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  African American Registry: Wellington Webb, a Colorado Icon!
*Wellington Webb was born on this date in 1941.
In 1972, Webb was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives, five years later; Webb was selected by President Jimmy Carter to serve as regional director of the U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare.
Webb was president of the Democratic Mayors and the past president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and National Conference of Black Mayors.
www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/2522/Wellington_Webb_a_Colorado_Icon   (374 words)

  
  Wellington Webb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wellington E. Webb (born 1941) is a former mayor of Denver.
Webb served as mayor of Denver for 12 years, from 1991 to 2003.
Webb is married to another Colorado politician, Wilma Webb.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wellington_Webb   (186 words)

  
 The HistoryMakers
Wellington E. Webb, the first African American Mayor of Denver, was born on February 17, 1941, in Chicago.
In 1977, Webb was selected by President Jimmy Carter to serve as regional director of the U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare.
Webb was elected Denver city auditor in 1987, where his track record paved the way for his successful and historic mayoral bid in 1991.
www.thehistorymakers.com /biography/biography.asp?bioindex=176&category=politicalMakers   (393 words)

  
 Ciruli Associates - Colorado Politics - Polls - Research - Public Policy
Wellington Webb, running for his third term, might receive more than 70 percent of the vote in the May 4 election.
As of mid-April, Wellington Webb was receiving 56 percent of the vote against all opponents.
Wellington Webb, who has strongly opposed the concealed weapons bill, was in alignment with Denver voters.
www.ciruli.com /archives/webbvote.htm   (1345 words)

  
 RBA History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Wellington E. Webb was elected on May 4, 1999 to serve his third term as Denver's first African-American mayor.
For the past six years, Ebony magazine has named Mayor Webb as one of the one hundred most influential African-Americans in the Nation; in 1996 Mayor Webb was recognized by Newsweek as one of the top 25 mayors in the nation.
Mayor Webb and his wife Wilma J. Webb, a former six-term Colorado state representative who currently serves as the United States Secretary of Labor's Representative for Region Eight, have four grown children and live in Denver's City Park West neighborhood.
www.brunerfoundation.org /rba/p/webb.html   (278 words)

  
 Western Democrat: Wellington Webb, at least saying the right things
I'm not going to make this a Webb for DNC chair blog, but it seems at least this guy is saying all the right stuff.
Echoing the theme of a 50-state campaign, an African-American former mayor of Denver, Wellington Webb, will also speak on Saturday to make the case that the party should be led by someone from a Western state.
Webb is also calling on Democrats to develop a message "to target Southern and Western states rather than writing off these important voting parts of the country before the election even starts."
www.westerndemocrat.com /2004/12/wendell_webb_at.html   (391 words)

  
 Former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb's Consulting Firm Issues 782-page Study Advocating 300 room Convention Center Hotel ...
Former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb, whose consulting firm studied the project for Macon, said local officials should hire a management company to run city venues such as the Macon Coliseum and Wilson Convention Center and build the hotel to complement them.
Webb, who worked on a similar venture in Denver, said public financing methods typically are more successful, and he urged Macon not to shortchange the project.
She said Webb's study is a comprehensive look at how to build such a hotel, including how to pay for it.
www.hotel-online.com /News/PR2004_4th/Dec04_WebbStudy.html   (767 words)

  
 SCDLC -- The New Democrats   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Webb understands well the foundation areas of Denver's 21st century economy -- and the city has clearly benefited from it.
Wellington Webb has long been active with the DLC, and was one of the charter members of the DLC's Local Officials Network.
Webb and his wife, Wilma, have four grown children and live in Denver's City Park West neighborhood.
www.scdlc.org /content/news_article.asp?id=37   (733 words)

  
 Webb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Webb Ranch, a farm on Stanford University land, USA
Lucy Webb Hayes (1831 - 1889), First Lady of the United States during the presidency of her husband Rutherford B. Hayes
Philip Webb, British Arts and Crafts architect, designed Red House in Bexleyheath.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Webb   (382 words)

  
 National Press Club -- Wellington Webb
On May 4, 1999, Wellington E. Webb was elected to serve his third term as mayor of the city and county of Denver.
Mayor Webb's distinguished public service career began in 1972, when he was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a delegate from his boyhood neighborhood of northeast Denver.
Mayor Webb is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Brookings Institution's Center for Urban and Metropolitan Policy.
www.npr.org /programs/npc/1999/991123.wwebb.html   (149 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Travel - News - Denver mayor scoffs at United's lease requests   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
DENVER (AP) — United Airlines' sluggish pace in reaffirming its decades-long lease at Denver International Airport is angering Mayor Wellington Webb, who on Tuesday scoffed at the carrier's request for a renovated commuter concourse and reimbursement for the baggage system.
Webb tore up a letter from United's lawyers outlining the requests, then asked his assistant to mail back the shredded pieces to the Elk Grove Village, Ill.-based airline.
Webb wants airport officials to object to United's plans to seek an extension during a monthly hearing in bankruptcy court later this week.
www.usatoday.com /travel/news/2003/07/16-denver-ual.htm   (385 words)

