2003 Denver Mayoral Transition
Here's a story from the Denver Post [December 3, 2003, "Denver mayor adds 2 to senior staff"] about Mayor Hickenlooper's two appointments yesterday. From the article, "Peter Park, 40, will leave his post as city planning director of Milwaukee to take the similar post in Denver on Jan. 12. His annual pay will be $115,000. Mary Buckley, 47, joined the mayor's staff as the city's director of business development on Monday. Formerly, she had been deputy city manager of Centennial. She will make $81,000 a year." Here's the coverage from the Rocky Mountain News [December 3, 2003, "Park to shape Denver's future"]. The Rocky also has a background piece on Peter Park and Mary Buckley [December 3, 2003, "New city directors"].
Former City Council member, Susan Barnes-Geldt, weighs in on Peter Park's appointment in her column in today's Post [December 3, 2003, "New planner has his hands full in Denver"]. Says Barnes-Geldt, "Effective implementation of Blueprint Denver and quality development of transit stations and two soon- to-be-abandoned hospital sites will depend on unprecedented cooperation between Public Works and Community Planning and Development. Arcane charter language gives the manager of Public Works "exclusive authority" over streets, sidewalks and alleys. That and a decade of departmental indifference to thoughtful transportation planning and design suggest Park ought to be given veto power over the appointment of the new manager of Public Works."
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