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  Peace group seeks Hickenlooper reply
Hickenlooper, who has said his campaign schedule is too full to allow him to meet with the group's members, was drafting a written statement Friday that he hoped would allay their concerns.
Hickenlooper said he was not involved in the decision to give the group money last year and said he was "horrified" by some of the organization's positions.
Hickenlooper said he was working on a written statement Friday that he hoped would put the issue to rest as he heads into the last two weeks of the campaign.
www.ccmep.org /2003_articles/Local/051703_peace_group_seeks_hickenlooper_reply.htm   (854 words)

  
 Here's the scoop: Director casts Hickenlooper in film (The Denver Post) by John Moore
Hickenlooper said he had no idea he was being considered for the role of a reporter.
Hickenlooper's name isn't the only eye-catching one on the list of 18 locals who have won speaking roles (two parts are yet to be cast).
Hickenlooper said he is not worried if critics suggest there may be better uses of a mayor's time than on a movie set.
www.100megspop2.com /presca/hickenlooper.html   (715 words)

  
 New Democrat Update - June 2003
Hickenlooper’s campaign embraced traditional progressive values and advanced them in ways that address changing times, focusing on genuine and relevant reform.
Before the campaign started, Hickenlooper comprehensively and methodically assessed the big challenges facing the city, visited with mayors across the nation to identify cutting-edge ideas and developed a set of innovative and practical Denver-specific solutions.
While Hickenlooper was speaking to the broad concerns of voters, Mares was making very specific promises to attract support from city workers, who, by the way, are fighting the very changes the electorate is demanding.
www.coloradodlc.org /ndu0603.htm   (1210 words)

  
 Public Opinion Strategies
Hickenlooper gave himself a "pass" on a host of issues - everything from dealing with the city's budget crisis to slashing parking meter rates downtown - but ducked efforts to get him to be more specific in his assessment of the job he has done.
If a year in office has taught the city anything about Hickenlooper, it is that he is a study in contrasts who has proven amazingly adept at dealing with the problems that go with the job.
Hickenlooper acknowledged that the incident was difficult to confront, in large part because of the sadness associated with the death of a teenage boy.
www.pos.org /platform/file_retrieve.cfm?ID=623   (2287 words)

  
 John Hickenlooper - dKosopedia
John W. Hickenlooper is the popular Democratic Mayor of Denver, Colorado.
First elected in 2003, Hickenlooper's signature accomplishment to date has been leading the successful campaign to pass FasTracks, an initiative to complete the Denver metropolitan area's extensive light rail transit system.
Hickenlooper was named one of the Top Five Mayors in America by Time Magazine.
www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/John_Hickenlooper   (172 words)

  
 Ciruli Associates - Colorado Politics - Polls - Research - Public Policy - Regional Transit
John Hickenlooper, local restaurant and bar owner in his first run for office, took a surprisingly strong lead in the Denver Post/9News poll conducted 13 days before the May 6 general election.
Hickenlooper won 30 percent of the early votes; Mares and Zavaras were in a near tie for second (17% and 15%, respectively).
John Hickenlooper’s support generally spanned the city with slight upticks in the central (33%) and southwestern (34%) areas.
www.ciruli.com /polls/mayorvote03.htm   (2072 words)

  
 John Hickenlooper talks about peak oil during ASPO USA conference (transcript) - Global Public Media
John Hickenlooper: Certainly you can see that a car-coop is gonna have the ability to increase the economic benefit of car-pooling because people actually don't have to own that second car.
John Hickenlooper: The National Government, and not just the United States but all over the world, it's hard to get National Governments to really pay attention or make dramatic changes to something like this because there are so many special interests, so many affected parties that have a real significant economic stake.
John Hickenlooper: We actually are having a sustainability best practices conferences here at the end of November where we're getting the mayors of Portland, Seattle, Chicago, and some of the more progressive cities that really are kind of ahead of the curve.
www.globalpublicmedia.com /transcripts/618   (2238 words)

  
 Coyote Gulch
John Hickenlooper is running a new tv ad according to the Denver Post.
Hickenlooper's ad is not up on the website yet but here's the link anyway.
John Hickenlooper picked up the endorsement of the the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties yesterday according to the Denver Business Journal.
radio.weblogs.com /0101170/2003/05/14.html   (706 words)

  
 Coyote Gulch
Don Mares, John Hickenlooper, and Ed Thomas pressed the flesh with city employees who showed up for a scheduled benefits hearing at the Webb building yesterday according to the Rocky Mountain News.
John Hickenlooper took the opportunity to ask Don Mares if his campaign was going negative in light of reports to that effect in the papers this week.
Hickenlooper countered that as mayor he would need to find an alternate funding source to replace revenue if the city lowered rates and that he did not mean to mislead people with his ad, it was designed to point out that government can make bad decisions when they do not include effected parties.
radio.weblogs.com /0101170/categories/.../2003/05/16.html   (1815 words)