  
 Rocky Mountain News: Real Estate
What Wellington Webb couldn't do as mayor of Denver, he now expects to accomplish as his first private development job in the city: the redevelopment of the former Dahlia Square Shopping Center.
Webb and Sullivan also are negotiating with the Catholic Archdiocese of Denver to possibly manage about 40 units for senior citizens, along with 55 affordable apartments.
Webb, Sullivan and Tracy Huggins, executive director of DURA, scoffed at the notion Webb may have received preferential treatment because he was Denver's mayor for 12 years.
www.rockymountainnews.com /drmn/real_estate/article/0,1299,DRMN_414_4474116,00.html   (634 words)

  
 Ebony: Wellington Webb: walking to victory in Denver - Newest Black Mayors
I WILL BE the first mayor of Denver with a mustache," quipped Wellington E. Webb, 50, as if his stunning, come-from-behind election as the first Black mayor of the 68-percent White city had been merely a footnote to political history.
At his July inauguration, Webb succeeded Federico Pena, Denver's first Hispanic mayor who is credited with bringing a major league baseball team to the city, a new $2.1 billion airport slated to be the nation's largest and $91 million in library improvements.
Webb intends to ride herd on the city's $3 billion debt and to strengthen the tax base by luring more permanent residents to Denver which lost 26,000 in the last decade.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1077/is_n11_v46/ai_11256182   (713 words)

  
 The Trentonian - News - 01/27/2005 - Palmer supports Webb over Dean
Wellington Webb, whose three terms as the mayor of Denver, cemented his potential as a crossover candidate, remains an underdog to Vermont Governor Howard Dean in the race for the DNC title.
Webb, meanwhile, has won support from a number of current and former elected officials, including Rep. Emanuel Cleaver of Kansas City, Mo.; former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown; and Rep. Albert Wynn of Baltimore.
Webb, elected mayor three times in a city that is only about 12 percent fl, previously served as a Colorado state legislator and Denver city auditor.
www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=13834284&BRD=1697&PAG=461&dept_id=44551&rfi=6   (509 words)

  
 Cenveo -- vision | delivered
Wellington Webb, former mayor of Denver, has had a distinguished public service career since 1972 when he was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives.
Webb received a BA and an MA in Sociology from Colorado State College and University of Northern Colorado, respectively.
Webb is also the Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee and serves on the following boards: Maximus Corporation, National Homebuyers Association and The Labor’s Community Agency.
www.cenveo.com /media/boardMemb.asp?from=ir&mbr=8   (177 words)

  
 MyDD :: CO-Gov: Webb in '06?
The one section of that blatherfest that I found interesting was a blurb on Wellington Webb, mayor from 1992 to 2004.
Wellington Edward Webb was born Feb. 7, 1941 in Chicago, where his father, Wellington Marion Webb, was captain of the club car on the deluxe Union Pacific passenger train called the "City of Denver." That crack overnight 100 m.p.h.
Webb became a basketball star at Denver's Manual High School and received a scholarship to the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, where he earned a masters degree in education.
www.mydd.com /story/2005/2/2/15022/14439   (1436 words)

  
 cbs4denver.com: Wellington Webb: Back In The Spotlight
Webb is the vice chair of the Democratic National Committee.
Webb said he won't make an official endorsement for the Democratic party presidential nomination because of his position, but says he would like to see Kerry or Dean get the nod.
Webb also runs a consulting company and serves on the board of directors of two corporations.
www.cbs4denver.com /topstories/local_story_028174641.html   (406 words)

  
 Rocky Mountain News: Local
Webb teamed up with his brother, attorney Joe Webb, and real estate developer Jim Sullivan to form a company in April, Alliance Development Inc. The group plans to scout and compete for urban development projects such as Dahlia Square.
Webb worked tirelessly during his 12-year tenure as mayor to turn around the 8.3-acre Dahlia Square site, but financing and remediation problems surrounding a landfill beneath the property stifled redevelopment.
Webb and his partners could benefit from about $8 million in city and federal funds spent so far to revitalize the site, but that's speculative.
www.rockymountainnews.com /drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_3859264,00.html   (576 words)

