2003 Denver Mayoral Transtion
Mayor Hickenlooper named two appointees yesterday according to the Rocky Mountain News [July 29, 2003, "Mayor appoints directors for human services and arts"]. From the article, "Roxane White, who long has been involved in programs that help homeless youths, was named manager of Human Services Department. Denise Montgomery, head of the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts for the past three years, agreed to lead the city's endeavors in the arts." For those keeping score that's 10 appointments out of the approximately 50 or so the Mayor has said he would fill. He doesn't plan to have the full contingent of 64 appointees. Here's the coverage from the Denver Post [July 29, 2003, "Mayor fills two agency posts"].
The Rocky Mountain News [July 29, 2003, "Who are the finalists for police chief?"] wants the Mayor to name those he is considering for the job of Police Chief. So far the only candidate named is current Chief Gerry Whitman. From the Rocky editorial, "Does state law already require such a disclosure by the mayor? We think it does. The open meetings law was amended in 1991 to specifically include home-rule cities as among those jurisdictions where the names of finalists for "chief executive officer" of any agency shall be made public at least 14 days prior to the appointment."
The Denver ethics board has ruled that Mayor Hickenlooper cannot accept airline travel donated for his upcoming trip to Silicon Valley according to the Rocky Mountain News [July 29, 2003, "No freebie plane tickets"] From the article, "Hickenlooper, along with Gov. Bill Owens, will visit Silicon Valley companies such as Sun Microsystems, said Tom Clark, executive vice president of Metro Denver Network, and also meet with venture capitalists." The Rocky quotes Mayor Hickenlooper's spokesperson, Lindy Eichenbaum Lent, as saying, "In a time of budget crisis, the city cannot afford to (ignore) economic development, but it cannot necessarily afford to foot the bill for all these trips." During the election the Mayor kept saying that government, "Is not just about the bottom line." The Ethics Board repeated that sentiment in this ruling. Here's the coverage from the Denver Post [July 29, 2003, "Mayor can't use donated tickets"].
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