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YES on Denver’s 2K; it’ll help keep the lights on
In 12 years as mayor of Denver, I learned that a city’s most important work is often its least noticed. Nobody calls City Hall to say “thank you” for a streetlight that runs through the night. Nobody writes a letter to the editor about a power line that stayed up through a windstorm. We expect the basics to just work. That is what Referred Question 2K is about. It is the boring, unglamorous work of keeping the lights on and our city running. And it deserves your “yes” vote by Nov. 3.
Denver has been here before and we know what it takes to reduce youth violence (Opinion)
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... There are moments in public service that never leave you. For me, one of those moments was the Summer of Violence in the early 1990s. It was a time when Denver was making national headlines for all the wrong reasons. Young people were killing young people. Entire neighborhoods were living in fear. And as mayor, one of the hardest responsibilities I carried was attending funeral after funeral for children whose lives had barely begun.
Three former Denver mayors urge a “yes” vote on license plate cameras (Opinion)
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... This week, Denver City Council will make a decision that goes to the heart of a basic responsibility we all share: keeping our communities safe. The proposal is a one-year contract with Axon Enterprise to install 50 license plate reader cameras in high-traffic areas. These cameras help law enforcement identify vehicles connected to crimes. Some in our community have raised concerns about privacy–and we should take those concerns seriously.
GUEST COLUMN: Bennet bill expands access to cancer screening Original
One is a world- famous star athlete turned Colorado football coach. The other is a comparatively quieter, thoughtful and dedicated United States senator. But they have at least one thing in common: They are both cancer survivors. As am I. And while you don’t often read about Michael Bennet and Deion Sanders in the same sections of the newspaper, this dynamic duo from Colorado could be the key to passing federal legislation that would make new cancer screening technologies available through Medicare.
Former Mayor Webb Says New Denver Broncos Stadium Must Stay in Denver
Let me say it loud and clear. If the Denver Broncos ownership builds the team’s new stadium outside the Mile High City, the majority of Broncos Country is going to loudly boo and scream “Incomplete!” As businesspeople, I don’t fault the Walter-Penner ownership speaking with officials in Douglas County, Lone Tree and even Aurora. Yet, they also know they have a perfect location already taking root just a few miles south of the current stadium.
Africa: A Broader View of Eximbank's Activity and Achievements in Africa
Washington, DC — The undersigned are members of the U.S. Export Import Bank (Eximbank) Sub-Sahara Africa Advisory Committee (SAAC), an outside advisory body made up of professionals who in each instance has extensive experience in U.S.-Africa trade, investment and development policy and/or diplomacy relating to the African continent. We are prompted to submit this letter by an article that appeared in Bloomberg News on May 15 detailing a report from the Eximbank Inspector General.
Coloradans facing an avalanche of fees
In June, we embraced the Colorado Avalanche bringing Lord Stanley back to our state. Denver now truly is Hockey Town U.S.A. with the Stanley Cup, the University of Denver is the NCAA Champion, Denver East hockey won the high school national championship and the PeeWee Jr. Avs won The Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament this year.
Coloradans facing an avalanche of fees Original
In June, we embraced the Colorado Avalanche bringing Lord Stanley back to our state. Denver now truly is Hockey Town U.S.A. with the Stanley Cup, the University of Denver is the NCAA Champion, Denver East hockey won the high school national championship and the PeeWee Jr. Avs won The Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament this year.
Coloradans facing an avalanche of fees
In June, we embraced the Colorado Avalanche bringing Lord Stanley back to our state. Denver now truly is Hockey Town U.S.A. with the Stanley Cup, the University of Denver is the NCAA Champion, Denver East hockey won the high school national championship and the PeeWee Jr. Avs won The Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament this year.
Denver is nickel-and-diming its most vulnerable residents
Coloradans are facing a growing avalanche of new and increased fees that local governments and utilities are using to slowly but surely pick our pockets. Every month these fees chip away especially hard on the working poor and senior citizens on fixed incomes who barely can survive. These fees, along with higher food and gas prices, impact the middle class as well. Often we don’t know our pockets have been picked until our bills arrive. Let me give you just a few examples.
Webb: David won the battle over a Park Hill conservation easement, but will Goliath win the war?
It’s not often we hear about, much less participate in, a real-time David versus Goliath battle where David emerges as the victor. Denver experienced this in the Nov. 2 election, when voters passed Initiative 301 and defeated Initiative 302. A small group of activists who believed in protecting the conservation easement — established more than 20 years ago on the old Park Hill golf course — took on big developers, the city and members of City Council.
