Mayor Hickenlooper has come through the snowstorms this winter OK politically, according to the Rocky Mountain News. From the article, "Voters gave former Denver Mayor Bill McNichols a cold shoulder at the polls over his handling of the Christmas blizzard of 1982. Five years later, a 15-inch dump led to a recall drive that briefly threatened Mayor Federico Peña months into his second term. But even though the city was paralyzed again this winter by a series of snowstorms at the height of the Christmas shopping season, most voters still feel warm and fuzzy about Mayor John Hickenlooper. A poll conducted by The Kenney Group, a political consulting firm managing his re-election campaign, found that most voters weren't too upset about the city's snow-removal efforts despite angry reactions at the time...
"The $24,348 poll was paid for by Hickenlooper's re-election campaign. Kenney agreed to share the results at the request of the Rocky Mountain News. More than icy streets have threatened to cool the city's affection for its mayor. The design for the city's new centerpiece justice center slipped off track briefly last fall when a high-profile architect resigned in a public spat. Dust was still settling on the dispute when epic lines confronted tens of thousands of city voters in November as election workers' software failed. But many say they are ready to vote the mayor back into office. When asked about the May election, 49 percent of respondents said they would definitely vote for Hickenlooper...
"Among the findings: 68 percent believe 'things in Denver are generally headed in the right direction'; 14 percent said education and schools are the most important issues facing Denver; 55 percent feel their quality of life is about the same as it was four years ago while 24 percent say it's much or somewhat better; 59 percent think local taxes are "about right" compared with the services they receive; 62 percent rate Denver's economy as fairly strong, but 43 percent said it's very or somewhat difficult to keep up with their bills."
Category: Denver May 2007 Election
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