Coyote Gulch

Thursday, August 21, 2003

2003 Denver Mayoral Transition
Mayor Hickenlooper announced via e-mail to city employees three new appointments today. From the e-mail:
"Mayor John Hickenlooper held a news conference in his office Thursday to announce his appointees for Deputy Director of Economic Development, Director of Contract Compliance, and Director of Housing and Neighborhood Development Services. These three individuals, as well as previously announced Director of Workforce Development Cec Ortiz, will report to previously announced Director of Economic Development John Huggins who will lead Hickenlooper's newly restructured, cabinet-rank Office of Economic Development." Myrna Hipp was named Deputy Director of Economic Development, Tamela Lee, Director of Contract Compliance, and Jacqueline Morales-Ferrand, Director of Housing and Neighborhood Development Services.
6:09:45 PM

2003 Denver Mayoral Transition
It seems that the Police Union has decided to leverage their relationship with the General Fund and traffic tickets to thwart the re-appointment of Gerry Whitman as Police Chief according to the Rocky Mountain News [August 21, 2003, "Denver cop union slams chief"]. From the article, "Denver police won't write tickets to help the city's coffers as long as Gerry Whitman is leading the department, the union implies in a letter to Mayor John Hickenlooper's transition committee." Here's the text of the letter from the Rocky [August 21, 2003, "Text of the Denver Police Protective Association's letter"].
6:10:41 AM