Wellington Webb, Denver’s Former Mayor, Reflects On The Terror Of 9/11 And How He Responded, ‘Made Sure The City’s Protected’
By Jesse SarlesSeptember 10, 2021 at 6:39 pm DENVER (CBS4) – Former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb was in the middle of his third and final term in office on Sept. 11, 2001. He took some time this month to share his memories of 9/11, 20 years later, with CBS4. Read a transcript of CBS4’s report below: “I saw that first plane crash into the first World Trade Center tower. And my first response was ‘How in the hell could that happen?'” Webb said.
Wellington Webb: Creating a public option for Colorado health insurance would be a mistake
Health care is a complicated issue, and there is no magic silver bullet that will address all the concerns Colorado communities face when it comes to accessing high-quality, comprehensive care at prices that won’t break the bank. While I certainly understand the need to lower costs and improve access, I do not agree with some lawmakers in the state legislature that the best way to do that is by attempting to create a massive, state government-run health insurance system.
Webb: Creating a public option for Colorado health insurance would be a mistake
Health care is a complicated issue, and there is no magic silver bullet that will address all the concerns Colorado communities face when it comes to accessing high-quality, comprehensive care at prices that won’t break the bank. While I certainly understand the need to lower costs and improve access, I do not agree with some lawmakers in the state legislature that the best way to do that is by attempting to create a massive, state government-run health insurance system.
Webb: Park Hill Golf Course land can and must be preserved under new conservation law
The definition of the word conservation is “prevention of wasteful use of a resource,” and Colorado conservation easements are voluntary, legal agreements that permanently limit uses of land in order to protect its conservation values for future generations. Until June of this year, Colorado conservation easements like the one that preserves the Park Hill Golf Course land open space could be terminated simply with the mutual agreement of the two parties that created them.
OPINION | ‘Slow the train down’ on fast-track oil and gas legislation
Wellington E. Webb This latest round of oil and gas regulation discord in the Colorado state legislature has been two opposing armies facing off to protect their interests with all the conviction of “right is on my side.” One side cites health and public safety; the other side the loss of jobs and cutbacks in the industry. We live in a time when “big industry” is the enemy of the people.
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018 letters: wrong message on immigration, mailing your ballot, vote yes on 300
The salutation proclaims in part: “Give me your tired, your poor … Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me …” And now, our president says “I’m sending in the Army to keep these people out of the United States.” I’m embarrassed at the message the U.S. is sending our still-remaining allies and the world. If you are mailing in your ballot versus dropping it off at a ballot dropoff location, please be careful to provide the correct amount of postage.
Webb and Peña: Get Denver students to college by voting “yes” on 300
The rule of thumb for new parents in 2018 is to save at least $250 per month for an in-state public 4-year college, $450 per month for an out-of-state public 4-year college and $550 per month for a private non-profit 4-year college, from birth to college enrollment in order to pay for college. How is this realistic for most parents, especially in Denver where housing costs are growing every year?
WEBB: When opportunity knocks, open the door - Colorado Politics
If there is anything I have learned from my collective experiences in Denver and across Colorado, it is to answer the door when opportunity knocks because you never know when — or if — it will knock again. This may seem to be an oversimplified way to look at a new opportunity but it’s not — particularly one that has the potential to bring billions of dollars of local investment, new jobs, generate more Colorado-made energy, and keep electricity costs low for consumers.
Viewpoint: Denver Health is a model for health care nationwide - Denver Business Journal
Our leaders in Washington seem to be in a never-ending debate about what American health care should be, who should drive it, who should get it and what it should cost. We hope they can agree that everyone deserves affordable health care and an opportunity for good health and well-being. Health and well-being depend heavily on social factors such as income, education, race, and behaviors. But the health care system plays a role and for our city and state.
Kay Norton deserves accolades; nuclear war a very real possibility - Mailbox for Oct. 20
Kay Norton deserves accolades for all she's done as UNC president It's not easy being the president of a Colorado university. Kay Norton discovered that when the state cut funding for the University of Northern Colorado by 25 percent two years after she took the helm in 2002. But as the institution's first female president, she weathered that financial storm and others during her 15-year tenure. As a UNC alumnus and donor to the UNC Foundation, I will be sorry to see her retire in June.
