Editor’s note: This represents the opinion of The Denver Post editorial board, which is separate from the paper’s news operation. Over the past month, The Denver Post editorial board spent 45 minutes each with 15 of the 17 candidates for Denver mayor. We agonized with them about the toll of escalating youth violence, the conditions…
Category: Endorsements
Endorsement: Denver City Council needs a clean-up, and these two candidates are right for the job
After meeting with nine candidates for Denver’s at-large City Council race, two stood out as both listeners and leaders, as experts in a wide variety of Denver affairs, and as having high integrity and a solid moral compass. We urge Denver voters to support Penfield Tate III and Marty Zimmerman for the open Denver City…
The Denver Post’s endorsements for Denver’s 2023 election
Editor’s note: The Denver Post continues the tradition of making endorsements in the City of Denver municipal election on April 4. These endorsements represent the opinion of The Denver Post editorial board, which is separate from the paper’s news operation. The board is unable to endorse in every race. 2023 DENVER ELECTION Mayor of Denver:…
Endorsement: Park Hill golf course development is a sweetheart deal that lacks financial accountability
Editor’s note: This represents the opinion of The Denver Post editorial board, which is separate from the paper’s news operation. Everyone knows conservation easements have value. Everyone, it seems, except for the 11 Denver City Council members and Mayor Michael Hancock, who have green-lighted a sweetheart deal to lift the conservation easement on the Park…
Endorsement: Tim O’Brien for Denver auditor will bring tried and true leadership
Editor’s note: This represents the opinion of The Denver Post editorial board, which is separate from the paper’s news operation. Now is not the time to shake up the Denver Auditor’s Office. The city needs tried and true leadership in this crucial oversight role and Tim O’Brien fits the bill. He’s served two terms in…
Endorsement: Paul López for Denver clerk and recorder
Editor’s note: This represents the opinion of The Denver Post editorial board, which is separate from the paper’s news operation. Ironically Denver’s champion of election participation and civic engagement is the only city-wide candidate running unopposed in the 2023 City of Denver election. Clerk and Recorder Paul López has spearheaded outreach efforts across the city…
Endorsement: Colorado is not ready for another drug experiment like psilocybin
Editor’s note: This represents the opinion of The Denver Post editorial board, which is separate from the paper’s news operation. Read more endorsements here. The psilocybin mushroom ballot question — Proposition 122 — goes too far, too fast for Colorado. We urge voters to say “no.” We are inspired by reports — both anecdotal and…
Endorsement: Please, don’t give your vote to Lauren Boebert
Editor’s note: This represents the opinion of The Denver Post editorial board, which is separate from the paper’s news operation. Read more endorsements here We beg voters in western and southern Colorado not to give Rep. Lauren Boebert their vote. Boebert has not represented the 3rd Congressional District well. Almost exclusively, she has spent her time and efforts…
Endorsement: Vote no on all three tax measures — Propositions FF, 121 and 123
Editor’s note: This represents the opinion of The Denver Post editorial board, which is separate from the paper’s news operation. Read more endorsements here The Denver Post editorial board – fiscally conservative and concerned about inflation, skyrocketing property taxes, and the deleterious effect of reducing this state’s general fund revenue before a pending recession —…
Endorsement: Vote yes on Amendments D, E and F
Editor’s note: This represents the opinion of The Denver Post editorial board, which is separate from the paper’s news operation. Read more endorsements here Colorado lawmakers sent three constitutional amendments to voters this year, and we recommend voters mark “yes” on all three. All three questions would amend the state’s Constitution, so they require 55%…