  
 Hickenlooper - About John   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
You may already know John Hickenlooper as the entrepreneur who founded Denver's Wynkoop Brewing Company, the visionary who helped revitalize Lower Downtown, the civic coalition builder who led the fight to keep the "Mile High Stadium" name, or the nonprofit leader who has served on the boards of dozens of local nonprofits and civic organizations.
John is active in local community affairs and has served on the boards of the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, the Denver Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Denver Art Museum, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, Denver Civic Ventures, Volunteers For Outdoor Colorado, the Association of Brewers, and the Institute for Brewing Studies.
John attended Wesleyan University where he received a BA in English in 1974 and an MS in geology in 1980.
www.hickenlooperformayor.com /specialtyPageView.cfm?specialtyPageID=469   (525 words)

  
 Denver Restaurateur Set for June Mayoral Runoff | News | National Restaurant Association
Hickenlooper captured 43.2 percent of the vote, while Mares finished a distant second with 22 percent.
As for the smoking ban, Hickenlooper is opposed because restaurants on the perimeter of the city would suffer when dining parties with smokers take their business across the city line.
Hickenlooper does have some background in politics by virtue of serving on 35 nonprofit boards and committees.
www.restaurant.org /news/story.cfm?ID=57   (620 words)

  
 U.S. Mayor Article | Governing Magazine Names Denver Mayor One of 2005 Public Officials of the Year (November 21, 2005)
Hickenlooper’s was the most important public face of the successful campaign, but the FasTracks proposal boasted heavy financial support from business groups, as well as the endorsement of all 32 mayors in the Denver metro area.
Hickenlooper wants to build 3,000 housing units and provide comprehensive mental health and substance abuse assistance as part of his goal of getting 75 percent of the city’s chronic homeless off the streets within five years.
Hickenlooper says that government can be a “catalyst, but it can’t do it all by itself.” Nonetheless, the mayor himself has proven to be quite a catalyst.
www.usmayors.org /uscm/US_Mayor_newspaper/documents/11_21_05/Hickenlooper_award.asp   (703 words)

  
 Brewpub owner Hickenlooper is elected mayor of Denver - John Hickenlooper Modern Brewery Age - Find Articles
Hickenlooper savored his victory as hundreds of supporters crowded around the stage he was on in a city park.
Hickenlooper, 51, who owns eight restaurants, touted his experience in business and inexperience in politics, saying he will bring fresh new approaches to governing.
Hickenlooper finished first with 43 percent of the vote among seven candidates in the May 6 election, short of the more than 50 percent needed to win the mayor's office outright.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3469/is_24_54/ai_104519596   (612 words)

  
 John Hickenlooper For Mayor
John Hickenlooper wants to continue his commitment to Denver as your next mayor, bringing business perspectives to city government to ensure that resources are allocated efficiently, services are delivered effectively, and opportunities are created for all.
You may already know John Hickenlooper as the entrepreneur who founded Denver's Wynkoop Brewing Company, the visionary who helped revitalize Lower Downtown, and the community leader who led the fight to keep the "Mile High Stadium" name.
John's passion for Denver began in 1981 when his career as an exploration geologist brought him to Buckhorn Petroleum, where he worked for five years.
www.hickenlooperformayor.com   (157 words)

  
 Terrain.org - Guest Editorial: Sustainability in the Mile High City, by John Hickenlooper, Denver Mayor
John Hickenlooper is the Mayor of the City and County of Denver, Colorado.
Hickenlooper’s passion for Denver began in 1981 when his career as an exploration geologist brought him to Buckhorn Petroleum, where he worked for five years.
A respected entrepreneur, Hickenlooper was also involved with numerous downtown Denver renovation and development projects and is credited as one of the pioneers that helped revitalize Denver’s Lower Downtown (LoDo) historic district.
www.terrain.org /columns/17/guest.htm   (1396 words)

  
 DenverPost.com - A choice is brewing, Hickenlooper vows
Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper said Wednesday that concerns about his family and staff and whether he can finish the things he has started in his first term as mayor are weighing heavily into his highly anticipated decision about whether to run for governor.
Hickenlooper's potential candidacy has come up during the conference in Washington as he rubs elbows with the nation's mayors and state and federal lawmakers such as Rep. John D. Dingell, a Michigan Democrat.
Hickenlooper acknowledged that anyone running for governor must be willing to endure a certain amount of "negative distortions of their actions or beliefs" but said that it wasn't part of his decision-making process.
www.denverpost.com /news/ci_3438001   (798 words)

  
 John Hickenlooper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Wright Hickenlooper (born February 7, 1952) is Mayor of the City and County of Denver, Colorado.
Hickenlooper was popular among voters, as he promised to reduce parking prices in the downtown area, with which he followed through soon after his election.
Mayor Hickenlooper graduated from Wesleyan University where he received a bachelor’s degree in English in 1974 and a master’s degree in geology in 1980.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Hickenlooper   (883 words)