  
 March urges unity, peace
Anti-war messages were plentiful, and Mayor Wellington Webb urged President Bush to think twice about attacking Iraq.
Webb, who will leave office this summer after 12 years as the city's top elected leader, was speaking at the King Day celebration for the final time as mayor.
In addition to the war, Webb said, he disagreed with Bush's stance against the affirmative-action policy at the University of Michigan, arguing that it is the only way to achieve diversity.
www.ccmep.org /2003_articles/Local/012103_march_urges.htm   (1053 words)

  
 Webb Gives Mild Support to Gun Buyback Program; Webb Calls Anti-Gun Foray a Success [Free Republic]
Webb, Sanchez and dozens of mayors, police chiefs and church leaders from around the country came to Washington to lobby for stricter gun controls in the wake of the Columbine High tragedy.
Webb and his delegation, criticized as a "media circus" by the National Rifle Association, also was attacked Thursday by the Law Enforcement Alliance of America.
Webb, like many fls who support the Dumbasscratic Party, is being used by the elite Democratic and media liberals to further their own socialist agenda.
www.freerepublic.com /forum/a37d90f9223c9.htm   (2440 words)

  
 Webb signs bill that lets voters decide on tax hike to help kids
Mayor Wellington Webb signed a bill Thursday that will let voters decide in November if they want to pay higher sales taxes to provide more money for programs to help disadvantaged children.
With his 12-year-old grandson, also named Wellington Webb, sitting by his side, the mayor said the "Great Futures for Denver Kids" will use taxpayer money for a true investment.
Webb said the money will be used for early childhood care and education, health services and before- and after-school programs.
www.rockypreps.com /news/0901chil5.shtml   (207 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The city’s population increased by 19 percent and the bond rating for general Obligation Bonds went from A to AA+ and airport bonds from BBB to A. Denver is the only city to be cited for five years running as One of the Top American Cities in Fortune Magazine’s annual “Best Cities” survey.
Mayor Webb negotiated the deal to develop the Pepsi Center in the Platte Valley while assuring that the Colorado Avalanche hockey team, the Denver Nuggets basketball team and the Denver Broncos football team would remain in Denver for at least 25 years.
Mayor Webb was a recent guest lecturer at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and a visiting fellow at their Institute of Politics.
www.uic.edu /cuppa/gci/events/wf2003/docs/Webb.bio[1].doc   (392 words)

  
 U.S. Mayors Articles | Denver Mayor Wellington Webb Seeks Third Term (2/22/99)
Webb is currently Vice President of the Conference of Mayors.
Webb has a long track record in state and federal government over the years as a legislator, governor's cabinet member, and federal administrator and has presided during what is arguably the best economy Denver and Colorado have seen.
The May 4th election will launch Webb's last four-year term and is expected to be the starting point for the Mayor to launch his term to deal with unfinished business.
www.usmayors.org /USCM/us_mayor_newspaper/documents/02_22_99/webb.htm   (138 words)

  
 OpinionJournal - The Western Front
Denver's Mayor Wellington Webb, however, is unfazed by the move toward self-protection.
Webb and the other politicians lining up behind this suit should take a ride along with the police who have to deal with dangerous criminals every day.
Mayor Webb should know all of this already, for his city is even worse.
www.opinionjournal.com /columnists/bminiter?id=110003544   (982 words)

  
 Remediation Market Report, October, 1998, Cover, Page 1.
Webb said studies done by the city show groundwater is seeping into the soil around the site.
The city's fight escalated recently when the Webb administration learned that the burial method of the radioactive soil at Shattuck was not practiced elsewhere in the United States, despite the EPA's position that it was.
Webb charged that EPA officials have chosen to bury the waste because the neighborhood surrounding the Shattuck site is primarily minority and low-income.
www.wasteinfo.com /news/stories/archives/1998/10/RR/R98A11.htm   (569 words)

  
 Ebony: Denver's walking mayor - Wellington E. Webb
Webb has earned a reputation for championing the atrs and the rights of minorities, women and the "average man," for revitalizing downtown Denver and enhancing the quality of life overall, and for effectively tackling tough issues.
Throughout all of this, Majo Webb has weathered considerable criticism from the local media due to an increase in violent crime in the city, the airport project and the prominent role of Mrs.
Webb, who was a respected member of the State Assembly for more than 12 years.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1077/is_n2_v49/ai_14680129   (1481 words)

  
 Friend Of The River - The Greenway Foundation..Honorable Mayor Wellington Webb   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Wellington Webb served three terms as Mayor of the City and County of Denver from 1991-2003.
Mayor Webb’s distinguished public service career began in 1972 when he was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives.
Mayor Webb was awarded a BA in Sociology from Colorado State College at Greeley in 1964 and an MA in Sociology from the University of Northern Colorado at Greeley in 1971.
www.greenwayfoundation.org /gw_friend_webb.html   (285 words)

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