Mostly Peaceful ICE Protests, Debatable Homeless Data, and the Broncos’ Secret Land Deals
Protestors took to the streets downtown on Tuesday in solidarity with demonstrations in LA over ICE raids, and more protests are planned across the metro over the weekend. But will protesters — and police — keep it peaceful? Then, Mayor Mike Johnston celebrated the “largest multi-year reduction in unsheltered homelessness in American history,” but the data leaves a lot of questions unanswered. Westword editor-in-chief Patty Calhoun joins producer Paul Karolyi and host Bree Davies to discuss whether the mayor should be touting such a milestone, what we saw at the protests, and wins and fails of the week.
Bree talked about Jax Gratton and Casa Bonita’s Founders Club. Paul mentioned BusinessDen’s report on the Broncos’ secret land deals, hilarious local comedian Liv Carter, the AID Center closing, Jovanina’s fight with the city, the new foie gras ballot effort. Patty talked about Juneteenth, Aurora City Council’s new meeting policy, and Stan Kroenke’s latest move on the River Mile development. We also talked about our episodes earlier this week with DPD chief Ron Thomas and AG candidate David Seligman.
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