  
 Bookselling This Week: Mile High Mayor Sees Independent Businesses From Both Sides
Hickenlooper has shown remarkable foresight as a leading developer of Denver's downtown, beginning in 1988, when rents were extremely low.
Hickenlooper is also a friend and great supporter of Meskis in her resistance to government encroachment on privacy or free speech rights.
Hickenlooper knows the title of the book selected by a consortium of booksellers, teachers, and librarians, along with the mayor's office, but he can't reveal the title until March 1.
news.bookweb.org /features/2274.html   (1021 words)

  
 DLC: New Dem of the Week: John Hickenlooper
When the city's new mayor, John Hickenlooper, took office that summer, he was forced to ask concessions of city workers and make cuts to agencies across the board.
Hickenlooper's first step was to establish clear and measurable goals that matched the priorities of Denver's citizens and became the foundation of his proposed budget:
One of Hickenlooper's top priorities with this year's budget was to bolster the city's public safety.
www.dlc.org /ndol_ci.cfm?contentid=252922&subid=117&kaid=104   (503 words)

  
 Columbus Day 2005 Colorado My Two Beads Worth
Their letter to Mayor John Hickenlooper and to the City Council asks them for an "unequivocal declaration" that celebrations of Christopher Columbus, whom they see as responsible for launching 500 years of genocide against indigenous people, should end in Denver.
Hickenlooper last Wednesday sent a letter to protest supporter Glenn Morris and to parade advocate Vendegnia, telling both he was "sick and tired" of the annual conflict.
Mayor John Hickenlooper, who last week enraged groups on both sides with a letter that said he was "sick and tired of this entire costly, frustrating and potentially dangerous situation," declined the group's request.
mytwobeadsworth.com /ColumbusCO.html   (3989 words)

  
 From the Jawbone of Another Ass   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The specific ass in question is Mayor John "please come to Denver, illegal aliens" Hickenlooper, whose Denver Police Department follows the "hands off" policy to illegal aliens outlined in his predecessor's Executive Order 116.
Hickenlooper joined the official flip-flop on May 19: "Local government's role is not to arrest, combine or expel those without valid visas, he said in an interview, "Our policy is to follow the interpretation of the federal law." Does that mean His Honor copies President George Bush with his refusal to enforce federal laws?
Hickenlooper further "passed the buck" by explaining that Congress has to work the issues of enforcing immigration laws.
magic-city-news.com /printer_3905.shtml   (1063 words)

  
 Elevated Voices - Being John Hickenlooper
Though Hickenlooper isn’t on Tuesday’s ballot, Steers notes that the mayor has a huge stake in the outcome of Referendum 4A, the $4.7 billion mass-transit initiative.
The FasTracks vote is the first time Hickenlooper has been in the position of challenging the governor on a high-profile metro issue, and it may mark his emergence as a more partisan leader.
Hickenlooper tries to be diplomatic, portraying the difference with Owens over FasTracks as a simple disagreement - even though it also reveals a basic philosophical divide over how Colorado should deal with growth.
www.5280.com /blog/?p=85   (634 words)

  
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This past summer, in a landslide victory, Hickenlooper was elected the 43rd mayor of Denver.
Hickenlooper's new digs at Denver City Hall -- located directly across a park from the Colorado State Capitol -- encompass a large oval-shaped room with an elegant chandelier hanging from the ceiling.
In 1981 Hickenlooper was hired by Buckhorn Petroleum and moved to Denver.
www.aapg.org /explorer/2003/12dec/hickenlooper.cfm   (1487 words)

  
 DLC: John Hickenlooper's Excellent Lessons by Jim Gibson
Nowhere was this more obvious than in John Hickenlooper's suprise election in the recent Denver mayoral race.
Hickenlooper prevailed because he realized that majorities are built around values and ideas, not narrow appeals to special-interest groups.
Tellingly, Hickenlooper helped to keep his message consistent by refusing offers from independent organizations that try to help their endorsed candidates.
www.dlc.org /ndol_ci.cfm?contentid=251790&kaid=104&subid=117   (900 words)

  
 9NEWS.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
John Hickenlooper has long been known as the entrepreneur who founded Denver’s Wynkoop Brewing Company, the visionary who revitalized Denver’s Lower Downtown, and the community leader who led the fight to keep the “Mile High” stadium name.
DENVER (AP) - Mayor-elect John Hickenlooper on Thursday appointed a former state legislator and opponent in the mayor's race, a well-known businesswoman and a former software developer to help him make the transition to his new job.
DENVER - First-time candidate John Hickenlooper has a significant lead in Denver’s mayoral race, according to a 9NEWS poll conducted by SurveyUSA, but the real battle in the race appears to be which candidate comes in second.
www.9news.com /mayor   (967 words)

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