of Denver in 2003. He’s won praise for his fiscal management and resolution to end homelessness. He is preparing the Mile-High City to host the Democratic National Convention next week. How does owning a restaurant prepare you to govern? I think it should be required training for any...
TalkLeft (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
It took a while, and the Denver Host Committee missed a deadline, but all is well now. Denver has achieved its $40.6 million convention fundraising goal. And money is still coming in. Congrats to Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and DNC Host Committee co-chair, attorney Steve Farber. Hickenlooper has spent dozens of nights and weekends and crisscrossed the country seeking donors....
Denver Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper says he has slept soundly during the run-up to next week's Democratic National Convention and has no worries — especially about security.
Denver Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper says he has slept soundly during the run-up to next week's Democratic National Convention and has no worries — especially about security.
Politics on the Hudson (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Former President Jimmy Carter will be an opening night speaker Monday at the Democratic National Convention in Denver along with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper. The featured speaker that night will be Michelle Obama. Other speakers Monday include several Obama friends and family members as well as union leaders and lawmakers from [...]
SquareState.net - Front Page (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
Cross-posted at Daily Kos Dear Mr. Colbert: Frankenoid again, in "that oxygen deprived, granola snarfing, watery beer making, mountain bike riding, Camelbak toting, Patagonia wearing, Norad adjacent, rectangular state bordered, John Hickenlooper mayored, high miled [sic] cesspool" known as Denver. Last week I invited you to be the keynote speaker at the SquareState/Garden Blogging DNC...
Brutally Honest (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
... also sits on the Marijuana Policy Review Panel, said he would deliver the recommendation to Mayor John Hickenlooper, Police Chief Gerald Whitman and City Council president Jeanne Robb. Earlier this week, a police spokesman said officers will continue to enforce a state statute barring possession and use of marijuana, despite the voter-approved city ordinance making small amounts of...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
... day and will both volunteer, as will Sen. Ken Salazar, former President Jimmy Carter, Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and Atlanta Mayor Leticia Van de Putte. Delegates have already gotten their assignments, which are doled out via their state representation. For example, delegates from Washington, D.C., will be reading to children at Blair-Caldwell library. Kentucky delegates will...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper talks about preparations for the Democratic National Convention at his office on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)Let the naysayers say nay no longer. Denver's committee hosting the Democratic National Convention has raised the cash expected of it. After struggling for more than a year and a half, and missing its June deadline by $11...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
... day and will both volunteer, as will Sen. Ken Salazar, former President Jimmy Carter, Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and Atlanta Mayor Leticia Van de Putte. "It's an opportunity to talk about our values," said Leah D. Daughtry, chief executive officer of the Democratic National Convention Committee. "It's about bringing people together to accomplish a task. It's about Americans coming...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper Joins with Project Partners - MMA Renewable Ventures, WorldWater & Solar Technologies and Sharp - to Celebrate Solar Electric System Generating Clean Power at Fifth Busiest U.S. Airport DENVER, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today, a two megawatt (MW) solar energy system was dedicated at Denver International Airport (DIA). The solar photovoltaic system,...
You Decide 2008 (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
... * Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi * Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. of Illinois * Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper * Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar * Miami Mayor Manny Diaz * Illinois state leaders Alexi Giannoulis, Dan Hynes, Lisa Madigan * Tom Balanoff from Illinois SEIU * NEA President Reg Weaver * AFT President Randi Weingarten * NARAL Pro-Choice America President Nancy Keenan...
Intelligent Travel (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
When the Democratic brass and political junkies head to Denver next week, they might be wearing the requisite red, white, and blue, but they’ll be seeing green. In an effort to make this year’s convention, in the words of Denver mayor John Hickenlooper, “the greenest convention in the history of the planet,” leading Democrats, the city of Denver, the Democratic National Convention Committee,...
cbs4denver.com: Entertainment (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
... said.Zeppelin signed up for the job with other local celebrities like the Blue Bear, Mayor John Hickenlooper and other hospitality and transportation industry leaders to help get the taxi cabs ready for the rush of people they'll be driving around town."This is part of our huge program called 'Go the Extra Mile.' We've been doing things all over the city to help get frontline employees...
BlueNC - Comments (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
Monday, August 25 – One Nation Headline prime-time speaker: Michelle Obama Featured speakers: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Senator Claire McCaskill, Maya Soetoro-Ng and Craig Robinson Tribute to Senator Edward Kennedy Mayor John Hickenlooper and a video segment introducing delegates and other Convention attendees to the natural beauty and strong voices of leadership in the Mountain...