Webb: Repealing Obamacare wastes taxpayer dollars - The Colorado Statesman
Congress must not repeal the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare. Engaging in efforts to repeal the law is nothing more than a waste of taxpayers’ dollars and political theater. Health care is essential to everyone’s quality of life and a significant economic driver in Colorado and nationally. Consumers, businesses and governments all need the stability of understanding the federal framework in which they will operate going forward.
Webb: Looking back on Election 2016 - The Colorado Statesman
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My Turn: An SOS from Colorado to Arizona on recreational pot
Former mayor: Don't follow Colorado's vote to legalize marijuana. Because once you do, you can't take it back. The shock for most of us has been the unintended consequences of legalization. Consider some staggering facts: Denver now has more pot dispensaries than Starbucks and McDonald’s combined. Marijuana-related traffic deaths have risen 32 percent. Denver schools have seen none of the money they were promised.
Our community deserves better than blank check spending
As the former Denver Mayor, I know how difficult it is to balance budgets while still delivering the services that our communities want and need. I also used my experience as Denver City Auditor to bring greater transparency to the Denver budget. As public officials, we want our citizens to have the best services possible, and a transparent government which uses taxpayer funds in the most efficient, specific and determined manner possible.
Webb: Remembering meeting 'The Greatest'
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Opinion: Don’t believe the hype about the Employee Rights Act
Today many hard-working Coloradans aren’t getting a fair shake in our economy. Income inequality is rising and the middle class is disappearing. All the while, company executives are grabbing an ever greater portion of the financial pie. Now the wealthiest few are attempting to eliminate labor unions altogether so they can further marginalize employees.
Webb: Let's go back to the name "Mile High Stadium"
There were very few times during my 12 years as Denver's mayor that I wished I would have done something differently. But when the Metropolitan Football Stadium District was forming to use tax dollars to build a new home for the Denver Broncos, I should have stipulated that the "Mile High Stadium" name had to remain on the new venue. Before the stadium opened in 2001, the stadium district members and the Broncos were not happy with me.
Letter From Former Mayor Webb: Give Back Mile High Stadium Name
DENVER (CBS4)– Former Mayor of Denver Wellington Webb believes it’s time for Broncos fans to return to their roots and call Mile High Stadium by its original name. Webb wrote this editorial and released it to the public on Wednesday afternoon in light of recent naming rights in question with Sports Authority filing for bankruptcy.
Webb: Get the facts on Swedish Medical Center scare
Our health care is personal. It often includes emotional decisions around care, and as consumers we entrust our lives and the lives of our loved ones to trained medical professionals. All of these personal and emotional decisions must be put into the context of the regulatory systems to protect patients from rogue criminals interested in nothing more than their own self-interest.
Webb: Economic growth and environmentalism have a symbiotic relationship with good policy
Environmental groups across the country are celebrating a recent victory — President Obama’s decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline. This political decision was at best an ideological choice, with very real, and perhaps unintended economic consequences. At worse, it may have driven a stake in the growing wedge between labor groups and environmental organizations. Mayors are pragmatic chief of executives of their cities, who are often focused on solving problems and coming up with solutions.
Webb: Remembering the Colorado Avalanche's arrival in Denver 20 years ago
It's been 20 years since Denver landed the Colorado Avalanche, which led to the city's first professional sports national championship with a Stanley Cup. Like most Coloradans, I didn't grow up with hockey, and was a rookie learning the game with other new fans in 1995. I grew up playing basketball and following the NBA, and bled orange and blue like other Broncos fans. As the city's mayor at the time, I was thrilled when the Avalanche moved into the former McNichols Sports Arena.
Guest Commentary: Under SCFD plan, creativity loses
When the reauthorization vote for the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) takes place next year, it will have been 28 years since metro-area voters had the foresight to create this crucial entity. SCFD has been a tremendous boon to the arts across the region. We have nothing but admiration for those who were present at the creation and those who have shepherded the district over these decades. But much has changed since the SCFD came about in 1988.
DIA20: Viewpoint - Former Denver Mayor Webb proud of DIA, despite setbacks
I still have a small model airplane that says a lot about my first term as mayor. The plane was made to commemorate the opening of Denver International Airport, and three dates are crossed out. It truly was blood, sweat and tears that got us to Feb. 28, 1995, when two United Airlines and one Continental plane landed simultaneously at the new airport.
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